Sorry if this seems like a crazy question. I just have a few more pounds to go to get to my goal of 138-140. I've been exercising since August and in the last couple of months really stepped up my routine weight machines, the medicine ball (doing lunges and turning from side to side while I hold and 8 lb. ball is my favorite) and resistance ball. I do about 35-45 minutes of cardio 5-6 days a week and then do about 20 minutes on the other exercises, alternating muscle groups, i.e., legs and abs one day, arms and back the next, etc. I haven't lost any pounds lately and am staying right around 141-141, but I HAVE lost inches and my pants are getting baggier around my waist, hips and butt. So if weight training builds muscles, why do people tend to get smaller when they do it? Meg: Didn't you say that weights made you shrink? Don't get me wrong, I am NOT complaining.
I am just curious about the science behind what's going on.
Pam