Which ones better.. Losing weight or Inches?
ladyhannahluu
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I need serious help! Losing the inches and toning up but still weigh the same. My friends say I look like I'm changing but I feel the same. I'm ex-bulimic and don't want to go back to that! Help me? 
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Personally, I'm all about the inches/feeling stronger/clothes fitting better
I don't own a scale and haven't for a long time - because it makes me crazy over the number.
Getting stronger and more toned is a way better indicator that you're doing things right than losing pounds or "getting skinny" I know plenty of people who are skinny, yeah. But they're still out of shape, flabby, weak and unhealthy.
Stick with healthy lifestyle changes and the rest will follow.0 -
Weight by itself does not describe your health or fitness level. There are healthy overweight people and unhealthy people at their "goal" weight
No one but you can see the number on the scale
Everyone can see inches lost
Your weight can vary depending on the time of day, the sodium you've taken in, if you've had enough water, etc etc etc
If you've lost inches and are feeling more toned you have physical, real, solid, measurable evidence that your body is changing. Why are you concerned with a number that is only a tiny fraction of what determines your overall health and fitness?0 -
I need serious help! Losing the inches and toning up but still weigh the same. My friends say I look like I'm changing but I feel the same. I'm ex-bulimic and don't want to go back to that! Help me?
"better" is subjective, but would you rather be smaller weigh 140 lbs, or be bigger and weigh 110 lbs? IMO inches are more important.
ETA; it's easy enough to lie about the lbs if you are smaller.0 -
"I simply don't think it's worth worrying about what your weight should be. Rather, worry about what your health, functionality, performance, and physique should be. Weight will settle where it needs to be once those things are optimized."
- Steve Troutman0 -
Inches. I would rather by thinner with a higher number on the scale than bigger with a lower number on the scale.0
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inches. i hate being a size 6 at 115 lbs and 5'6 1/20
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Weight by itself does not describe your health or fitness level. There are healthy overweight people and unhealthy people at their "goal" weight
No one but you can see the number on the scale
Everyone can see inches lost
Your weight can vary depending on the time of day, the sodium you've taken in, if you've had enough water, etc etc etc
If you've lost inches and are feeling more toned you have physical, real, solid, measurable evidence that your body is changing. Why are you concerned with a number that is only a tiny fraction of what determines your overall health and fitness?
This X's 1,000,000!0 -
Inches and how your clothing fits. What I weigh v. what my girlfriend the same height weighs and how we LOOK is totally unrelated.0
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Definitely inches!0
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Inches...definitley. Now don't get me wrong. I'd LOVE to weigh less so I can be swooped up off my feet from a man...but at 5'11'' and currently at 174...probably not going to happen. Perhaps at 155...but I'd rather LOOK smaller than weigh less. :bigsmile:0
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INCHES!0
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Inches for sure. Think about this, weighing less and having muffin top or weigh more and and no muffin top????0
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Weight by itself does not describe your health or fitness level. There are healthy overweight people and unhealthy people at their "goal" weight
No one but you can see the number on the scale
Everyone can see inches lost
Your weight can vary depending on the time of day, the sodium you've taken in, if you've had enough water, etc etc etc
If you've lost inches and are feeling more toned you have physical, real, solid, measurable evidence that your body is changing. Why are you concerned with a number that is only a tiny fraction of what determines your overall health and fitness?
This.
And if you're trying to lose weight and look slim, people are always so surprised when you tell them you weigh a higher number.
It's how to do it right :P0 -
Inches. Weight is just a number. Very meaningless. How fit you are, how strong you feel, how your body works for you .... that's all functional!0
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Definitely inches0
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Inches. I'd imagine you're losing weight at least partially to look better so as long as that's happening weight isn't a big deal. Eventually that will creep down too.0
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For me personally I'll take the inches. Me at 175 looks better than a coworker at 148 (i only know this because she told me). Granted she is a bit shorter than me but side by side she looks bigger than me. She is losing weight while i am losing inches. She diets. I watch calories and exercise/lift. weight loss will make you look good in your clothes. firming up and losing inches will make you look good naked.0
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I minimally worry about the scale...every time I worried about it, obsessively, I quit trying.
Maybe try hiding your scale for a few weeks? Have someone take pictures instead, about once a month, and measure your body? This is better to see results, IMO.
Maybe, as you have a disorder, see a psychologist and get help. Fearing the scale can be way too tiring and stressful, and is just an un-needed thing.
ETA: Lifting heavier weight **NOT 5 lbs dumb bells all of the time....actually trying!** helps you look smaller and less heavy as well
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Inches... Worry more about that rather than the number on the scale! What matters most is how you feel.0
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Inches...definitley. Now don't get me wrong. I'd LOVE to weigh less so I can be swooped up off my feet from a man...but at 5'11'' and currently at 174...probably not going to happen. Perhaps at 155...but I'd rather LOOK smaller than weigh less. :bigsmile:
lol my man can swoop me up off my feet -- i'm 6'0" and last weigh-in was 215lbs. my man is 6'3" and 226
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Inches all the way!!! We rely on the scale too much and it really is deceiving. Inches are what matter. Ultimately it's the loss of inches that are going to get us into smaller clothes, etc. My suggestion...lose the scale!0
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Inches, baby. Let's be honest, it's all about the vanity, right? We want to look good and have people notice us (and be healthy, strong, blah blah). If you're 150 and look like a turd, well, congrats on being 150 but... However if you're 175 and look amazeballs, then mission accomplished! It has taken me sooo long to wrap my head around this, but has been worth the re-training of my mind. I still weigh myself, and sometimes still get all undone about the numbers until I remind myself of all the awesome benefits that have come with me being stronger and healthier, and remind myself that I can fit into 5/6 jeans at 150 lbs. when previously at this weight was a size 10. I might be older now, but I look a hell of a lot better wearing a 5/6 at the same weight.0
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Inches.
Been busting my butt since the start of the year only lost 5 pounds but the inches are dropping big time. Need to buy a belt to hold my work pants up lol.
Throw those scales away and say hello to a tape measure0 -
"I simply don't think it's worth worrying about what your weight should be. Rather, worry about what your health, functionality, performance, and physique should be. Weight will settle where it needs to be once those things are optimized."
- Steve Troutman
Excellent quote0 -
Inches, duh...who cares about a number on a scale???0
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inches most definitely! id rather be like 125 and toned and skinny than 100 and flabby0
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Inches over lbs any day ! People still don't believe me when I tell them my weight
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For me its inches...the way my clothes fit. I have a few metabolic syndromes..so the number fluctuates like a mad person..so I hid it..and rely on the measuring tape..0
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Losing inches is better! But it's hard to intentionally lose inches without losing weight. Eat & lift weight with a slight deficit is about the only advice I know to give.0
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Inches. Going by the scale is lame.0
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