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hlthe2b

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1. Because you are doing weight training along with the cardio, you are building muscle
Sat Aug 18, 2012, 08:42 AM
Aug 2012

Muscle weighs more. Are your clothes fitting a bit more comfortable? If so, that suggests you are remodeling your body and losing fat, even if the scale doesn't budge. If not, you may just need to keep it up and be a bit patient. Such plateaus are not uncommon but don't usually persist if you are working out to your current ability/capacity each time.

Let me add that when your body is adjusting to new diet, muscle building and fat loss, it can retain/lose fluids at a fairly erratic level--so that weighing yourself daily is really a lesson in frustration. Better to pick one day of the week and weigh weekly at the same time of day, under same conditions (first thing in the morning usually good).

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