Anyone measuring success differently

I'm measuring by inches, a photo every month and how my clothes fit. I check the scale out of curiosity, but it isn't a big deal anymore.

Sort of, I do note my waist by the fact that my belt keeps needing to use closer in holes to latch, but most of MY success measurement is in workout ability since I started lifting weights/cardio along with eating better to lose weight. Trying to get too worked up about weight is pointless since muscle weighs more than fat

Inches are better measurements than weight. I measure inches on my body twice a month. I measure my stomach, thighs, hips, and waist. I see a difference more in the inches than my weight.

I use my level of fitness.

I do scale every friday morning, measurements once a mth around the 8th & take photos every few mths then do comparison pics. I highly recommend measurements, sometimes when you can't see it on the scale you see it in your measurements. The easiest way for me to tell was in my clothing though, when my pants were falling off or I could pull them down without undoing them, that was fun :-)

I do weigh in as it's part of a challenge I am in but would rather take measurements and go off of the fit of my clothes. It's such a better measure of my progress. I also take pictures - huge motivator to see the progresses I've made!

I use increasing my weights and running a faster mile at the gym. If I gain a pound, then I gain a pound.
I haven't weighed or measured myself in months and all of my clothes still fit.

Weight is my number 1 focus item, because I'm trying to lose a bunch. I weigh myself officially every Friday morning.

Some more important numbers in my mind is my cholesterol is down to 126 (and I'm now completely off medication), my blood pressure is 130/70 (and am now completely off of medication).

I also am satisfied when I have to cut down my belt, drill another hole, fit into smaller sized clothes.

I haven't measured inches along my journey, perhaps I should have because there is a lot less of me now than there was in February.

I'm trying to move off the scale and only measure my success based on performance goals.

What do I want my body to be capable of doing? My body transformation will continue as a by-product of journey towards those goals.


I'm 48 yrs old. My current performance goals this yr:
350# Deadlift
135# OHS
115# Squat Snatch
185# C&J

Longer term: 400# Deadlift on my 50th b-day.

I use my level of fitness.

Love the picture. :-)

I weigh, though I find clothes (belts especially, and additionally I use a vest I wore when I graduated that no longer fits) as a measuring stick to see changes in my body.