I love this new lifestyle....but...

[jesssanta]

Ok...great advice on this thread. The only thing I can add is this:

- Most people fail at reaching their body goals because they are impatient and their expectations are off. Changing body composition is a SLOOOOOWWW process.

- Throw away your scale. Well ok just put it in the back of the closet. I think weighing yourself as a gauge has some bearing if you are severely overweight or obese, but you are not. You need to measure your success by measuring your waist/hips/chest and how your clothes are fitting.

Thank you so much. Will do!

[mlstein1]

Just from my personal experience -

I started my transformation process last year - January 2009. I completely changed my lifestyle, eating, EVERYTHING. It took 4 weeks before the scale even budged an INCH or my clothes began to fit better. I saw NO changes whatsoever. But I didn't give up and I stayed focused and consistent.

As others have said ~ Just be patient - things are happening even if you can't SEE them or the scale doesn't show anything yet. It's working, just stay focused! :-)

love it! this inspires me because my scale won't budge either and i recently decided that i'm not going to weigh myself until my clothes get baggy and i see a little more definition!

[KyleAaron]

Mirror - I can definately see more muscle in my arms+shoulders

Your weight is the same, your muscles are bigger.

Therefore, you have lost fat and gained muscle.

Most people consider this a good thing. Bin the scales. They're not a useful measure of anything for people anywhere near a healthy bodyweight. For example, I went from 84 to 78kg, lost 6kg, sounds like no big deal. But I also went from a 97 to 83cm waist, and 103 to 107cm chest. So my appearance changed a lot more than the mere 6kg scale change would indicate. It was more like, lost 10kg fat, gained 4kg muscle.

[dmd5004]

[QUOTE=SJBC;541873003]Ok...great advice on this thread. The only thing I can add is this:

- Most people fail at reaching their body goals because they are impatient and their expectations are off. Changing body composition is a SLOOOOOWWW process.

^^^Bump

[Nate2010]

Above is relevant.

[limniade]

I went through this earlier this summer. Even though I knew, rationally, that it takes 4-6 weeks to see some definite movement on the scale (as opposed to the usual +1 lb, -1 lb from losing fat but retaining water, etc), it took actually gritting my teeth and pushing through that 6 weeks until I actually believed it. You're almost there.