Scale is Just a Number...

hyenagirl

Yes, we hear all the time "a scale is just a number". I was losing weight like a champ until this past week when I gained 5 lbs back (literally overnight). Not sure if this is water retention (since I have hardly been peeing), muscle gain, both, or something else.

At any rate, here are 2 pictures, taken two weeks apart of me at exactly the same weight. The picture on the left shows my thighs and hips much slimmer and I have more of a waist than the pic in the right. Moral is, don't just let numbers be your guide. Every week, I take a photo (same time with the same camera for consistency) and compare them. It's a huge motivator for me. Even though the scale says I didn't lose, but I gained weight, the pictures tell a whole other story:

Aesop101

At first I thought, what's the difference and that was even before I read your post. However you are correct. Your hips are slimmer.

Keep up the good work!

dsreilly

Whenever i start exercising, i put on weight.....which i am doing now......scales will be going in the loft and i will start taking pictures. That is an amazing difference in 2 weeks. Your hips and stomach have both shrunk. I spend far too much time worrying about how many pounds i'm going to lose!!! Thanks for the post

portexploit

At first I thought, what's the difference and that was even before I read your post. However you are correct. Your hips are slimmer.

Keep up the good work!

The buldge in her stomach is less too. Keep up the good work girl

gjulie

not just that your hips are smaller but look at both sides of your stomach,has shrunk significantly,well done gives me some hope,think Ill try this,although I might feel sick to see a pic of myself in my undies!!!

change_happens

i noticed immediately that your thighs were trimmer in the later pic.

DulceDollie

I thought about doing this same thing, because I gained two lbs this past week and felt sad about it even though I felt thinner. It's helpful to see the difference in you. It's definitely apparent! Thanks for posting this.

aoifebr

Good work! Your on the money - scales are only part of the outcome - have you taken measurements? I was deversated my last monthly weight in I only lost 500g despite uping my workouts & keeping food on track then my trainer took measurements - 4cm on hips, 1cm on waist etc etc

When you build muscle it weight more than fat so you may actually have lost weight.