working out but your scales hardly moving?

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Veganvibesss
Veganvibesss Posts: 123 Member
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your probably still losing inches!!
i was very discouraged and depressed with myself because i was working my butt off for 2 months thinking i was doing it all for nothing because my scale was hardly moving, i only lost a few pounds in those 2 months and so i decided to put my picture from 2 month's ago beside a picture i took today to see if i noticed any difference...
im SO glad i did it because i now notice i have lost a big amount of fat and now im very happy to notice working my butt off has worked and now i don't care what my scale says clearly it doesn't mean anything because i have lost fat.
i thought id post this so anyone who's having the same problem may realize just because there scale is hardly changing they're body probably is!
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i know it says ive lost 17 pounds but that wasn't within these pictures, on the left i weighed 198 and on the right i weighed 194

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  • RachelAngel01
    RachelAngel01 Posts: 77 Member
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    Wow! Great job. Thanks for the reminder, it's not always about the numbers on the scale.
  • briggitte59
    briggitte59 Posts: 52 Member
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    great job i am having the same problem :(
  • briggitte59
    briggitte59 Posts: 52 Member
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    what work outs are you doing ?
  • ethanzacjosh
    ethanzacjosh Posts: 11
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    wow! what a difference, I'm really guilty for paying too much attention to the scales
  • Mike13815
    Mike13815 Posts: 2
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    A pound is 3500 calories.

    A decent diet will remove one of those pounds every 4 days or so.

    A gallon of fat is about 8 pounds.

    So every month or so, losing a pound every four days (at the very least), you should be removing a gallon milk jug worth of fat from your body.

    That's a lot, even if it's only a handful of pounds on the scale.


    In the end, that's what we're all here for.

    Inches, not pounds.
  • perseverance14
    perseverance14 Posts: 1,364 Member
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    Good work!
  • patriciapowerswilliamson
    patriciapowerswilliamson Posts: 109
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    Thank you for the encouragement. Congrats! :) you can definitely see the difference
  • Veganvibesss
    Veganvibesss Posts: 123 Member
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    thanks to everyone and i wish you all good luck!!
    i am eating 1500 calories a day, and for my workouts i take my dog on a lot of walks everyday, i go for an hour run everyday and i also do fitnessblender workouts for 40 minutes everyday (youtube it) ! :) also i usually run around chasing my dog in the backyard for about an hour to burn off a few extra calories :)
  • sandrewsjr
    sandrewsjr Posts: 1
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    Also, bare in mind that the more you exercise, the more muscle you build. And muscle outweighs fat, literally. So you could gain weight but actually be better off than before.
  • Rak0ribz
    Rak0ribz Posts: 177 Member
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    This is why my workout routine includes scale presses.
  • Heirgreat
    Heirgreat Posts: 262 Member
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    Thank you so much for posting my weight have hasn't gone down for weeks but I'm tracking 15K to 20 K steps a day working out three times a week and my calories between 1200 and 1500 and my carbs most days under hundred- it's been so frustrating-but I won't give up I feel better & mentally I just wish I'd stop measuring myself by the scale!
  • UnicornAmanda
    UnicornAmanda Posts: 294 Member
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    I'm having the same problem. You look great!! I feel a little less crappy about seeing the same numbers on the scale and now I'm a little hopeful that I'm losing inches like you.
  • gracielynn1011
    gracielynn1011 Posts: 726 Member
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    Wow! That's amazing. You've done a great job.
  • JenniCali1000
    JenniCali1000 Posts: 646 Member
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    That's awesome! You've done a great job! :)
  • bethlaf
    bethlaf Posts: 954 Member
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    wow that is a BIG change!!! good working out!!

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