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    Stubborn Scale!

    Hello Everyone,

    I re-started Atkins on October 21st, cheated twice (once on Halloween) and just started walking an hour a day since October 31st. The scale has been slow to move, but my clothes are falling off of me. Is this normal? I mean I want to be smaller, but the scale shows little movement.

    Thx

























    SW 341
    CW 311
    Goal Weight 170
    Female
    41 yrs young
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  • #2
    Re: Stubborn Scale!

    you are doing great
    Probably before long you will be noticing the opposite - scales moving but your body inches not!

    Just keep up the good work as you are doing and you will be a big loser!
    Wondering how to get 'most' of your net carbs from your induction veggies?
    Take a look at the thread from the latest Veggie Challenge to see how others manage it!



    Check out our Low Carb Recipes website and add to it!!





    F/60 yrs/5ft 5.5" (Though due to collapsing vertebrae I am now only 5'3" - but I refuse to recalculate my BMI )

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    • #3
      Re: Stubborn Scale!

      That's awesome, keep up the good work!!!

      The scale always seemed to move very slowly for me too (of course when you get on it a few times a day it's no wonder! lol)... Like Elizellen said, soon it'll be the opposite... Just keep going and it will all come off in the end...
      ♥Started Atkins on December 8th, 2005

      Officially Re-Focusing on 12-28-09.

      Was, Am, Will be: 280/222/175ish.
      Started Dec 2005 and lost 105 lbs by mid 2006, maintained loss for the most part until 2009...then really let go & gained some back... lol

      so:
      Restart Progress:
      12/28/09 ~ 235.1
      01/04/10 ~ 229.0
      01/11/10 ~ 229.0 Grrrrr....
      (Induction= only 6lbs but lost 10 inches! yay)
      01/18/10 ~ 227.4
      01/5/10 ~ 226.8
      02/01/10 ~ 222.6

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      • #4
        Re: Stubborn Scale!

        The scale will catch up! Really if you think about it, what does it matter? No one knows your weight in numbers, but if they can see you looking thinner and you feel thinner! That's what really counts! Plus, muscle weighs more than fat and is much more compact!


        5'4"
        45 yrs (F) a.k.a. "Butterbean"
        Start date 5/18/2003
        197/163.5/130

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        • #5
          Re: Stubborn Scale!

          Yeah, the body works in wonderful ways! just because you don't see it on the scale, doesn't mean you aren't burning fat and getting smaller. You're seeing that for yourself now.

          It'll catch up as MOG says...keep the faith!
          Higgies
          ----------------------

          (Wish I still looked that good! LOL!)
          33 y/o - Male
          1st go around Started: 7/29/2004, Made Goal: 03/17/2005 HW: 286 / GW: 195 / Went off Atkins June, 2008
          2nd Go Around: Started 1/4/2010 SW: 239/ CW: 233/ GW: 220

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          • #6
            Re: Stubborn Scale!

            Wow, huge grats! And yes the scale is evil, evil. But I would rather look skinnier anyway so another huge grats from me. :P


            Date Started Atkins: 7/16/05 - Present day
            Currently in Maintenance
            SW: 185 lbs
            GW: 130 lbs
            CW: 129 lbs

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            • #7
              Re: Stubborn Scale!

              One pound of muscle takes up less space than one pound of fat . . . . so, as you exercise and build lean muscle, your body will getting smaller without showing huge differences in the scale. KEEP IN MIND . . . that muscle burns calories more efficiently . . . so . . . as things even out, that scale should start bopping along.

              Definitely pay more attention to your measurements than to the scale. We are so addicted to the number on the display -- now's a good time to learn a new way to view yourself. With measurements and clothing sizes.

              Good luck, pookie!

              Stacy
              F/45(!?)/5'11"
              Highest Weight: 254
              Current Weight: 248 (7/30/09)
              Lowest Atkins Weight 196
              Desired Weight: unknown, but below 180
              1st Goal: 245

              Don't be afraid that your life will end,
              be afraid that it will never begin.
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              • #8
                Re: Stubborn Scale!

                If you keep dropping sizes, the scale will eventually catch up with you. It is inevitable. Your body will realize in a one swoop that I don't need to hang on to this extra water, and it will be flushed away. You've already seen the depleting of the fat cells with the smaller sizes -- now you're body is just making sure it really really doesn't need it anymore.
                Kent - 35-M-6'4"
                HW 429/SW 411/CW 229/GW 225
                Started 3-31-04 - 211 Total pounds down (was 21

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