The scale is a lying torture device! I'm proof :)

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  • karensoxfan
    karensoxfan Posts: 902 Member
    Congratulations!!! You look fantastic!

    I'm experiencing the same thing. I joined a gym 6 weeks ago, and lost 6.5 lb. the first 4 weeks, then started lifting weights 2 weeks ago (New Rules of Lifting for Women), and the scale hasn't moved for 3 weeks, but 6 weeks ago, I was comfortable in Lee Size 18 jeans, and yesterday they were droopy, so I went to buy new ones, thinking size 16 might fit, and I was pleasantly surprised that the size 14's fit! :)
  • FitMama2013
    FitMama2013 Posts: 913 Member
    SIMPLY AWESOME, I NEEDED TO SEE THIS THANKS FOR BLESSING ME TODAY, IM SO PROUD OF YOU KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK, AND PLEASE KEEP POSTING, WE NEED TO SEE THIS. I REALLY NEED TO LEARN HOW TO POST TWO PICTURES.

    Thank you :) If you go to www.tinypic.com, you can upload a photo and embed the code in a message board here. Just be sure to replace the on either end of the code with lowercase letters and you're set!
  • FitMama2013
    FitMama2013 Posts: 913 Member
    Congratulations!!! You look fantastic!

    I'm experiencing the same thing. I joined a gym 6 weeks ago, and lost 6.5 lb. the first 4 weeks, then started lifting weights 2 weeks ago (New Rules of Lifting for Women), and the scale hasn't moved for 3 weeks, but 6 weeks ago, I was comfortable in Lee Size 18 jeans, and yesterday they were droopy, so I went to buy new ones, thinking size 16 might fit, and I was pleasantly surprised that the size 14's fit! :)

    Yayyyyyyy NSV!!!! That's awesome about the jeans! And how are you liking NROLW?
  • Hwardle
    Hwardle Posts: 233 Member
    Holy buckets! Great job! I would have never thought that you were about the same weight. You look great- did you have a butt and legs workout? Or was it all P90X?
  • theesfield
    theesfield Posts: 31 Member
    Inspiring! Thank you for posting!
  • sheri02r
    sheri02r Posts: 486 Member
    Thank you so much for posting this! I totally needed it today! :) You look AWESOME by the way! Congrats on your progress! :)
  • AshleyRKnutson
    AshleyRKnutson Posts: 98 Member
    AH-MAZING!!!
  • Caffeine_Addict
    Caffeine_Addict Posts: 178 Member
    lol that 1 lb gain really made a difference ;) hehe great transformation. thanks for sharing
  • sheschemes
    sheschemes Posts: 67
    Great job! Have you been taking measurements? It looks like you've lost a lot of inches!
  • FitMama2013
    FitMama2013 Posts: 913 Member
    Holy buckets! Great job! I would have never thought that you were about the same weight. You look great- did you have a butt and legs workout? Or was it all P90X?

    Thank you! I did P90X and now I'm doing Insanity, but I also do zumba 2-3 times per week and my german shepherd walks me (no really, he walks me hahaha) for at least 10 miles per week on hills. The workouts are the easy part of weight loss for me - it's the food that I struggle with!
  • FitMama2013
    FitMama2013 Posts: 913 Member
    Great job! Have you been taking measurements? It looks like you've lost a lot of inches!

    I take photos and measurements on the first of every month :) I'll measure tomorrow and see what the difference is from Jan!
  • kanonxbou47
    kanonxbou47 Posts: 265 Member
    thanks for posting
  • Elizabeth_M
    Elizabeth_M Posts: 562 Member
    Holy crap that's amazing!! You've given me hope, and made me see a little more light that I shouldn't put so much value on the scale.

    You are very inspirational! WTG!!
  • essenceofk
    essenceofk Posts: 18 Member
    I am with most, I have about died because the scale stopped moving as soon as I started working out. I wasn't advised to take any photos but did so simply because I noticed that my rolls were not protruding, I've been working out for 2 months now and it took me that long scale wise to lose 10 lbs, however I noticed the changes in my body within weeks, I almost gave up several times because of no scale movement. I will not make that mistake again and will now take deliberate progress photos. Thanks for the update, You look great. :)
  • NiLo4598
    NiLo4598 Posts: 29 Member
    BUMP ... This is so inspiring :)
  • Leiki
    Leiki Posts: 526 Member
    I love this post. Thanks for sharing.
  • skullik
    skullik Posts: 142 Member
    Awesome post!

    Thanks for this great motivator to keep at it and ignore the lying torture device!
  • Klem4
    Klem4 Posts: 399 Member
    That is an inspiring pic! You look awesome!!

    This helps me a lot, since I've been stuck for a couple weeks on the scale as well. Trying to keep going and ignore it, this gives me more motivation!
  • SandraD89
    SandraD89 Posts: 809
    My body does the same thing since august 2011 i have only lost 8.6lb but 20 inches and went from a 13 to now a size 7 craziness. I also do measurements and pictures or i would have stopped a long time ago. I would post a picture too but i don't know how.
  • MrsPong
    MrsPong Posts: 580 Member
    YOU LOOK AMAZING!!! I cant believe there is no weight lost in these photos... i guess muscle does weigh more than fat, but its way leaner!! GREAT job!!
  • mcpherson4
    mcpherson4 Posts: 287 Member
    Are you for real?? Good goobely GOO! How tall are you?
  • onedayillbeamilf
    onedayillbeamilf Posts: 966 Member
    Holy wow! *throws scale off highest building*
  • HerroEmma89
    HerroEmma89 Posts: 16 Member
    Ugh you're a scale saver as I was at the point were I going to chuck it out the bathroom window!!! lol ty ! you look FAB!!!
  • determined1221
    determined1221 Posts: 139 Member
    Thats amazing. you are doing a great job!
  • angijunbug
    angijunbug Posts: 205
    Awesome! Thanks for posting! I have more of a goal shape than a goal weight & the numbers can certainly mess with the brain.
  • Tivo8MyNeighbors
    Tivo8MyNeighbors Posts: 151 Member
    From the bottom of my blackened heart, thank you!~ I tell myself this every time I get on that $%#!&^* thing. The tape measure is our friend!
  • HauteP1nk
    HauteP1nk Posts: 2,139 Member
    I hear ya! I have really noticed the inches...especially with the way clothes have been fitting. Evidence of that was on the weekend when I had to go down not one, not two, not three, but four sizes!!! So exciting...lol

    Good job by the way. Keep it up!
  • alars09
    alars09 Posts: 27
    That is great advice!! I've been doing the Body By Vi 90 Day Challenge, and I am losing weight, but the scale is not moving as fast as the inches are coming off!! Woot!
  • loseweightjames
    loseweightjames Posts: 360 Member
    Hello everyone!

    Upon urging from a few of my MFPs here, I'm posting the below picture. The photo on the left is from Jan 1st when I weighed 202lbs - the photo on the right is from this morning when I weighed 203lbs. Since January, I've done P90X and I'm finishing up month 1 of Insanity.

    Just goes to show your body can change and the scale won't show it ONE BIT. If I didn't take photos and measurements, I would surely be insane by now.

    2w4bqpt.jpg

    IGNORE THE TORTURE DEVICE aka the scale!!

    if the scale is a lie, what does that make BMI? Also a lie? Since it's based solely on height and weight....
  • Tivo8MyNeighbors
    Tivo8MyNeighbors Posts: 151 Member
    Bump
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