Dropping inches and clothing sizes, but not weight???

LorinaLynn

... You're not doing anything wrong. I think everyone here is just confused about why a number matters so much to you. If you like how you look then who cares about the number?? Your logic in this is just not making sense to anyone.

As far as your comment to take a lighter weight over a smaller size any day is really disturbing. If you're gaining lean muscle mass you're not going to look like a body builder. I can guarantee you that.

If you want to lose weight and lose muscle then maybe you should stop exercising... but I don't think that's healthy and I wouldn't recommend it.

It's possible that maybe you have unrealistic goals for your weight. I would consider reevaluating that if I were you.

That's exactly it. People who look at you can see you look great. They can't see what the scale says. The only people who know exactly what you weigh are you and maybe your doctor.

I weighed 110 pounds in high school. I'm about 130# now, and I have about 105# of lean body weight now... the weight of my organs, muscle and bone... there's no way I could ever get to 110# again. It's would not be a realistic goal for me. But I can fit into jeans I wore then.

Sister_Someone

May I ask how tall are you, and how did you determine your goal weight?

I'm 162-3 cm, aiming for 50-52 kg (5'3, 110-115). My doctor calculated the acceptable range for my height and I chose to aim for the lower end of it because I have a narrow build/small bones and look better when I'm a bit smaller. At my healthiest (that means, fairly active and eating clean), I was around that weight and maintained without trouble.



I'm sorry if I offended anyone with my earlier post, it wasn't my intention. But try to look at it this way - just as my logic of lower weight>smaller size doesn't make sense to you; to me it's incomprehensible why anyone would think it's comforting for a weight-oriented person to hear that weighing more is "fantastic".

I'm not under-valuating the fact that I managed to zip my pants. In fact, the first time I realized that's possible, I cried happy tears. But weight also matters a lot to me and I eventually would like to see it at least within 5 kg of my ultimate goal.

From what I gathered from all your responses, I should stick to my diet, change up my exercise and be patient, correct?

deksgrl

Okay, that doesn't seem like an unreasonable goal at all.

After you lost the 10kg, did you recalculate your caloric needs? And do you eat back your exercise calories? Sometimes you have to tweak your settings to see a difference. What we do know is you did initially lose weight, but then it stopped so that could indicate that something is now out of balance in the calories consumed / burned.