I read another article as a rebuttal to this article
http://health.msn.com/blogs/get-back...5481>1=31036
It had 3 main points.
Exercise can protect your muscle.
So if you do lose, you will lose more fat. Which really isn't that the definition of "thinner"
Exercise helps you stick to your diet.
Exercise may target belly fat. In the same study that the original author claimed that there were no differences, there were. Those who exercised saw their waist measurements shrink much more. The more exercise, the thinner the waists got. That is thinner to me too!
The scale is not everything to the story of being thinner.