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MurphysMom
on 6/10/11 3:57 am - CA
Is it possible to get thinner but it doesn't show on the scale at all?  I've been at the same weight for a month now (no fill yet) but when I look in the mirror, I am skinnier.  Where does the weight go?  How can the scale stay the same, but I'm losing inches.  I don't get it?
  One day at a time, and one meal at a time, and I WILL reach my goal!  
cristie2000
on 6/10/11 3:59 am
 I think that it takes our bodies a while to catch up to our weight loss.  I have lost weight, but have only recently been told that I  look like I am losing weight.  I think that our bodies just need to catch up first.
 “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.? ~Theodore Roosevelt

         
kathkeb
on 6/10/11 4:44 am
Yep --- a pound of fat and a pound of muscle weight the same (16 ounces each) --- but, a pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat.

Think of a pound of feathers and a pound of gold ----

So, that pesky scale may say the same number, but your body is smaller and fitter with more muscle.

You also burn more calories all day long by adding muscle ---- so, you are 'winning, even if you don't seem to be losing' right now!
Kath

  
(deactivated member)
on 6/10/11 8:26 am - San Diego, CA
Ditto...what Kath said! :)
shellqueen
on 6/10/11 5:01 am, edited 6/10/11 5:02 am - New Brighton, MN
Which is why its good to measure yourself and weigh your self. K

PS: I love being a peep
Jean M.
on 6/10/11 10:07 pm
Revision on 08/16/12
It does seem to defy logic, doesn't it?

Because of the exercise I do, I now wear a smaller size than I did when I first got to my goal weight. I weigh exactly the same, but apparently my muscle-fat ratio has improved. And that's a good thing! Not only do I look better now, but having more muscle means I burn more calories!

Jean

Jean McMillan c.2009-2013 - Always a bandster at heart
author of Bandwagon (TM), Strategies for Success  with the Adjustable Gastric Band & Bandwagon Cookery. Bandwagon for Kindle now available on Amazon.  Read my blog at: jean-onthebandwagon.blogspot.com 

   

 

 

 

MurphysMom
on 6/11/11 4:12 am - CA
Thanks so much for helping me to "get it".  What I really want is to look thinner, so I guess this is a good thing, but weird to me.  I sure wish the weight would come off too, because I go to the doctor this week for a fill, and I think he'll be disappointed in me.  I can't stand criticism (one of my many issues).  It's so nice to have the support of you who have "been there--done that".
  One day at a time, and one meal at a time, and I WILL reach my goal!  
Stephanie M.
on 6/11/11 4:24 am
Take your measurments....when I am stalling, I can still feel my body changing and shrinking.  Write your measurements down somewhere (like here in Tools) and track your progress...the scale is not the end all. 

 

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