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?
Muscle is like 15% denser than fat, and you might also be building muscle in different parts of your body than where you’re losing fat. Depending on the job, I assume this is either in your arms or lower legs. You can take a few extra measurements to check this if you’re interested.