Lost 10 pounds...and neck measurement hasn't changed?

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  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,059 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    Okay I hate you guys....13 (YES, I did). Why do I need to know this?

    bahaha. You did it. I thought you'd remain strong.

    A lot of people track their neck measurement.

    Well, I have a tiny neck...and since mine is the same size as the OP's, I'm gonna say not to worry about that one! I've lost nearly 30lbs, and I'm near my goal. It's unlikely it will get any tinier than that.
  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,059 Member
    jemhh wrote: »
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    Great, now this thread makes me want to measure my neck.
    Why?

    Everyone else was doing it. And I got curious. :(

    The neck is the gateway measurement. Do it once and it's hard to stop. Then you start measuring hips and waist and before long it's your wrists and forearms.

    Oh my god...you're right....must...resist...measuring...big toe....
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    jemhh wrote: »
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    Great, now this thread makes me want to measure my neck.
    Why?

    Everyone else was doing it. And I got curious. :(

    The neck is the gateway measurement. Do it once and it's hard to stop. Then you start measuring hips and waist and before long it's your wrists and forearms.

    Oh my god...you're right....must...resist...measuring...big toe....

    Lol. Hey, if my fingers got smaller I guess it's possibly big toe shrank?
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    jemhh wrote: »
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    Great, now this thread makes me want to measure my neck.
    Why?

    Everyone else was doing it. And I got curious. :(

    The neck is the gateway measurement. Do it once and it's hard to stop. Then you start measuring hips and waist and before long it's your wrists and forearms.

    Oh my god...you're right....must...resist...measuring...big toe....

    Lol. Hey, if my fingers got smaller I guess it's possibly big toe shrank?

    HEYYYYYY. Well if your toes can shrink, and you're a man....* cough, wonder what else can shrink?
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    jemhh wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    10 pound loss with three inches off the waist is NICE work/good luck :)

    Seriously. I'm kind of jealous :(:)

    I lost 27 pounds and only saw 2 inches lost from waist! wahh.

    You have a nice inward curving waist though. I'm down 54 lbs. and 5.5 inches and still barely have a waist indentation. Apple shaped blues.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    jemhh wrote: »
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    Great, now this thread makes me want to measure my neck.
    Why?

    Everyone else was doing it. And I got curious. :(

    The neck is the gateway measurement. Do it once and it's hard to stop. Then you start measuring hips and waist and before long it's your wrists and forearms.

    Oh my god...you're right....must...resist...measuring...big toe....

    Lol. Hey, if my fingers got smaller I guess it's possibly big toe shrank?

    HEYYYYYY. Well if your toes can shrink, and you're a man....* cough, wonder what else can shrink?

    You took it there.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Hi everyone: Since I started MFP this past October, I've lost 10 pounds, which is great. I have lost 3" off my waist, 2.5" off my hips and ~2" off my chest (read: boobs)...however, my neck measurement started off at 12" and it hasn't budged an inch. Could it be that I'm measuring it at the wrong part of the neck? Or is it too early to notice a change in neck measurements?

    I'd appreciate any insight you have. Thanks!

    You're doing awesome, keep up the great work!
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,338 Member
    edited February 2015
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    jemhh wrote: »
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    Great, now this thread makes me want to measure my neck.
    Why?

    Everyone else was doing it. And I got curious. :(

    The neck is the gateway measurement. Do it once and it's hard to stop. Then you start measuring hips and waist and before long it's your wrists and forearms.

    Oh my god...you're right....must...resist...measuring...big toe....

    Lol. Hey, if my fingers got smaller I guess it's possibly big toe shrank?

    HEYYYYYY. Well if your toes can shrink, and you're a man....* cough, wonder what else can shrink?

    Apparently weight loss has the opposite effect, by removing the surrounding fat ;)
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    jemhh wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    jemhh wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    10 pound loss with three inches off the waist is NICE work/good luck :)

    Seriously. I'm kind of jealous :(:)

    I lost 27 pounds and only saw 2 inches lost from waist! wahh.

    You have a nice inward curving waist though. I'm down 54 lbs. and 5.5 inches and still barely have a waist indentation. Apple shaped blues.

    Yaya. I needed to see it go from my hips more anyways. Dat pear shape.
  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,059 Member
    jemhh wrote: »
    Everybody loses differently so there's no standard rate of loss for any body part. Plus, your neck is pretty small already so you might not have much to lose there.

    Sounds good. So 12" = "slender," huh? Never knew that. Anyone know what's the upper limit of "acceptable" re: neck measurements?


    Nada; whatever works best for you! We have the same size neck (I measured mine because of this thread), and mine is already pretty small. No need to worry about that measurement. :)
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I'm googling neck measurement stuff now.
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    Started out with 14.5 inch some months ago

    Now i lost a lot of inches everywhere and weight
    But my neck only 1 inch

    But i take it lol
    what is gone is gone...were ever it decide to disappear i am happy with it.

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  • Dragn77
    Dragn77 Posts: 810 Member
    For what it's worth..I have always measured my neck (for those online body calculator thingies)...regardless of when I was thin, well within the range for my weight and didnt realize it (I was so young lol) and 60lbs heavier than that at my highest... the size of my neck has always been between 13 to 13.5 inches. Never less or more... Its just not a place I gain or lose any weight from, might be the same thing going on with you.
  • soygorda18
    soygorda18 Posts: 17 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    10 pound loss with three inches off the waist is NICE work/good luck :)

    Thanks :-D
  • soygorda18
    soygorda18 Posts: 17 Member
    jemhh wrote: »
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    Great, now this thread makes me want to measure my neck.
    Why?

    Everyone else was doing it. And I got curious. :(

    The neck is the gateway measurement. Do it once and it's hard to stop. Then you start measuring hips and waist and before long it's your wrists and forearms.

    Oh my god...you're right....must...resist...measuring...big toe....

    *Waves tape measure in front of face seductively*
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    jemhh wrote: »
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    Great, now this thread makes me want to measure my neck.
    Why?

    Everyone else was doing it. And I got curious. :(

    The neck is the gateway measurement. Do it once and it's hard to stop. Then you start measuring hips and waist and before long it's your wrists and forearms.

    Oh my god...you're right....must...resist...measuring...big toe....

    *Waves tape measure in front of face seductively*

    OP it's been two weeks. Any neck measurement change?!
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    Ha! I can't believe you bumped this today. I'm not the op but I did my monthly measurements and comparison this morning and it made me think of this thread. My neck was down a quarter of an inch.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    jemhh wrote: »
    Ha! I can't believe you bumped this today. I'm not the op but I did my monthly measurements and comparison this morning and it made me think of this thread. My neck was down a quarter of an inch.

    Funny. And look at that your neck is smaller! I didn't write mine down but I think it's in the thread. Gonna check.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    i measure every part of me LOLOLOL - calves, thigh, hips, waist, bust, neck, arm and i think im forgetting something but am only on cup #1 of coffee so my brain isn't functioning yet LOL

    10 pounds isnt a lot, you're obviously losing it other places, just maybe not your face/neck yet (i dont recall if you said how much you weigh/ need to lose/ whatever). I've lost 23 pounds and its all from the upper half of my body - my lower half hasnt budged enough to make a size difference yet. (wish it would! LOL!)

    itll come off (for you and me) when its ready to. ;)
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    edited March 2015
    Isn't neck measurement one of the body frame questions - eg you don't put on much / lose much around the neck?

    Or have I gone mad

    Mine is long, graceful and 14" if it helps (you'll have to take my word for it :wink:) and hasn't changed at all
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Isn't neck measurement one of the body frame questions - eg you don't put on much / lose much around the neck?

    Or have I gone mad

    Mine is long, graceful and 14" if it helps (you'll have to take my word for it :wink:) and hasn't changed at all

    mine is not long or graceful or 14" LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO
  • LoupGarouTFTs
    LoupGarouTFTs Posts: 916 Member
    I've never measured my neck before coming to MFP, but recently I learned that I have a 13 inch neck. Last year, when I started out, it was 16 inches. I'm a 5'1" woman, so I don't know if that's "acceptable" or not, but it seems to work for me. In contrast to that 3 inches I've lost around my neck, I've also lost 6.5 inches from around my waist and 9.5 inches from around my hips. I would have liked to switch the hips and waist measurements, but as people said--you get what you get!
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I've never measured my neck before coming to MFP, but recently I learned that I have a 13 inch neck. Last year, when I started out, it was 16 inches. I'm a 5'1" woman, so I don't know if that's "acceptable" or not, but it seems to work for me. In contrast to that 3 inches I've lost around my neck, I've also lost 6.5 inches from around my waist and 9.5 inches from around my hips. I would have liked to switch the hips and waist measurements, but as people said--you get what you get!

    Wow. Great loss :) So many inches!
  • LoupGarouTFTs
    LoupGarouTFTs Posts: 916 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    Wow. Great loss :) So many inches!

    Thanks! I'm almost ready to start taking baths again. :) (Long story. LOL)

  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    Wow. Great loss :) So many inches!

    Thanks! I'm almost ready to start taking baths again. :) (Long story. LOL)

    Aw! Well, congrats. I can't take a bath because I have a gross city apartment/bathroom :)
  • sgthaggard
    sgthaggard Posts: 581 Member
    It always struck me as a bit strange that MFP has a spot to track neck measurements. Mine never changes.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Mine reading was larger than the one I posted on here when we were curious. I obviously measured wrong...Or maybe I got some gainzzzzz
  • afur73
    afur73 Posts: 63 Member
    I am overweight but even when I was 2st lighter than just now my neck size never changed. I still buy shirts with 17.5 inch collars.
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    My neck is 14.5...same as it was 14 lbs ago.
    Some people do get very fat necks so I can see why it's included as a measurement.
  • wildtxn
    wildtxn Posts: 97 Member
    From my fittest days in the service.....my neck taped out at 18.5" and 100lb heavier at 19.25" not a lot of fluctuation.
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