A scale weight plateau ≠ a fat loss plateau

Sometimes the scale doesn't go down and you are not losing fat.

Sometimes the scale doesn't go down but you are losing fat.

How do you tell the difference?

Time 👇

People like to tell themselves "the scale's not going down, but I must just be gaining muscle".

This isn't true.

Look, you absolutely can gain muscle while losing fat.

But you won't swap muscle for fat in a 1:1 ratio.

So the scale should still go down 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮

Building muscle is slow and painstaking.

Take my client Tyler, for example.

He lost 16 lbs of fat and gained 6 lbs of muscle (measured by DEXA) - which is actually fantastic.

You shouldn't expect even this much. https://t.co/NYsERSAc0G

So even if you're gaining muscle while losing fat, you should expect to see the scale go down.

You CAN be losing fat still even if the scale isn't going down...

But not every week.

If the scale has stopped dropping when it was dropping easily before but you've changed nothing, don't panic.

You are likely still losing fat but something else is causing you to retain WATER.

This could be stress, a sudden increase in carbs, salt, being more hydrated, muscle inflammation etc.

You could also have eaten more food volume or maybe you're constipated.

Either way, if you changed nothing and you're suddenly not seeing the scale go down then just keep doing what you're doing.

Eventually you'll "lose 3 lbs overnight"

(it didn't happen overnight, it was happening the whole time)

And lastly.... if the scale doesn't drop for 3+ weeks then you're not in a calorie deficit and you're not losing fat.

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I'll steer you away from the common pitfalls and keep you on track.

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