Question:
please explaine how you can loose inches and not weight.
i just dont get how this is done. i have lost inches and not weight before, but dont understand how it happens. it just doesent seem logical! — chickie_mama (posted on September 5, 2009)
September 5, 2009
i hear you Dee........it defies all logic. i had a cystectomy (volleyball
size) on Thursday and was discharged from the hospital the next (Friday)
morning. i weighed in when i got home and had lost 1 pound. today, I
somehow managed to gain 5pounds in the 24 hours between returning home from
surgery and weighing in this morning......even tho ALL ive done for the
last 24 hours is take stool softeners with sips of water and pee a couple
of gallons every half hour. so much for calories in calories out lol.
— greencougar
September 5, 2009
well I don't know if this is going to help you but I will try to explain to
the best of my knowledge. Muscle is much more dense than fat. So if you
took a pound of muscle and a pound of fat the fat takes up more space.
So if you exercise and gain a pound of muscle and lose a pound of fat, you
still weigh the same but you now have less fat and more muscle. So you
weigh the same but you are smaller. Here is an explanation i found on the
internet,Muscle weighs the same as fat, a pound of rocks weighs the same as
a pound of feathers. The key is muscle is more dense, approximately 25 -
33% more dense than fat. This is why it is not uncommon to shape your body
and lose a pant, shirt, and dress size and not lose hardly any body weight.
— 67rosebud67
September 5, 2009
I know this one well - I worked out at the gym over 4 years- I never lost
weight but my waist was much smaller as were my hips and abdomen and I had
thcker more muscular arms & legs and I went from a pear shape to an
hour glass shape. I was very pleased with the results even tho I was the
same weight. They showed us what 5 pounds of fat looked like vs muscle and
the muscle was much smaller. That really made an impression. I was also
down to a smaller size. I lost inches but not weight. Frankly I was
suprised.
— zuzupetals2u2
September 6, 2009
Hi! when I was early out surgery I belonged to curves and was weighed and
measured monthly. Some months I only lost 10 pounds, but I lost 20 inches
form all over. I do know it takes a long time to build muscle, so this
wasn't my case...but I think where we lose the fat from makes a differnce.
Also there is water weight. Other than this..I have no idea..lol Hugs and
good luck! Kim
— gpcmist
September 6, 2009
All the posters have great answers. I just have another point to add. Lean
muscle mass burns more fat off of your body even between workouts. So as we
do toning and strengthening of our muscles that are denser they continue to
help burn off the fat because the muscles need nutriens and calories burned
to maintain and be healthy. Especially building large muscle mass like in
your legs and glutes (butt) really helps burn off the fat. I know I'm at a
standstill as far as the pounds go but I seem to continue to loose inches.
I just got down into a size 18 that's down from a size 26 since March. I am
just amazed because I weighed a lot less than this the last time I was in a
size 18. I hope you have continued success and keep losing bothe pounds and
inches.
— Lisa von Wallmenich
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