losing weight but not inches

lisachey915
lisachey915 Posts: 4 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm down nearly 20 lbs. My clothes are fitting better. But my tape measure says I haven't really lost inches. How can this be?

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  • blueeyedtraveler
    blueeyedtraveler Posts: 209 Member
    Someone posted nearly the exact same thing yesterday lol

    Over the last 8 weeks, I lost 15 pounds, but only 1 inch around my waist. I've noticed that I go back & forth - I lose weight, then I lose inches, then back to losing weight & so on. Yes, you need the cardio to burn the fat, but do strength training/toning for help with that aspect. Stronger & more muscle burns more fat. It's a roller coaster in a matter of speaking, but not an up & down; more of a back & forth.

    Just keep doing what you're doing...in the end, it WILL balance out.
  • deadmittens
    deadmittens Posts: 536 Member
    I feel the same way. I'm down almost 36lbs (lost some before finding the site) and haven't really lost any inches!

    Some girl at work told me she couldn't tell I had lost weight :(
  • Forensic
    Forensic Posts: 468 Member
    I have a real problem with tape measures. Mainly that I can rarely get them to read the same thing twice. And if another person does it, they do it differently! And eventually... they stretch out... Sigh. If your clothes are fitting better something's moved about. :)
  • Setof2Keys
    Setof2Keys Posts: 681 Member
    I feel the same way. I'm down almost 36lbs (lost some before finding the site) and haven't really lost any inches!

    Some girl at work told me she couldn't tell I had lost weight :(

    Me too...down 34 LB's and only by BF has noticed cuz my waist line isn't going anywhere... :(
  • xoxo86
    xoxo86 Posts: 1
    how horrible! there has to be some indication you've lost weight. thats quite alot not to show any!
  • Aesop101
    Aesop101 Posts: 758 Member
    Being a guy some things I don't measure or I only measure my belly. From a visual inspection and from clothes I've lost weight in many places. Some you may not measure, for instance, inner thighs, face, chin, neck etc. Trust the fact that if you are losing weight the volume is going down somewhere.
  • awtakontrl
    awtakontrl Posts: 31
    hi, i dont know how much you weigh, but it took me (at 249lbs) to lose 20 pounds before i could go down a size. i was 249, size 20 and for every pant size that i dropped, it took 20 pounds to lose. i've also noticed that since i've lost alot more weight, it doesnt take as many pounds to be lost to drop a size.

    dont be discouraged, it takes time and patience. it's been 16 months and 87 pounds for me and i'm still going! :D

    good luck!!
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