Thread: The correlation between mass/weight

Just because he says it, doesnt mean its true.

I'm in process of losing 50lb of fat. I get stronger weekly and can move more weight each time I'm there. However my weight on the scale hasn't changed in three weeks. Visually you can see I am physically losing fat and gaining muscle but the scale doesn't reflect that.

The scale doesn't know what is fat and what is muscle, it just knows that something is standing on it.

Originally Posted by Uthinkso

I'm in process of losing 50lb of fat. I get stronger weekly and can move more weight each time I'm there. However my weight on the scale hasn't changed in three weeks. Visually you can see I am physically losing fat and gaining muscle but the scale doesn't reflect that.

The scale doesn't know what is fat and what is muscle, it just knows that something is standing on it.

I did exactly what you are doing. And now I am at the point where the scale isn't moving much but my body is leaning out, my muscles are becoming defined and my strength is way up. Just "listen" to the mirror and your eyes.

The scale doesn't mean anything. The only thing I use it for anymore is to see how much poundage I lose after taking a morning piss

I can really care less how much I weigh, but sometimes I think my heads playing games with me when I look in the mirror. Like I might think one day I have gained a lot of mass over the days and the bext week I think I look skinny as hell. I guess the scale doesn't tell the whole story but I figure if you weigh 300 lb, you look like it. I just want to know how good of an indicator it is of progress (gaining muscle mass in my situation).

Originally Posted by forum9351

I can really care less how much I weigh, but sometimes I think my heads playing games with me when I look in the mirror. Like I might think one day I have gained a lot of mass over the days and the bext week I think I look skinny as hell. I guess the scale doesn't tell the whole story but I figure if you weigh 300 lb, you look like it. I just want to know how good of an indicator it is of progress (gaining muscle mass in my situation).

Yeah I feel ya man. I sometimes still see the fat bastard that use to be when I look in the mirror. I have to convince myself that I actually have pretty nice size muscles now.

That was your coach's genetics. I'm the same way. I'm 6' and 230ish but I do not look my weight. People are astonished when they hear I'm over 200 pounds. I've seen guys grin with internal laughter as I load up for my bench sets. Then I lift ... ... and I always love the feeling.

Take whatchya got and make into watchya want ... just don't ever sweat the spectators.