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Huge drop in BF but no change in appearance

  • 01-04-2008 5:43pm
    #1
    Glacier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 647 ✭✭✭


    I started excercising about 6 weeks ago & dropped 5% body fat but haven't noticed much change in appearance. Does that just take longer? What's wrong?


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  • #2
    FunkZ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,179 ✭✭✭FunkZ


    Pics or it didn't happen. But really did ya take pictures?

    What are you using to measure, a scales or a calipers?


  • #3
    Glacier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 647 ✭✭✭Glacier


    Sorry it was 4%, but what's happening?


  • #4
    unreggd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,835 ✭✭✭unreggd


    sounds like a bit much for 6 weeks

    were u measured by different people??

    4% should be v noticeable


  • #5
    BossArky
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 9,588 Mod ✭✭✭✭BossArky


    You probably put on a bit of muscle, lost a bit of fat.. and had two different body fat % tests....??


  • #6
    the_future
    Closed Accounts Posts: 45 ✭the_future


    callipers im sure can probably give variable readings. one time last year, and dont ask me how or why.... i was varying between 13 stone and 13.5 stone on a day to day basis. in my opinion the best measure is taking photos along the way.


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  • #7
    Transform
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,394 ✭✭✭Transform


    If you have been doing no weights then yes that normal - without doing weights fat loss will just make you look like a slightly smaller version of yourself


  • #8
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    the_future wrote: »
    i was varying between 13 stone and 13.5 stone on a day to day basis.
    Very easily done. I can sit in a pub and drink a 1/2 stone of beer without going for a pee. My gravitational pull has changed, my fat hasn't.


  • #9
    Glacier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 647 ✭✭✭Glacier


    How long does it take doing weights before you can really see a difference?


  • #10
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Glacier wrote: »
    How long does it take doing weights before you can really see a difference?

    You can't really put a time on it, how long is a piece of string. Change is gradual, try taking photos to track changes. If you have a young lad growing up in your house his growth is un-noticeable, but meet a friends kid of the same age in a year and they seem to have shot up overnight.

    I still get people who havent seen me in a year or even 6months coming up to me going "Jesus Christ, WTF have you been doing!", I don't notice it, but then I look at snaps taken at parties etc, and I can see a massive difference, even though the pics were not taken with the aim of tracking change.

    I lost a bit since xmas, didn't notice until I had to go looking for a belt for jeans I had got 6 months ago.


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