2007-02-23 10:15:34 · 6 answers · asked by coatknee 1 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
You are probably adding muscle, which is more dense and takes up less space than fat. Even though muscle has less inches than fat, it weighs more. If you are putting on muscle, you may gain weight and therefore raise your BMI (body mass index). A more accurate way to calculate your body fat is through calipers, which pinches the fat.
2007-02-23 10:24:05 · answer #1 · answered by ajh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends where you're measuring. If you measure your waist and are losing inches, you may be gaining even more fat somewhere else on the body than you lost on the waist. Also, maybe those inches you're losing is muscle. You may have to lift weights more often. Do cardio!
2007-02-23 10:22:34 · answer #2 · answered by emailsanta123 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if the weight is staying the same but you are losing inches and the body fat is increasing then you have to be losing muscle mass.
check the site below to see if you are consuming enough calories for your body composition and daily level of activity:
http://www.protraineronline.com/past/july2/nutrient.cfm
2007-02-23 10:27:35 · answer #3 · answered by lv_consultant 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could be losing water weight, therefore getting skinnier, and at the same time lowering the percentage of your body weight that is water, leaving fat a greater percentage of your body weight to occupy. Having been a VERY AVID bicycyle racer and long distance rider and runner, those matters were prime to me. God Bless you.
2007-02-23 10:25:49 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you could be losing muscle mass and not fat.
HTH : )
2007-02-23 11:56:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well fi you are starving yourself then u are jsut losing muscle and somhoww gaining fat but idk ask ur doctor
2007-02-23 10:23:26 · answer #6 · answered by Candy_Girl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋