How Long

slimsuccess
slimsuccess Posts: 47
edited September 18 in Health and Weight Loss
How long will you see muscle weight gain before the scale starts showing a loss. I have been losing inches for 5 weeks but gaining weight. So, I know it is muscle weight gain. How long before the scale starts showing fat loss. Please share your experiences and knowledge on this.

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  • slimsuccess
    slimsuccess Posts: 47
    How long will you see muscle weight gain before the scale starts showing a loss. I have been losing inches for 5 weeks but gaining weight. So, I know it is muscle weight gain. How long before the scale starts showing fat loss. Please share your experiences and knowledge on this.
  • Cheeky
    Cheeky Posts: 1
    Everyone is different. some people start immediately others take months. sorry not much help. i do know that you will lose more fat and gain less muscle if you do long cardio workouts instead of wieghts:wink: good luck!
  • slimsuccess
    slimsuccess Posts: 47
    Thank you Cheeky. The fact that you mentioned that some people take months gives me motivation to go on. I was seriously considering throwing my scale away. I will just try to be patient.
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    some of that could also be your cells adapting to the different glucose levels because of diet change, for some that means water weight loss, for others it means water weight gain, not really a big deal, and I'm sure it's not the whole reason (doubt it's even a big percentage) but it's possible.
  • edyta
    edyta Posts: 258
    Loosing inches is better than loosing weight :flowerforyou:

    You can try doing more cardio than weights - that helped me a little.
  • slimsuccess
    slimsuccess Posts: 47
    Thanks Banks and Edyta. Both great answers and encouraging.
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