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Originally Posted by Sherrita
I've been stuck at 188 for the past 2 weeks. I've tried different things to get myself going again. I've started doing Walking Away the Pounds and TaeBo 6 days a week. I started drinking more water and no diet soda and of course, continue watch what I eat. I'd be really frustrated if I hadn't measured myself this morning. I've lost an inch in my waist, an inch in my hips, an inch in my thighs and a half inch in my arms. Is that possible to lose those inches but yet remain the same weight? I was just wondering because this is the first time this has happened to me. Usually when I lose inches, I also lose pounds.
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For what I have learn in my trainings (Yoga and Pilates), muscle weighs more than fat. So, it is recommended NOT TO WEIGHT YOURSELF on the 3 first weeks of any training. At the beginning you are building muscle, so you may even weight more than what you started before working out. After a couple of weeks once you have built enough muscle you start burning more fat and the pounds start coming off. For that reason trainers usually tell you don't worry about how much you weight, but how your clothes fit. Without muscle there is no burning fat, just water loss.
Also don't do everyday the same workout. Keep your body guessing so you don't hit a plateu. Your body needs to be always surprised, so change workouts as often as you can, otherwise your body will get used to the same challenge and will build resistance to it.
Cheers.