3 months ago I was fitting into a size 9 jeans, now I'm wearing a size 5. But when I step on the scale, the number hasn't changed or it has gone up? And it's not just my scale, it's the same when I go to the doctors as well. I don't understand this crap. I feel so good about losing the inches but stepping on the scale makes me not feel so good. My family has noticed I'm been slimming down, so I know I'm not crazy but it still makes no sense. I also obsessively weigh myself, I weigh everytime I'm in the bathroom. My hubby thinks I might be losing weigh but gaining muscle...makes sense, but I have a goal weight of 130 and I'm not going to ever get there if what he's saying is right.
I agree. It's about more than the number on the scale.
Suzanne
"Don't sacrifice what you want most for what you want right now."
I agree!
Quoting mommyof3lilboys:You are building muscle. Ignore the scale and watch your inches! That is what my trainor told me.
When you're that close to your goal, it's less about the number on the scale than how you look and feel.
The same thing happned to me. I worked out 30 hours (weight training/cardio/very intense) in the last three weeks and ate decently and didn't drop a pound. (I've been on my weight loss journey for a year and a half. I started at 154 and am now at 132.) However, my legs are toned, my tummy is smaller, and my shoulders are more defined. I look at pictures of when I was almost this weight before from just dieting and pictures now that I am at this weight through exercise and diet, and I am much smaller. It is just that muscle takes up less space than fat. So, try to focus on your fitness progress and smaller pant sizes. I know the frustration that comes from looking at that scale though!
its called muscle!! good for you. muscle actually weighs more than fat. so stop getting on that dang scale. i dont even want one. no need to focus on the weight. focus on the way your body looks.
I have the EXACT SAME PROBLEM!!!! Im a scale addict!! I started at 183.3 and am now down to 149, but I've been stuck at this weight for over a week (actually it'll be two weeks on Tuesday), but I'm also doing this workout, "Insanity" and the manual it comes with says not to use the scale, but to instead use measurements to log my progress because I'm building muscle as well as losing inches, and it's pretty accurate. I started measuring myself on 5/22/12, and then when I measured again two weeks later, I'd lost a total of 5 inches all the way around. I have another "measurement day" on Monday, but I'll tell ya, at the beginning of this week, I kept stepping on the scale and it hasn't moved - not even an ounce! BUT, I'm now in a size 10 (when I started I was in a 16), and my new bra's and sportsbra's I just bought a month ago are already loose (time to go buy new ones..AGAIN), and my hubby says he can't believe how I'm slimming down. There was a family bbq last weekend and I haven't seen most of my family since Christmas, and they were shocked at how slim I'd gotten. I say, have your hubby remove the scale to an undisclosed location! LOL! It sounds bad, but that's what I had to do to break the addiction. I've been without the scale now for 3 days, and honestly, I don't miss it. I did my workout today and I feel strong, I feel lean, and I feel energized, and you know, the bottom line is that what we want to see on the scale may not be a healthy number for us anyway. I mean, would you rather be 130 and just be skin and bones, or would you rather be 140, but be tone and fit and have some definition in your muscles? Personally, I opt for the second option. I'm at 149 now and told myself once I got to 150 I wanted to see if I thought I'd want to lose anymore weight, and of course I do, but I think now I'm in a "toning" phase, where I might have about 10lbs more to lose, but toning up would be ideal for me right now. I'm going to finish this "Insanity" routine (that's 60 days long), and see how I look at the end of 60 days. If I look healthy, tone, and feel strong, I've come to the conclusion that I could care less what the scale says. When I got married, I was 20 years old, my wedding dress was a size 2 and I weighed 101lbs. I am now 36 years old with a 4 year old, and I wouldn't want to ever be that skinny again, because I'm not 20 years old anymore, and I'm a mom, and a wife, and I want to be healthy and sexy, and some women, when they look back of pics of them when they were 20 years younger and super skinny, they set up in their mind that they have to look like that again to be beautiful....and they're wrong! As long as you're happy with yourself and you're in a healthy physical condition, be happy!!! I say 130 would be great, but if you're killing youself to do it or you look too bony, please check with your doctor because my sister has a problem with her weight, and she got to 137lbs, and her doctor told her she needed to gain weight and my sister freaked out because she thought she should be 120lbs - so please, I'm hoping that you're of a physical condition to where you actually have the weight to lose and are not just trying to be skin and bones. Healthy doesn't mean being skin and bones.
All the best of luck to you...and just remember....you'll always be beautiful at whatever weight...inside and out!!! :) (My hubby has told me this for years!!)
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I will have to look into the Insanity workout. I almost bought Sensa but I don't have a problem with overeating, the medicines that I take decrease my appetite. I'm thin but have a big belly, I just had a baby 9 months ago. With my first I was fitting into my regular clothes just days after she was born. This time around the weight wont disappear. I've tried so many fad diets and exercise routines it's not even funny. Nothing works for me. I've always been very skinny, my sister and I use to get picked on at school because we were just so little people thought we were anorexic. I was recently diagnosed with tachycardia (my heart beats too fast) and my doctor wants me to lose weight, he's afraid I could have a stroke. I'm only 20 years old, I want to live a long and healthy life to be there for my kids. Best of luck to you too!!
Quoting steffers96:I have the EXACT SAME PROBLEM!!!! Im a scale addict!! I started at 183.3 and am now down to 149, but I've been stuck at this weight for over a week (actually it'll be two weeks on Tuesday), but I'm also doing this workout, "Insanity" and the manual it comes with says not to use the scale, but to instead use measurements to log my progress because I'm building muscle as well as losing inches, and it's pretty accurate. I started measuring myself on 5/22/12, and then when I measured again two weeks later, I'd lost a total of 5 inches all the way around. I have another "measurement day" on Monday, but I'll tell ya, at the beginning of this week, I kept stepping on the scale and it hasn't moved - not even an ounce! BUT, I'm now in a size 10 (when I started I was in a 16), and my new bra's and sportsbra's I just bought a month ago are already loose (time to go buy new ones..AGAIN), and my hubby says he can't believe how I'm slimming down. There was a family bbq last weekend and I haven't seen most of my family since Christmas, and they were shocked at how slim I'd gotten. I say, have your hubby remove the scale to an undisclosed location! LOL! It sounds bad, but that's what I had to do to break the addiction. I've been without the scale now for 3 days, and honestly, I don't miss it. I did my workout today and I feel strong, I feel lean, and I feel energized, and you know, the bottom line is that what we want to see on the scale may not be a healthy number for us anyway. I mean, would you rather be 130 and just be skin and bones, or would you rather be 140, but be tone and fit and have some definition in your muscles? Personally, I opt for the second option. I'm at 149 now and told myself once I got to 150 I wanted to see if I thought I'd want to lose anymore weight, and of course I do, but I think now I'm in a "toning" phase, where I might have about 10lbs more to lose, but toning up would be ideal for me right now. I'm going to finish this "Insanity" routine (that's 60 days long), and see how I look at the end of 60 days. If I look healthy, tone, and feel strong, I've come to the conclusion that I could care less what the scale says. When I got married, I was 20 years old, my wedding dress was a size 2 and I weighed 101lbs. I am now 36 years old with a 4 year old, and I wouldn't want to ever be that skinny again, because I'm not 20 years old anymore, and I'm a mom, and a wife, and I want to be healthy and sexy, and some women, when they look back of pics of them when they were 20 years younger and super skinny, they set up in their mind that they have to look like that again to be beautiful....and they're wrong! As long as you're happy with yourself and you're in a healthy physical condition, be happy!!! I say 130 would be great, but if you're killing youself to do it or you look too bony, please check with your doctor because my sister has a problem with her weight, and she got to 137lbs, and her doctor told her she needed to gain weight and my sister freaked out because she thought she should be 120lbs - so please, I'm hoping that you're of a physical condition to where you actually have the weight to lose and are not just trying to be skin and bones. Healthy doesn't mean being skin and bones.
All the best of luck to you...and just remember....you'll always be beautiful at whatever weight...inside and out!!! :) (My hubby has told me this for years!!)
(((HUGS!!!)))
lol my gym posted this today
- RoseRenae10
on Jun. 15, 2012 at 1:15 AM