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I DIVORCED MY SCALE AND MARRIED MY TAPE MEASURE!!!



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I've have been stalling so frequently that I have really been down in the dumps lately. These past two months I would lose a few pounds and for the remainder of that week and the next week I would just bounce up and down with the pounds I'd lost on the scales. Then I will lose a few more and do the same thing for two weeks again. It really can be nerve wrecking, but thank goodness I measured in the beginning to let me know that I am progressing no matter what the scales say! These are my measurements and inches lost.

03/18/2011

neck 17.25

arms 19/19

bust 55.5

waist 54

belly button/lower waist 56

hips 59

thighs 35/35

calves 19.25/19.25

06/06/2011

neck 15 (2.25 inches)

arms 17/17 (4 inches)

bust 48(7.5 inches)

waist 46 (8 inches)

belly button/lower waist 48 (8 inches)

hips 54(5 inches)

thighs 29/29 ( 12 inches)

calves 17/17 (4.5 inches)

You think that you are big now until you look back and see just how BIG you actually were!!! Like a whole 51.25 inches BIGGER..... LOL

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Wow, that is just amazing how much your measurements have changed. Congrats on the awesome loss!

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That is great! You are doing great. I had trouble with the drama of the scale in the begininng so I started only weighing once a week. Only on Sunday. It is so much less drama!

Continue Success to you!

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that is a great idea! I am trying not to let the scale dictate my mood but it is hard, maybe weighing once a week would be best for me too. I think I will pull out the tape mearsure as well, thanks!

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Love that you DIVORCED your scale! SO funny! Good idea though. It is just a number but man oh man can it bring you down and make you feel defeated! I try to only weigh myself once a week but sometimes thats easier said than done! Inches really do count more and change even when the scale doesn't.

Happy measuring to you!:D

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I LOVE IT! Good for you!

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That is so great! Congrats to you girl! I didn't start measuring until my big stall started, wish I had done it earlier, but it is cool how the inches drop even if the scales stall.

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I think your progress is amazing! I so wish I had measured in the beginning myself! My husband 'jacked' my scale after watching me weigh myself everyday for the first 15 days post-op. I only weigh once a week and like some of the other posters already said, its much less drama!!

Here's to your continued success!

Karen

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You are doing so great! I loved your heading too, it made me laugh out loud for real :D I wish I could divorce my scale, I really should, its a mean old bastard. LOL

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