Is it true

[lovemysgt 4]

I heard both sides..

Can you lose inches of your body without it showing you lost weight in lbs. sorry i was unclear i just woke up

Edited September 21, 2010 by lovemysgt

[Mimilou2004 13]

I am lost...what are you referring to?

Mimi

[lovemysgt 4]

i meant if you can loses inches without showing on the scale you lose lbs.

[trishfish 1]

yes! one month I lost 1 lb....and went down a whole pants size....mostly depends if you're exercising or not....

[gingerjane 5]

I agree with Trish. I've ramped up my exercise which includes some strength training and my pants are loose but I have only lost 1 lb. I think that you convert some of the fat pounds to muscle and muscle weighs more than fat, but building more muscle also helps your metabolic rate because you burn more calories while resting.

Wow...I just rambled there, but you get the point. :thumbup:

[ElfiePoo 109]

Yes...I have and I don't exercise. I think at some point though the scales catch up to the inches.

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[honk 780]

Yes, absolutely possible! Presurgery I had a couple weeks where I was plateauing even though I was on a modified liquid diet and doing an hour of cardio a day. I tried on a shirt that had been two small a few weeks earlier and it was now to big at the hips. So even though the scale said I was not loosing pounds I was loosing size. I really need to buy a sewing tape measure so I can do some measurements; as I have been plateauing but my clothes are getting looser.

[BetsyB 9]

Over time, I have noticed a correlation between pounds and inches lost. But that doesn't mean they consistently come off together.

At times when my weight has plateaued, it's very common for me to see my measurements go down. Sometimes, the body just needs time to regroup and redistribute a little--then loss resumes.

(OTOH, I don't think that most people who aren't seeing a general downward trend in weight see much of a downward trend in inches--you have to be doing something to see the change. Eating properly, but plateaued, or exercising, or something to promote the loss.)

[Jachut 487]

I think its a bit of redistribution.

Because if you think about it logically, if you lose fat from your body, that HAS to show on the scale. And contrary to popular belief, women, and even men, dont gain pounds of muscle quickly. A couple of pounds of muscle added to your body over and entire YEAR would be really great going for a woman trying to lose weight.

So short term, losing inches but not pounds does happen, but long term no.

[dm5201 1]

I have lost inches and not much in the way of pounds...

[monkeymama 0]

I went about two months losing mostly inches- down two clothing sizes actually- but not much on the scale.. This past week I have lost almost a pound a day but no inches so who knows how it works LOL

[Momto3redheads 18]

Yeppirs...that scale is an odd thing! It can stay completely still and yet I can see the inches disappearing...and I don't work out, BTW...tho I need to! I am not sure what the trick is...if someone figures it out I think they'd be rich!