Shouldn't the scale be moving?

[MommyToAshley]

DH and I have worked out at the Y almost every day these past two weeks. I've been eating pretty healthy/light too, with the exception of yesterday. So... shouldn't the scale be moving in the right direction? I've been at this same plateau for over two months. I thought for sure that I just needed to add some physical excercise to my routine. I do notice that my waist is trimmmnig down and my thighs and behind are tightening up... so I am happy about that. But, it would be nice to see the scale move as well.

[ediep]

maybe you are gaining muscle too. Just keep up what you are doing.

[Maddie&EthansMom]

It doesn't always move, but if you are working out you will notice the difference in inches, not weight. It's frustrating, I know. This is the reason I'm not weighing myself. There are way too many fluctuations that discourage me. I know I'm doing everything right. For the longest time I thought I wanted to be a certain 'weight' and not 'size.' Now I've changed my thinking on that. I will probably hover around 150 forever, but I keep losing inches and I'm fine with that. And I'm so happy with how I look.

Give it some time and I bet you will see the scale move...although it may not move a lot b/c you are building muscle right now. Muscle is GOOD for so many reasons. It burns fat, calories and it is LEAN, but it does weigh a lot. That's the most frustrating part. I think the fact that you aren't losing anything right now shows what a great job you are doing at strength training.

Hang in there. We are in this together.

*Karen posted a link a few days ago...check out that website. It has some REALLY useful information on it. I think it will help lift your spirits. I know it did mine.

[booey2]

Hi Dee, also when you start to work out your body holds onto some of the water you are taking in to cushion your muscles for the first little while so that you don't hurt them, once you continue to workout at that level it will release the extra water because your muscles have gotten used to the extra work. HTH. Hang in there it will happen. Kudos for working out with DH - now I have to work on my DH and get him moving.

[Italianhuney]

I wouldn't worry about it... last year I lost almost 50 lbs and i'll tell you the first two months i was getting so frusterated... the scale wasn't moving, i guess your body is just figuring out what is going on and soon enough the lbs will start rolling off before you know it! so hang in there ur doing great!!!!!!!

[Kaitlin'smom]

frustrating huh. make sure your drinking plently of water and snacking to make up for the extra buring of calories to keep your metabolisum.

and congrats to both of you for working out.

[coasterqueen]

I plateau'ed BIG TIME when I started working out but don't fret it WILL go down. It just takes time.

Here's Why The Scale Lies

Inches are good and noticeable improvements in your body are good too, but as this all continues to happen the scale HAS to come down. I have never lost lots of inches and the scale not go down. Don't get discouraged. It WILL happen.

[MommyToAshley]

Thanks. I am not going to let this frustration get to me. I think I will put the scale away for awhile... if I can do that. It's funny, before I got PG, I never owned a scale. Now I am obsessed with it.

[Maddie&EthansMom]

Same here. I hope you are able to put it away and just focus on exercising and improving your health.