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?
And it’s not even that simple. Assuming a static diet, you’re actually loading that muscle with glycogen, which makes it even heavier because water follows the glycogen. It’s why fasting diets cause pretty extreme weight loss at the start. They make your muscles lighter.