The scale can stay stuck while you look leaner, because muscle is denser than fat and water weight hides real fat loss. A kilo of muscle takes less space than a kilo of fat, so you shrink even when your weight holds.
12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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The scale has not moved in two weeks. But your jeans button easier. Sound familiar? The scale tells you one thing only - your total weight. It cannot tell you what that weight is made of. Fat, muscle and water all weigh something. Here is why you can look slimmer at the very same weight.
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