by Gershon » Fri May 02, 2014 4:25 am
I weigh myself almost every day on a digital scale that seems to be accurate, or at least consistently inaccurate.
A friend of mine, who is 66, said a high school gym teacher told him people should stay at the same weight they were when they were 19. He has weighed himself almost every day since then, and when the weight went up a pound or two he would reduce his eating. He has maintained 165 pounds since high school. If I did that, I'd be at 145 pounds and 6' tall, but I'm aiming for the weight I was when I graduated college (162).
From what I've read in various seemingly reliable sources is we gain muscle mass slowly. In my opinion, it's so slow that we can factor it out of the equation in the short term. What we can lose with exercise is marbled fat in the muscles which will both reduce weight, and maybe reduce the apparent muscle size. In my experience, which applies only to me, waiting for clothes to fit looser takes too long to be motivational on a daily basis, but every so often, I take in a notch in my belt. Yesterday, I had to go buy a new belt and pants as I was beginning to look like I was wearing hand me down pants from my older brother.
I guess what I'm saying is whichever way works for someone, that is the weigh (pun intended) they should do it.