Losing inches not pounds

[MomRocks]

Help, I have lost inches but only 2lbs in the past 2 months.  I am working out everyday and eating at

least 750cals less than I burn, why is the scale not changing?

[carl669 · Accepted solution]

working out every day, you're probably building muscle (hence the lack of change on scale) while losing fat (hence the loss of inches).  it's a good thing. 

muscle is much more dense than fat.  so, a pound of muscle sitting on a table looks much smaller than a pound of fat.  

[roobarb · Accepted solution]

And the problem is? If you are really losing inches, I would not worry so much about the scale.  As long as your clothes are getting bigger on a regular basis.  I would rather be 125, fit and tight, than 115 flabby! Any day! 

[mistymo · Accepted solution]

Measurements are a much better indicator of fat loss than the scale.  It sounds like you're doing great!!  Keep up the good work!

[MomRocks · Accepted solution]

Well I just totalled my inches vs lbs lost since Feb 16th, I have lost a total of 10.4 inches

and 2.2 lbs.  I guess I can't really complain, so just going to keep working hard and ignore the

darn scale.  Thanks for all the feed back.

[dollydoo]

I have issues with pound loss. I will get so upset when I see any gain in pounds. Whenever I gain pounds I check my inches. Typically, for me inches fly off even though I may only lose 3 pounds. Keep it up, inch loss is far better than pounds. Inch loss is fat loss and muscle gain 😃

[Dominique]

It's the nice thing about the Fitbit Aria scale: it not only tells you about your weight, but about your body fat % as well (and automatically syncs everything with your Fitbit account). Inch measurements tell the same story, but stepping on a scale is more convenient on a daily basis. The idea is that lean mass (muscle) is denser than fat. It's better to have your weight remaining the same and your body fat decreasing than having a lower weight, but the same body fat %.

[dollydoo]

The Aria sounds amazing. Maybe when it is being sold at Costco, I will buy it.

[Dominique]

Well, the Aria is just a scale, and it is indeed expensive. You mostly pay for the convenience of having your weight and body fat data automatically uploaded to your account. My only regret with it is I purchased it three months after getting my Fitbit tracker, by which time I had lost most of the extra weight I wanted to get rid of. If I had known, I would have gotten both at the same time. Now I don't know how fat I was when I started

[Spang]

I have been trying to lose down to 182 for some time. I get to 183 then bounce to 185. I have been about 185 for the last week. I wonder if I am losing fat. I am able to exercise, bicycle riding, a solid hour once a week. That will change to much more time the 16. At that time school will be out and I will have returned from Mesa, AZ. I know that my waist is 36 to 35 inches and there is not much be muscle on my legs and arms.

[StrongerEachDay]

Wouldn't it be great if they would allow us to track our inches again? Please Vote!

https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Feature-Requests/Body-Measurements/idi-p/603250

[chrstnd52]

Got mine on Amazon. I like it for the upload and syncing with Humana, myfitness pal etc, but the body fat percentage on mine varies wildly.