The stagnant results on the scale after you've done so much including diet and exercise may fruit to frustration.
The stagnant condition doesn't entirely mean no changes on the body, when the "body composition" may actually change.
It could the important concept and indicator that will look more relevant than just the body weight.
Therefore let's go further about the body composition and also understand why your weight looks relatively same on the scale yet the body feels healthier.
This term refers to the comparison of each "component" that are part of body, that include: water, bones, muscle mass and body fat.
When we talk about the changes in body composition, it's mostly about the proportion change between muscle and fat.
For instance one individual can lose the fat and gain muscle in same time. In such condition you can't actually the change on the weight, but you can see the change directly on the mirror.
This term can explain what you can do further about specific diet you plan for the goal to lose the fat and add the muscle mass.
It's also clear that weight scale is not only one indicator as your diet success in losing weight. Of course such thing can never reflect the "victory" against the weight.
Now let's see why the weight feels stagnant. First the muscle mass that are increased, that means muscle have more weight in the same volume.
Once you do routine like bodyweight or HIIT, expect the increase of muscle meanwhile you're trying to burn the fat.
The body composition can actually become better like this, even though weight is not reduced.
Muscle on the intense activity can "keep" more water as part of recovery process.
It may happen when you just start certain training activity and also when you eat more carbohydrates.
The more water inside body can also cause the stagnancy on weight.
Metabolism of body can also adapt when you try the new activity of exercise or different eating habits.
The process can also affect your body composition that is not shown by the scale either.
On long term you can do it for the efficient way to keep the muscle mass.
Having understood the concept above, then focusing on weight loss only can become a misleading thing. Since two person with same weight can actually have different body composition.
On the case above one person may have low muscle mass percentage but higher body fat, while the another person may have the opposite thing.
The physical condition can actually be different, with ideal body composition then you can feel improvement in metabolism, ideal physical strength.
Therefore many experts suggest the focus not only on weight on scale.
The reducing on waistline could be the indication the positive change from the body composition, which also indicates that the loss of body fat.
Feel the improvement on the strength as well due to more muscle mass you've built. So it will actually affect you in doing many physical activities.
