Silly Question- How do you calculate inches lost

I never particularly liked the "And I lost ____ total inches!" statement because it depends on how many places you measured. A more specific statement like, "I lost ___ inches off my waist," is a lot more meaningful. I mean... it's going to be a much higher number if you measure your waist, hips, neck, chest, each thigh, each calf, each ankle, each upper arm, each forearm, each wrist and each finger.

So I personally don't bother calculating it.

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I also track progress with bodyfat using measurements of various body spots :drinker:
Weight is not the whole picture, and the scale can lie as badly as the man in the mirror.
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I like this method, because it is easy to take and the results are consistent.
The bottom line is that we have something definitive to track progress.
This is it.
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A silly question is one not asked!

I measure in several spots, write down the numbers and then remeasure. I add up the difference lost and there ya go. So far I've lost about an inch for each pound lost., around 40!

This is what I measure. Some people measure their arms too but I dont.

Neck, above boobs, boobs, waist, belly button, biggest part of belly (which, oddly has moved to dif places and is almost gone, yay), hips, thighs, inner thighs and calves.

With measuring tape??????

Maybe read the post next time and not just the title.

I measure calf, thigh, hip, waist, bust, and bicep; compare from the week before and get a "total" inch loss/gain, but you are right you would need to ask how many and what points someone measured to understand the "total" number. For instance this week I lost 2.5 inches total, but 1 full inch was off my waistline alone, the other adds were a .25 of an inch here and there.

I used a fabric measuring tape, I don't own a body fat caliper yet.

I measure due to sometimes lack of weight loss, the scale may not move but I find my inches usually move more that week.

Sorry for asking but when you say you lost x number if inches how do you figure that?
Is it just the waist?
Is it the sum of all measurements?
What do you measure?
I currently meausre more than most waist. hips, thighs, calfs, arms, neck, chest would i add togeather for the total. That just seams like the number would he huge.

That's what I want to know!!! Is there some "official standard" for measuring inches lost? Like someone mentioned, you can measure a bunch of places on your body and get varied results. Or measure 3 spots and get less of a result. What's the "right" way to do it?

That's the point, there is no standard way. It's meaningless if you're trying to compare yourself to someone else, unless you both measure the same places.

Sorry for asking but when you say you lost x number if inches how do you figure that?
Is it just the waist?
Is it the sum of all measurements?
What do you measure?
I currently meausre more than most waist. hips, thighs, calfs, arms, neck, chest would i add togeather for the total. That just seams like the number would he huge.

That's what I want to know!!! Is there some "official standard" for measuring inches lost? Like someone mentioned, you can measure a bunch of places on your body and get varied results. Or measure 3 spots and get less of a result. What's the "right" way to do it?

There is no right way, unless you're in some 'fixed' program like Curves where they measure you in the same X spots every week.

Sorry for asking but when you say you lost x number if inches how do you figure that?
Is it just the waist?
Is it the sum of all measurements?
What do you measure?
I currently meausre more than most waist. hips, thighs, calfs, arms, neck, chest would i add togeather for the total. That just seams like the number would he huge.

That's exactly how I measure. Because you can be loosing fat of parts of your body that aren't the typical. . . like your knee's!

I Personally measure Neck, arms, chest, rib cage, waist, abdomen, butt, upper thighs, calves, and knee's ans so far I have lost 7 lbs but 25.5 inches as of yesterday.

Totally off topic but I LOVE your profile picture!