I have been working a very labor intensive job for about 3 months now and have lost enough inches on my waist to go down two pants sizes yet my total weight when I go on the scale remains around the same. How is it possible that I lost 4 or 5 inches off my waist yet the scale doesn’t change? Is it possible what weight in fat I am loosing is made up for with an increase in muscle mass?

  • Borkingheck@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Scales canna tell the difference between muscle and fat. If you’ve being labouring, you likely have developed muscle whilst losing fat.

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        1 year ago

        Those scales are generally precise, but they aren’t very accurate. Good if you are consistently using them and using the numbers as a reference to progress, but I wouldn’t going around saying the number is a true representation of your body fat.

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            1 year ago

            Correct answer. I got one on sale. I was really disappointed in just how inaccurate their BMI, bio readings were.

            It’s likely, it wouldn’t have picked up much difference in the OP even…

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        1 year ago

        The degree of exactitude of these things is so so, but if you always use yours it can give you a guideline.