As you exercise and eat right you are replacing fat with muscle. Muscle is
denser and weighs more than fat. So it is not unusual to see your body fat
go down and your weight go up. Don't sweat the increase in weight, as it is
lower body fat that is the goal.



Sgt. Mark A. Hale
148th Brigade Support Battalion
GANG Forsyth, Georgia
markhale101@....

"Forget Logistics and you Lose" Gen. F.M. Franks





>From: L Wanzer <kokoro820000@...>
>Reply-To: bodyforlifeatlanta2@yahoogroups.com
>To: bodyforlifeatlanta2@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Body-for-LIFE Atlanta Yahoo! Group] TANITA Scale: Bizarre
>Readings
>Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:31:48 -0800 (PST)
>
>Hello, all. I hope some of you are still out there? My question concerns
>this bodyfat scale. Last week, it showed a weight loss of 5 pounds, and a
>1% reduction in fat.
>
> This week, it shows a GAIN of 2.6 pounds(!), but an additional 1%
>bodyfat reduction (so now 2% reduction altogether). How is that possible?
>
> My pants are much looser on me, which feels great, but how can I gain
>weight and still have fat% going down? Trust me, I haven''t put on enough
>muscle to account for the difference. Does anyone else have one of these
>odd scales?
>
> --Lizette
>
>
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