Fitness, weight, shape, measurements......

jigfoot
jigfoot Posts: 39
in Fitness and Exercise
So after 4 months I finally lost a stone!!! Hurrah! .....but I think I look the same, people told me to measure and really I've only lost an inch off each area maximum!! It's so puzzling! I've lost 14lb but I measure the same? My friends say I look different. But how can I if my measurements are the same?

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  • kw85296
    kw85296 Posts: 265 Member
    If you lost an inch in each area then you are not the same. What were you looking for with your 14 pounds? Were you also doing a lot of cardio and lifting? Sometimes that will give you more, but an inch in each area means at least 3" lost if you are counting bust, waist, and hips. That adds up to a nice loss. :)
  • michael1976_ca
    michael1976_ca Posts: 3,488 Member
    can i ask where your measuring? this is what i measure its out of jillian michaels body revolutions. i like it this formula way more

    1. weight
    2.upper chest [ 1 inch below arm pit]
    3. bust [ fullest measurement]
    4. midriff [ 1 inch below bottom of breast ]
    5. upper arm [ 2 inches below arm pit ]
    6. waist [ smallest measurment ]
    7. upper hip [ 3 inches below waist ]
    8 lower hip [ fullest measurement ]
    9. calf fullest measurement ]
  • cafeaulait7
    cafeaulait7 Posts: 2,459 Member
    My first weight comes off of things like knees, lol. Or lower thighs where I don't measure (but I can see the loss). An inch loss is great, though! It sounds like you are doing well.
  • jigfoot
    jigfoot Posts: 39
    Ah so maybe I'm expecting too much? I had imagined that 14lb would look a lot different, I don't really know what I'm expecting I suppose lol!
  • wareje
    wareje Posts: 42
    i found an image on google of 5lbs of fat vs 5lb of muscle using a pen to gauge the size difference. it really shocked me!

    im still learning myself but is it possible you've lost some muscle rather than fat? when i started on a calorie restricted diet i lost 10lbs but felt exactly the same and lost less than an inch in most areas. a PT told me that i was over doing it with the cardio and not eating enough per day to build or even keep muscle and while i was shedding a little fat chances were the weight lost was a combo of muscle and water. food for thought.

    big congrats on loosing the inches tho! i wish i could say the same :) an inch is an inch and id say your kicking goals ;) i wouldnt pay too much attention the the scales.
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    an inch all over sounds about right for a stone of weight, at your kind of size (with little to lose).
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    Ah so maybe I'm expecting too much? I had imagined that 14lb would look a lot different, I don't really know what I'm expecting I suppose lol!

    it'll be most of a dress size.
    go to a shop where you regularly shop and try on the next size down from what you wore before.

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