Scale NEVER budges - anyone else discouraged?

If you are losing inches and reshaping your body, the scale means less. While it is true that 1lb of muscle weighs the same as 1lb of fat, because muscle is more dense, it takes up less space. So, you at 145(for example only) can look totally different with more muscle....keep pushing and notice the differences.

Same thing going on with me. I work out 5-6 days a week, both strength and cardio, and count my calories. But the scale has stayed the same for 4 weeks now. BUT, most of my clothes are definitely BAGGY. In fact, I'm wearing a pair of pants today that are my one pair of 'skinny' dress slacks. And they fit fine. That was NOT the case on January 1. I could not get in to them. So, I've decided that I need to ignore the scale and continue to stay the course...clearly it's working. I'd say the same to you...stay the course because you ARE seeing results!

Me!! Been stuck at the same weight for a month now. I track religiously, eat all clean non processed foods, I reset my macros, drink over 8 glasses of water a day, work out 5 days a week and I increased my calories from 1300 to 1400 a day and STILL no move on the scales. The last week I've started doing Jillians 30DS (I managed it 5 times in a week) and cut back on the amount of carbs I eat and increased protein and vegetables and this week I have put on a pound!!! Not getting discouraged though as I know I'm doing everything right, I feel better and I'm sure with time I will see the difference!

So with you and VERY FRUSTRATED!!!

All of the above, completley obsess over weighing myself. Trying to get myself out of the habit now, which is easier said than done :-(

I only weigh in once a week. From experience if I do so more I get discouraged. So don't look at the scale if you feel better and your clothes are looser, then you are moving in the right direction.

There is a difference between the weight of muscle and fat, it is the way people word things that makes this confusing.

By density muscle does weigh more than fat, so if you took one liter of fat and one liter of muscle they would actually weigh differently.

Here is something someone posted to a similar question on Google Answers:

Summary: Muscle density is 1.06 g/ml and fat density is (about) 0.9
g/ml. Thus, one liter of muscle would weight 1.06 kg and one liter of
fat would weight 0.9 kg. In other words, muscle is about 18% denses
than fat. This should not be confused with the "energy density" of
muscle and fat, which may be where you got the 3x figure that you
mention in your question.

Reference: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/576481.html

Sources of this are on that link.

While a pound may be a pound but density is what we are talking about here, not the actual weight.

Me too. I have been losing and gaining and losing the same 3 pounds for at least 2 months now, first on 1200 calories, now on 1320 calories that MFP set for me.

I feel hungry much of the time. I've decided to re-set my calories according to fat2fit and Scooby workshop calculators. It's scary to think of eating more, but clearly what I've been doing isn't working, and going below 1200 calories isn't an option.

STORY OF MY LIFE!!!! :sad:

My body has been toying with me the last 6-7 months. I gain or lose the same 5 lbs. People tell me I'm looking great but when you are right at or just above 300 lbs you know you are no where near a maintaining/toning zone. It's very discouraging. I lost my first 35 lbs in 3 months last year (July-Sept) then I've been basically at a stale mate since. Maybe it's the colder weather/winter but I've still been working out like I normally do. I've just about given up really I am tired of getting no where.