Did you lose weight differently with your sleeve?

[lucky8mb1 167]

This is probably going to sound like a weird question, but I noticed something strange today and I'm curious if others have experienced as well.

I consider myself a slow loser. My next official weigh in is tomorrow, and I will likely be down about 28lbs from my surgery 2 months ago, maybe 1-2lbs from my weigh in last week (which had no loss from the week before).

Anyway, I was in my closet today and happened to find two pairs of dress pants and a pair of jeans that I wore around 30lbs lighter ago. For the hell of it, I put them on to see how much further I had before they would fit. I could actually pull them up and fasten them. Now, they are still too tight to be public worthy - but they fit over my butt/thighs and could fasten around my belly. I was shocked.

Like many of you, I have gained and lost weight my entire life. I know how my body responds to weight loss, but it's different this time. I feel like the scale is more slow to move down with the sleeve, but my clothes are telling me that my body itself is getting smaller despite the numbers not falling. In my past efforts, the scale numbers and body size seemed to go down together at the same time.

Stupidly I haven't been taking my measurements, but it seems to be what's happening based on my clothes.

Has anyone else experienced this?

[theoldmusicbox 399]

Yup. When I graduated high school, I was 185 lbs and wore 38" waist pants. Now, I am down to 203, and wear a 32" waist.

[Sassygirl06 962]

Yes! It's due to the high Protein. Exchanging fat for muscles. You don't lose weight, but you get smaller..muscle takes up less room then fat. That old saying that muscle weighs more then fat is not true...a pound of fat and a pound of fat are both still a pound...but it sure takes up less room! Lol

[Sassygirl06 962]

Meant to say pound of fat and pound of muscle...hehe

[Pinky Green 260]

I too am losing inches faster than I lose weight. I also didn't take measurements but my cloths are starting to fall off and I am down to 190 and a size 7 panties and a 38DD bra and the last time wearing that size I was about 175.

Also, I have just bought size Large tops at Sam's and am amazed that they are starting to feel big around the shoulders and breasts. Bones are popping out all over also - collar bones and pelvic bones.