Losing Weight but Not Inches - What is the Point?!

scrittrice

I can only speak from my experience, but it seems either the scale moves or the tape measure does...I generally don't get both moving at the same time. I've lost very little weight since the first of the year (12 lbs.) yet I've dropped almost 2 full sizes. Be patient, eat healthy, and exercise...it will all come together eventually!

This is my experience exactly. I've slowed down (on purpose) my weight loss recently, so I weigh just about the same as I did a month ago, but I went to try on pants in a store the other day and was stunned.

I would add that I cannot see my own weight loss, and I'd bet I'm not alone in that on this site. I always look the same to me--I didn't think I had that much to lose, and now that I've lost it, I don't see a difference. I mean, I'm not an idiot--I get that smaller size clothes fit me, and I knew my starting weight was an unhealthy number for my height, and people I haven't seen in a while comment on it--but I just don't see it. I'm assuming that eventually my eye will adjust, and I'd bet that if you take photos you'll see the changes more clearly than you do just looking in the mirror.

Grumpsandwich

I read ages ago its about ( on average) 10 pounds of fat per inch. But if you are building muscle at the same time it will effect the inches as your body is reshaped

streamgirl

Check out this forum thread:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/779683--apple-shaped-women-before-afters?hl=apple+shape

It was really helpful for me to read about how others have experienced weight loss if they carry it around the middle like I do. it helped me set reasonable expectations. Many people talk about losing tummy weight last, so it made me less frustrated with those measurements moving so slowly. I also second the person who said they seem to lose pounds OR inches but not both. I've definitely had that!