The scale is a lying torture device! I'm proof :)

vzexft19

I am so glad you posted these pictures. You look great. I am always depending on the scale.And dissapointed.No wonder people always telling me I am getting skinner.I say oh no .I haven't lost any more weight. I still weigh the same.:happy:

HappilyLifts

Fantastic transformation emswanson! Can I ask, what changes did you make to your diet? How much did you eat in relation to your BMR?

Thank you!

When I started out on MFP I was eating about 1,600 gross calories, and netting something like 700-1,000 every day. I was grumpy, tired, and got super frustrated because the scale stopped moving.

Then I did alot of research asked advice of many friends (especially love4fitnesslove4food) and discovered my BMR is 1700 and my TDEE is between 2600-3200, depending on how active I am. I've been eating between 2200-2900 gross calories per day and I feel a trillion times better (so, I'm netting above my BMR). I also use a body media fit which tells me my average burn per day is 2,900, so that helps keep me in line!

well, it's good to know I am on the right track. My BMR is just below yours, around 1650, and I eat around 2200 calories plus exercise 3-5 times a week. I guess I just need to be patient. Thanks!

carajo

You look awesome!! Keep up the good work!! thanks for posting!! I have done Insanity as well, and dropped 3 dress sizes...i can fit into a zero...my weight...2lbs less thats all!! Crazy!! I'm now doing p90x and hae gained 3lbs. my clothes still fit great though....PROOF!!

Ges220

I AM FEELING YOU COMPLETELY!!!! I just finished a week of fitness bootcamp and staying below 2000 calories and I HAVE GAINED 3 POUNDS ! UGH! I was really stressing until I read this! THANK YOU FOR CALMING ME DOWN! GrEAT POST!!!!

MollyDukes

WOW, you look awesome. Thanks for sharing because the scale definately does seem to lie

TasTam

Wow, when I first heard your story, I thought she can just inadvertantly hold in her stomach and she'll think she looks thinner, but your legs are definitely much more toned and defined and your back and side are really smoothed up!! You definitely can't hold them in. That's absolutely amazing and your hard work really shows. Congratulations!!!

ChristineDiet

I am so glad you posted these pictures. You look great. I am always depending on the scale.And dissapointed.No wonder people always telling me I am getting skinner.I say oh no .I haven't lost any more weight. I still weigh the same.:happy:

This for me too. My weight is literally up and down each week and the tape measure hasn't moved in a month, but I've dropped a dress size and people and myself are starting to notice a change.

thanks for the post - it does encourages us to keep at it "even when the scale doesn't move". Fantastic job btw - you look great. x

JB5349

Congrats! That is outstanding and just the motivation that I needed today! The scale is up today and I MEAN up by about 4 lbs, I know I did not eat great but seriously 4lbs it is just discouraging- but I know that my clothes are fitting better!

You look fabulous! Thanks for the inspiration !

kford12

Thank you SO much for posting this!! I too have had the same problem in that I have been doing 30DS for over a month and am starting my third week of C25k and the scale says I have lost NOTHING! It is so disheartening. I was starting to think that me feeling slimmer and fitter was all in my head until a lady at work asked if I had lost weight last week.

Thanks again, you look amazing!!

graysmom2005

That's just CRAZY!!! Amazing!

sassyshook

thank you so much for posting these pics. I have been battling the scale for months now. Everyone tells me I look like I am losing weight but the scale has yet to budge. Very inspiring!!!

Dannib55

I am going to stop using the scale as my only form of progress. I'm going to start measuring and taking pics. I get frustrated when the scale does not move or it moves in the opposite direction and I feel as though my hard work is not paying off.

Slimithy

Thanks so much. I needed this this morning.

Letters24You

Looks great. Definitely needed this this morning!

minnielovesmickey

Excellent work! Your stomach looks great. Too many people obsess about the numbers on the scale. Keep doing what your doing as it's working a treat xx

MelissR75

Amazing! I really needed this right now b/c after saying I wouldn't weigh myself; I did, and im irked! It hasn't budged! But I do feel leaner and I know inches are dropping! You are proof that the scale doesn't matter! Great job!!

SuzyLy

Looks like all that hard work turned the fat to muscle. You look great!

squishycow7

LOVE this, your progress is amazing!!!!

Kim55555

Same thing has happened to me! Wish I had taken bikini shots!

Scale has barely moved in 6 months even though Ive lost heaps more fat. Looking nice and thin now & tummy is starting to become defined now!

Determined1980

WOW! I appreciate this picture, and this just proves that the scale is evil!!! LOL It is so easy to give up when you don't see that scale moving, you just gave me and many others HOPE!

Thanks for sharing!!

jacksonde24

All I have to say is Wow!!!

firstnamekaren

Thank you for posting this.....just thank you.

Shriffee

WOW!!!! Thanks for posting!

love4fitnesslove4food_wechange

I was hoping you'd share this with everyone because it's sooooo inspiring. you clearly are dropping fat like crazy and retaining your muscle--you don't starve and you look fantastic!!

tcchasse

OMG THANK YOU SOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!! I needed this now more than ever!!! I have been so discouraged. My husband and everybody keeps telling me they see the difference and I have gone down in clothes sizes and I follow the program and workout like crazy!!! I have NOT seen that scale move and everyone around me on my friend's list are dropping and I couldn't figure it out. I noticed things changing already myself but it gets sooo discouraging when you see others dropping lbs week after week and you never do!! You are awesome for posting this and you look FABULOUS!!!!! Keep up the great work and being an inspiration to others!!

xjlishey1

That's what my PT keeps preaching. He say's don't pay that thing no mind. He told me last week that I was losing and I said the scale isn't moving..He said, what did I tell you that thing doesn't mean anything..You look awesome Em..you are my shero..Love the pic!!

gameovergt

NSV!

Kim55555

.No wonder people always telling me I am getting skinner.I say oh no .I haven't lost any more weight. I still weigh the same.:happy:

Haha. I also get this all the time!

xjlishey1

OMG THANK YOU SOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!! I needed this now more than ever!!! I have been so discouraged. My husband and everybody keeps telling me they see the difference and I have gone down in clothes sizes and I follow the program and workout like crazy!!! I have NOT seen that scale move and everyone around me on my friend's list are dropping and I couldn't figure it out. I noticed things changing already myself but it gets sooo discouraging when you see others dropping lbs week after week and you never do!! You are awesome for posting this and you look FABULOUS!!!!! Keep up the great work and being an inspiration to others!!

DITTO

Jenn728

This is proof the scale is evil! Great job!!!!