Your Scale Lies To You

Your alarm goes off, you jump out of bed and head to the shower. But, before your shower you decide to get on your scale after all you've been working out for a month now and your weight should be significantly down, Right?. "What! Only a pound, all that hard work and I've only lost one measly pound." 

Does this sound familiar? 

How can be this be? Well, to get the whole picture you need to look at your body composition. It is very common and in most cases, especially with beginners, you will experience a Weight Shift. A Weight Shift is a loss in body fat and an increase in muscle tissue. For example, you may have lost 6 pounds of fat, but gained 5 pounds of muscle. This would equal an 11 pound weight shift, but only a 1 pound decrease on the scale. 

It is also possible to even gain weight, because you have gained more muscle weight than you have lost in fat weight. 

Your clothes will fit better, people will say you look thinner, you will feel thinner, but that does not mean your body weight on the scale has decreased. However, don't get discouraged your scale is just lying to you! You've made significant improvements in your body.

And yes, eventually you will see a decrease in your body weight on the scale, it's just not always first. 

Live Fit,

Josh

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