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?

  • s_s@lemmy.one
    22·
    2 years ago

    Depending on the type of work you are doing, you could be losing fat while gaining both muscle and bone density.

    If you were mostly untrained/inactive before starting this job, you’ve most certainly grown/densified a lot of bone.

    • RivenRise@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 years ago

      That’s what happened to me with my previous job. Family and friends kept telling me that I look good and thinner but the scale was more or less the same. I do feel better and went down a size so it’s a win for me overall.

    • SmokeyDope@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      2 years ago

      I didnt know bone density changed naturally, I thought you had to fracture it a bunch of times to build density. Very interesting!