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Old Wed, Jul-23-03, 05:19
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 178/147/130 Female 157.5cm (5'2")
BF:
Progress: 65%
Location: Dunedin, New Zealand
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Very normal - muscle is heavier than fat - there is a post somewhere here (Mischa's journal???) about what a one pound weight loss can look like (i shall add the link when I can find it) There is also a post about what 1lb of muscle and fat looks like.

another thing you can do is instead of measuring your net weight loss/gain - use a body fat calculator to measure your lean body mass (LBM) increase versus your fat mass(FM) decrease

This is the one I use
http://www.mybodycomp.com/members/login.asp
(You have to register, but its free)

Just to give you some encouragement - I am not exercising heavily - just 30 minutes elliptical trainer 3 x week + some light weights and over the last five weeks I have had no net change, but my body fat has decreased from 34.5 to 32.6, my LBM has increased 2.5KG (5.5 lb) and my FM has decreased the same amount

Hope this helps you to feel you are doing the right thing - whats the point in losing weight if you don't see a change in body shape/size/tone
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