After months of overtures from President Donald Trump to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Trump administration is trading harsh diplomatic words with Moscow, further dimming the prospects for a strategic alliance between the two countries.
Losing this amount of weight may reduce your hip size by 1 to 2 inches. This depends on your personal body shape, where you tend to carry your extra weight and your current size. If you wear a large size, you may need to lose more weight to lose a pant size than you would if you wore a small size. How Long is Sensible? The safest and most effective rate of weight loss is between 1 and 2 lbs. per week.
It may take up to four to six weeks to see a reduction in pounds on the scale, but you may feel a difference in how your clothes fit. This is why: You may be losing fat, but you may also be gaining muscle if you are also doing strength training. Muscle weighs more than fat tissue so the scale may not budge.