Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness

I am definitely seeing results very fast but it is so hard to see my weight stay the same with all the work I am doing. I am trying to get used to the known fact that muscle weighs more than fat by looking at my faint 4 pack starting to show

It's so cool that you're starting to see your 6 pack! I can't wait either. My weight has been the same since I started too... even though I have probably been "working out" for less time than you.

If it helps any, after I read Fat Wars by Brad J King, and a few other weight loss / bodybuilding articles, I stopped putting as much value in my weight as a reliable indicator of my progress. Instead, it was suggested by these sources that I one uses measuring tape to measure arms, chest, tummy, waist, & legs, if nothing else. Course, I still have to go find some tape heh.
Does this help or am I off on the wrong track? lol

That does help!! Thank you. I should do a little more research.

Muscle does not weigh more than fat (five pounds is five pounds), but it is much nicer to look at


Measurements, photos and how your clothes fit are great indicators or progression

I've heard someone else say that, but it's missing the point of what people mean. What's implicit in "muscle weighs more than fat" is a given volume of muscle weighs more than the same volume of fat. Or, to put it the other way around, a given weight of muscle will take up less volume than the same weight of fat.

I think everyone (ok, maybe I should amend that to most people) understands that five pounds of any given substance weighs the same as five pounds of any other given substance.

See the picture above does help. It really does look a lot nicer:) I should do a little flip book of before and after!!

Well actually it does. This is because of the surface area involved between fat vs muscle fibers. It is pretty obvious in the above picture of that ratio. Muscle is much more condensed in comparison to the fat.

I bought my measuring tape from a Fabric Store. Google Joe-anns, they always have it stock & cheap.

Ew that's nasty lol