Inches VS Pounds

im having the same battle. my weight is hardly wavering, but ive been measuring myself for the past 3 weeks since ive taken on jillian michaels 30 day shred. When I weighed in on Tuesday I had gained 3 lbs from the previous week (i know my calorie intake hasn't been stellar), but when i measured, I had lost at least 2 inches. So now, I've only lost 1 lb since beginning, but lost 9 inches.

I think I'm about to forget the scale. At least not take it so seriously, and focus on the measurments.

Either way, keep up the great work! We should be proud of ourselves! At the end of the (weigh-in) day, I'm always happy that I've made the changes that I have and I'm not where I was 3 months ago.

Keep doing what you are doing. Your body is still adjusting to the changes. What you first lost is probably water weight - especially if you're drinking lots of water. Keep an eye on sodium. That will show up on the scale overnight.

Just make sure you are eating enough (NET 1200). Eat enough of your exercise calories to keep you at or above 1200 and you should be good. Your body needs fuel for the exercise.

And treat the number on the scale as just that. A number. It can mean anything and it fluctuates daily. Even exercise can cause a slight water gain afterwards.

Someone at a healthy weight on calorie restriction and doing lots of cardio will see a loss on the scale but a lot of it will be muscle mass, not fat mass. (Weight lifting can help that). Unless you are weight lifting you aren't gaining muscle. It's very hard to women to "gain" muscle. It's all we can do to maintain it while on a diet.

Go by how your clothes fit and how you feel.

I've only lost 7.5 out of the 10 I was trying for (I've gotten away from weight loss and focusing more on weight lifting these days. Weight lifting and scale don't go together very well.) but I'm wearing pants that didn't fit when I was lighter than I am now. I can thank exercise for that.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/197261-just-13-lbs-lots-of-inches-pics?page=3#posts-2634465

Proof!!

Some weeks or even months I lose inches and not weight. I want the scale to move but in the end it's the inches that matter, right?

My advice would be to take the measurements starting now. It is really helpful to have a secondary motivation and way to measure success.

I also have had smaller clothes in my closet that I've used for goals. I tried things on until they fit noting each time how close I had come. From can't pull it over my hips, to almost zipping, to yeah it actually is wearable. It helped to keep me motivated.

Oh and I have a link from another fitness site that is amazing:

http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=3926473&SPShared=TRUE

Thanks!

I just started the Julian 30 day shred on Monday so maybe that is why I did not loose this week...

Staying positive!!

on the shred, ive been told not to expect lose in lbs, but expect loss in inches. i def saw that, and hopefully you will too! in 3 weeks i was able to fit into pants i havent worn in 2 years. stick with it!