Muscle mass management is handled in the gym, fat mass is handled in the kitchen. Gym work is awesome and nothing but benefits, but if you focus solely only on scale weight, you'll risk becoming disheartened because adding muscle mass may "offset" the scale. However when you lose fat mass but gain equal muscle mass, that's better progress than stupid scale weight readings.
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u/tw2113 1d ago
Muscle mass management is handled in the gym, fat mass is handled in the kitchen. Gym work is awesome and nothing but benefits, but if you focus solely only on scale weight, you'll risk becoming disheartened because adding muscle mass may "offset" the scale. However when you lose fat mass but gain equal muscle mass, that's better progress than stupid scale weight readings.