Lost inches not weight

[westsnoop]

I am passing on a question from another board. A woman reports that after two weeks of dieting she has lost no weight, but has dropped two inches from her hips and gained an inch around her waist. Any ideas what is happening?

 

[geoffgarst]

Many people who begin to limit sugar in their dietary intake find themselves losing inches & not weight. This is usually temporary & sometimes it can take over a month for the scale to begin to budge. Even then, the scale will go up & down like a roller coaster. If you are into weighing yourself it is best to do so EVERY DAY & then add up the weights & divide by seven. The reason for this is that you are burning fat & not muscle & therefore the weight loss numbers tend to flucuate.

Muscle weighs much more than fat & so when you burn fat you are going to see inches before scale weight. As a matter of fact, if you are also exercising, you may be building lean body mass as you burn fat, so the scale weight may seem even stranger.

GeoffGarst
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