Did I exchange my fat for muscle? Why does it say I'm this weight?

[Shyoutgoing]

I'm very petite at 5'2" but I have a voluptuous build with wide hips, small waist and broader shoulders. I've lost a lot of weight, I used to be really overweight about a year and a half ago, since then it looks like I've lost about 60lbs. I had no strength at all to me before, I had never exercised. Now I'm doing arm exercises with 25lb, squatting 45lbs, doing crunches and planks too. You can see and feel my muscles under a small layer of fat that will soon be gone.

My my question is, I recently went on the scale and it said I was only about 10lbs weight difference as to when I was overweight. I'm no where near how I looked before, I was all soft and fat, now my waist is super tight and muscular legs and arms. Why does it say I'm close to the weight I was before? Is it because I exchanged the fat for muscle?

[Climber]

Yes exactly. Muscle is a lot heavier than fat. If you are in a gym and they have a special scale, you can ask a measurement of your fat/muscle ratio. You will see then it changed drastically. I am skinny, 5'6" and weigh 140 pounds.

[aamy811]

You can't exchange muscle for fat. Muscle and fat are two different things and one does not turn into another. But yes you probably did lose fat and then your muscles grew.

[RasAlGhul]

muscle weight more than fat. so sometimes u have to forget the weight and see just the bodyfat and how u look.

[HexagonalZebra]

That's exactly what it means. Muscle by volume is heavier than fat.

[Anonymous]

Muscle is denser so if weights more that far does so that's y u haven't changed much in weight

[kittyd7015]

muscle weighs more dan fat hun. im a personal trainor im heavier dan u would gess xxx

[Krista7]

Yeah definitely! And congrats on the weight loss!

[Not_Helping]

No, keep the fat, more cushion for the pushin'

[DavidNYY]

lmao i like what you did there :P

[Anonymous]

Muscle is a lot heavier than fat.