Lost Weight and Still Fat

hugs honey. the weight loss will start to show soon. keep up all your hard work!

Unfortunately, our bodies don't always lose the visable fat (chest, tummy, butt, thighs) first. Frequently they burn the hidden fat (around your organs, etc.) before they burn the other. I don't know if this is what's happening with you, but it was what happenned with me. As you continue to lose weight, it will begin to show and the sizes will start decreasing. Keep working. You've lost the weight, and soon the body will follow!:flowerforyou:

I have been feeling the same way lately, I have lost 23 lbs so this weekend I tried on a size smaller and they went up but were still too tight I am 4 lbs from being pre baby #2 but not even close to being in the same pre baby #2 size of clothes. Keep your head up tho. We can do this, we are not alone on this journey and as we continue to lose weight the sizes will also go down.

I know the feeling of not going down a size very quickly! Don't get too disheartened though, did you just try on the one dress? If so maybe it was just a dress that tends to the smaller side...I have gone down a size in some shops, in some clothes but even in the same shop with the same brand I fit different sizes in different clothes.

And I agree that it's a process where you feel like the progress doesn't show for ages, and then suddenly you start noticing the impacts. So keep it up and you'll get there!

I don't know about in the UK (that is what you said, isn't it??? lol), but alot of the clothes sold in standard retail and sometime in middle-ground malls for women have changed their sizing. 8's are now what used to be 10's or 12's, 6's are what used to be 8's and 10's and so on. The theory among us common folk is that it's a sales ploy. If a woman *thinks* she's wearing a size 6 when she's historically worn a size 8 or 10, she'll buy a ton of new clothes in a size 6.

Which is precisely why in one store, this pair of slacks marked as a size 8 fit but in that store, you can't get on anything less than a 12! So, don't fret. The sizes probably don't mean a danged thing anymore. I wish they'd measure women's clothes the same way they do mens and do away with all these false number systems that are to reflect... what exactly?

I'm 5'1" and when I finally get back to a size "4", guess what? I won't find anything that fits my hips or they won't fit my legs (too long or short). Cuz you know, most 5'1" females that are a size 4 are in 8th grade. HAHAHAHAHA!!!! So just roll your eyes at the silliness of the market trends adn keep on keepin' on, knowing that it's the store and the manufacturer that's really suffering - you didn't give them your money or advertising (by wearing their label!). :devil: So how's that for a turn around perspective??? :happy:

Totally agree with the comments about sizes. And sometimes it's the cut - you said the dress that did fit you looked hideous; maybe it's just not a flattering style for you in any size. But don't worry; you will see a change in the way your clothes fit. I've been seriously working on exercise and fat loss since May 2009 and just noticed I fit into my old gi again after losing 23 pounds (don't know what that's in stone ) Good luck! :flowerforyou:

Don't feel bad I have lost 7 lbs but haven't been able to go to a smaller size because they are to tight:brokenheart:

Before I regained my weight (sob) I had lost 18.5lb and never went down a dress size, OK so my clothes were less tight, but I still couldn't get into the next size down.

I think that's just my body shape though, I have broad shoulders and carry weight on my boobs and they never seem to shrink so it makes sense that I won't change dress size that easily.

It does make you feel rubbish though.

Which shop were you in? I am in the UK too and I am between a 12 and a 14 depending on where I shop, but in the "designer" shops I struggle to even get in a 16!!

I was in River Island, tried on this beautiful mish-mash coloured dress that zipped up the front. I literally could not even do the size 12 up, it was a rather "cringe" moment.
Although it didn't help I was trying clothes with my flatmates who is a UK size 4/6 (very thin indeed!)
It was just all the effort- and then can't even zip up a dress - it feels like the effort it all for nothing. But as kind comments on the thread say- it may just be one of those things!

I think River Island tend to be 'smaller sizes' anyway- and I totally know how you feel, I've lost and I haven't even noticed any changes to my body, let alone anyone else :grumble: hopefully we'll both be able to see some difference soon though!

The last time in my life I was able to lose a decent amount of weight (between my two kids), I lost 34 lbs. and only went down one size. And it took all the way to 25-30 lbs. before that even happened. I love very slow and see changes very slowly.