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[quote=Anonymous]Weighing in from the perspective of someone who is not overweight (e.g. I am not trying to lose) but was really deconditioned. My gym has us do dexascans so I did one when I started working out a month ago (mostly weights with a trainer, a bit of cardio) and one just today. It was pretty interesting. I lost 6.8lb of body fat mass and gained 4lb of lean muscle. My actual weight on the scale went down by less than a pound but my percent body fat went from 28.2 to 27. I am not sure how much this applies to you since you have different goals & circumstances but hopefully it tees you up not to be too frustrated by the scale, it is entirely possible that you have incremental change like me which I wouldn't have realized without the metrics. Also they measure your waist/hips & my torso decreased by about an inch during this time. All of these things may be happening for you so keep it up!

Finally, I think getting healthy & strong is actually a different goal than weight loss. I can never work out hard without eating a lot at the beginning (especially protein). I don't know how folks who restrict calories exercise hard. Doesn't work for me.[/quote]

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