Measurements

lisaduke45
lisaduke45 Posts: 15
edited November 12 in Chit-Chat
Hi I am Lisa

I am pretty new to all of this stuff and I am curious to know how many people actually take their measurements ? I was browsing around here in MFP and I see there is a place to enter your neck, waist, and hips what is the importance of this? Can anyone help me out ?

Thanks
Lisa

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  • EmCarroll1990
    EmCarroll1990 Posts: 2,832 Member
    I haven't started checking my measurements yet. I think it's more there for people that are at the working out stage in their journey so they can mark the progress they've had, not just in weight.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    Many people see results in inches lost before they see a significant drop in weight. And aren't you really going for a reduction in size rather than weight?
  • speedyf
    speedyf Posts: 1,571 Member
    I take them once a week...
    I believe more in measurements than in the scale... when the scale doesn't go down, inches still comes off.
  • Grandysl
    Grandysl Posts: 189
    I enter mine waist and neck every two weeks. The Army uses those numbers to calculate bodyfat percentage. Since I came in over weight and bodyfat a few months ago I have to get measured all the time to see how I am doing. It was the people who do this that turned me on to MFP.
  • Tiff587
    Tiff587 Posts: 264 Member
    I found it really useful!

    I had a couple of weeks where the scale hardly moved and I was getting discouraged, but when I remeasured I had lost inches all over, from waist, hips and thighs. Was great! :smile:

    :flowerforyou:
  • cdngirl71
    cdngirl71 Posts: 2,641 Member
    I take measurements once a month to see how I am progressing. It's just not the scale that matters, also how many inches you are losing as well.
  • KyleB65
    KyleB65 Posts: 1,196 Member
    I do not track my measurements on MFP but I kinda' wish that I did.

    Since I joined I have gone from a 46" waist on my pants to the current 34" (soon to be 32"!!)

    I think that the measurements are also a useful tool when we get closer to our goal weight. It appears that some people get within 15 - 20 lbs of their goal weight and then struggle to lose the balance. Part of this issue might be muscle mass gain due to their exercise regime. For me, I have been at pretty much the same weight since just before Christmas. But, my waist has gotten smaller over this time and my arms & chest have gotten larger (added a weights routine to my week when I put my bike away for the winter). So, even though I may have "plateaued" with regards to my weight loss. I am not unhappy or frustrated as I see and feel that I have still improved over the winter months.
  • traci0620
    traci0620 Posts: 46 Member
    I take mine once a month or so. It helps me see progress when the scale isn't moving.
  • DeborahStanley
    DeborahStanley Posts: 90 Member
    I take my measurements every week, they give me hope when the scales aren't kind:)
  • lisaduke45
    lisaduke45 Posts: 15
    I want to thank everyone for their input about measurements it has made me think that maybe seeing the whole picture is better than only seeing half :smile:
  • lisaduke45
    lisaduke45 Posts: 15
    you have actually hit a subject that is one of my biggest fears.that would be never reaching my goal weight and if i do hit my goal weight of being comfortable and it all coming back because for me everything is in number form if it doesnt move i panic.
  • lisaduke45
    lisaduke45 Posts: 15
    first of all THANK YOU for Serving our country!!!! Hats off to you. Also Welcome to MFP I am always looking for new friends and support so anyone who is willing to join me feel free to add me as a friend
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