Reminder: The Scale Does NOT Define You!

I always love your picture presentations ! For me I always worked out and ate whatever I wanted . I stopped working out for a year And put on a few pounds but my muscle converted to fat , so my body shape changed . Your pictures helped me understand that. Hope that make sense. Thanks for taking the time to post b/c it was a light bulb for me that eating slightly better and staying active was my new plan . Went to get new pants the other day I was a 3/4 havn't seen that since i was 15! Feel fantastic working out again ....

Can I hug you? Please? I so needed this! Bookmarking for later & definitely taking photos. I meant to before I started and never got around to it.

Thank you for the boost!

Awesome post and so true. My scale weight was stuck and even backsliding 5-6 lbs most of the summer- and I am just now getting back to the weight I was at in June. But I have a shirt I bought almost a year ago as a goal to fit into- in June I was happy I could just get it buttoned but it was way too tight to wear- today it actually fits me very well.

oh god i needed this... I am only 1kg lighter than i was this time last year.. i work out alot. strenght training and cardio.. i will admit, i dont think ive been eating enough, but i have seen the light..... it is frustrating

but even though im pretty much the smae weight, ive dropped a dress size.. so i cant complain... Time to throw the scales in the bin... me thinks.......... dont look at how far we have to go, look at how far we've come

and ive lost 36kgs (about 70p)... so I ROCK.................. and U ROCK toooo.. you look amazing... thanks for the read

The scale is a lying, cheating *kitten* who kicks puppies and takes candy from babies. Don't give it any power over you.

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Omg, when i first read the title i thought this was going to be some silly skinny lady telling us how the scale doesnt matter but WOW! What a freaken inspiration! You look amazing and now, i FINALLY believe that the scale is indeed a liar!

Great reminder. My scale has been fluctuating up and down the last few weeks (mostly up), but I have about 15 pairs of dress pants laying folded in the closet because they fall off. Think I'll just let the batteries die in the scale. :laugh:

First of all, congrats on all your hard work and progress. You look simply AMAZING now.

But, second, I want to throw in my own tidbit of a story to support what you're saying, because you're absolutely right. In August 2011, I hit my goal weight of 170. But, I realized I'd been sedentary for years and couldn't possibly have the muscle structure I'd had as a younger man. I decided to keep going in a refinement mode and set a target of 12% body fat. I went out to get measured and learned at 170 I was 19.5%. I did the math and set a new goal. Kept dieting and working out hard. Three months went by and I didn't lose an ounce. I went for another % measurement and it came in at 10.8%. I had swapped ounce-for-ounce, fat for new muscle.

The scale doesn't define us, it often misleads us and, sadly, it often makes people give up. The scale is a tool, and an important one. But, it's not the only one.

Thanks Lorina! Love your posts! What an inspiriation!

Great post!
Blue jeans tell all.:happy:

I love it. You are an inspiration.

wow! this is an awesome post! way to go

Love this!! Thanks!!!

I needed this. Although I can always do better, I can also do worse as well. I get an urge almost every other day to get on the scale and it says I have gained. I am working out more but I cannot stop eating. Uuuughh!

I will stop here and say thank you. I am definitely a work in progress.

Joining the masses in saying: Thanks so much for posting! Definitely came along at exactly the right moment! I'm off to look for my tape measure!