Fact: If you're losing fat, you won't necessarily see your weight go down on the scale if you're weightlifting and gaining muscle to do so. As experts explained in a previous post, muscle is more dense than fat, so it's more accurate to measure your body composition as a means to track progress as opposed to always stepping on a scale.
This photo is proof — a picture of Kelley from July 2019 (left) and December 2019 (right). She weighs around the same in both (about 190), but her progress is noticeable. She's leaner and told us that, since July, she's started to lift much more weight. And, back in July, she could do three push-ups on her knees. As of last week, she's graduated to push-ups on her toes.
"I've made a lot of progress in the gym, which is what I was trying to focus when I wasn't focusing on the scale," Kelley said. "I was focusing on the differences in my pictures and then how much weight I was lifting at the gym because at the end of the day, I really just want to be strong."
Kelley continued, "Rather than fit into a certain size, I want to feel lean and confident in anything I put on. Rather than get down to a certain body fat percentage, I really just want to continue gaining mental and physical strength. I've shifted from being hung up on numbers to paying attention to how I look, and, most importantly, to how I feel."
