Quote Originally Posted by RareGMFan View Post
This is why I always told customers to stop worrying about the scale. Muscle is denser than fat. A 200lb fit man with some muscle mass will look MUCH thinner than a 200lb man whose body fat content is high. The problem is the generic term "weight loss". That can mean any drop in weight, including water weight, or muscle mass loss, which is bad. You don't want "weight loss". You want FAT loss. And if you're training with weights at all, or playing a lot of sports to drop that fat, you're also gaining muscle mass in the process. This offsets the weight that's being lost from the fat coming off, so you will notice the scale doesn't accurately reflect your actual FAT loss. What's FAR, far more important is how your clothes fit/how you look in the mirror. As you said, you can already clearly see the difference. THAT is your barometer.
Exactly what I tell everyone that asks for advice. When I first started working out I had my BF% read and I had appr. 188lbs of lean mass but weighed 317lbs. So I was right at 41% body fat which is horrible.

I need to get a new reading but I should be close to 200lbs lean mass so even at 238lbs (which is still heavy) I'm probably around 16% which would actually put me at a decently healthy place for my weight.

My biggest problem now is finding size Large shirts that fit properly. They fit my stomach fine but my chest and arms are even tight in XL's