Losing inches but weight is not moving

When you start a new workout routine you will hold onto water weight. This is especially true of weight training as it is related to muscle repair. You are losing inches which indicates that you are losing fat. I would bet that you are going to wake up one morning soon and see the scale drop. Just be patient.

This is a fun article that also might explain what is going on:
https://bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/of-whooshes-and-squishy-fat.html/

I saw this amazing program the other day which made me rethink a lot of the stuff I have heard about weightloss. There were 3 people at different fitness levels and weights (one slightly overweight guy with quite a belly, one girl with a fairly average body size but a lot of body fat when measured, and a girl who looked fairly skinny but still had a lot of body fat).
All three took this challenge where they had a very strict work out plan and also a pretty strict food plan and followed both for 6-8 weeks. Afterwards they saw before & after picture of themselves and were also weighed. The average sized girl was a surprise to me. She looked a lot more toned on the after picture, and also had lost 1,5 clothes sizes. She had reduced her body fat by about 10% I think. And still, overall she had put on weight rather than lost any. That showed me how especially with exercising, using weight and losing body fat, it almost doesn't matter what the scales say but all that matters is how you look and feel. Losing almost 2 clothes sizes while still putting on weight is fascinating

lenyong07 wrote: »

sportynad9 wrote: »

I saw this amazing program the other day which made me rethink a lot of the stuff I have heard about weightloss. There were 3 people at different fitness levels and weights (one slightly overweight guy with quite a belly, one girl with a fairly average body size but a lot of body fat when measured, and a girl who looked fairly skinny but still had a lot of body fat).
All three took this challenge where they had a very strict work out plan and also a pretty strict food plan and followed both for 6-8 weeks. Afterwards they saw before & after picture of themselves and were also weighed. The average sized girl was a surprise to me. She looked a lot more toned on the after picture, and also had lost 1,5 clothes sizes. She had reduced her body fat by about 10% I think. And still, overall she had put on weight rather than lost any. That showed me how especially with exercising, using weight and losing body fat, it almost doesn't matter what the scales say but all that matters is how you look and feel. Losing almost 2 clothes sizes while still putting on weight is fascinating

That sounds like an interesting program! I’d love to watch it, what is it called? That is true that the scale doesn’t matter and I love the fact that my clothes fit better and I’m losing fat but I don’t want to be 5’0 and 145 pounds. I feel that is very high for my height.

Is your goal to lose weight? Or is it to lose fat?

Think about that realistically. Two people of identical height and general structure weigh the same and look totally different. The more muscular of the two will be smaller. Muscle doesn't weigh more than fat. Muscle is more dense than fat, meaning it will take up less space at the same weight.

You should love the fact that your clothes look better and you're losing fat. The weight itself is not nearly as relevant.