We’re in the last week of our 21 Day Challenge! How’s it going? I’ve heard from several of you that you are feeling much stronger, have more energy and love the workouts….

But I’ve also heard that for some of you the weight isn’t exactly falling off.

Is that because you’ve neglected your food journal? One member who loves the workouts recently wrote me, “If there’s one thing I’ve learned from Bootcamp, there’s no working off a bad diet.”

If that’s the case with you, you know it. If, on the other hand, you’ve been mindful of your choices, getting real with your food journal and working hard in classes, it might mean that you aren’t losing weight as much as losing inches.

You could be taking off body fat, increasing your lean body mass and still never see the scale move.

The truth is, size does matter…

Muscle burns calories and keeps your metabolism active; or in other words fast.  Fat slows down your metabolism and takes a lot longer to burn calories.

What makes this issue confusing is that the same amount of muscle weighs more than the same amount of fat. Since muscle is more dense than fat, a pound of muscle takes up less space – meaning it is smaller in size – than a pound of fat.

Let’s say your fat measures 6 inches by 6 inches, and your muscle measures the same. The muscle will weigh more. But a pound is a pound no matter what the material.

We all know the question: Which weighs more a pound of bricks or a pound of feathers? Obviously they weigh the same, but the feathers take up more room since they are not as dense as the bricks.

If you’re taking up less space and you weigh the same, it’s not a bad thing!  That means you have more muscle, less fat and your metabolism is running at mach speed.  But the proof is in the pudding.  Try on those too tight jeans.  If they fit, who cares what the scale says!

BECAUSE IT’S SIZE THAT MATTERS!