getting thinner without losing weight - Weight Loss Message Board

lifesnotchess · 09-29-2006, 12:10 AM

So I have some questions and issues regarding becoming thinner gradually without the scale moving at all. In highschool (which was about 4 years ago) I gained about 30 pounds and grew about 3-4 inches. I went from about 135 pounds to 160 pounds and from a size 5 to a size 12. After graduation I started exercising often and being more careful about what I ate. I did not loose any weight, however my dress size had gone down to about an 8. I know that I was likely gaining more muscle because I have a very big boned muscular build. I am still at about 155/160 pounds and still take a size 8, which seems to be small for my weight. Most people who take that size weigh in the 140s i believe. My height is about 5'7 so I guess that would be considered a bit above average also. Though my body has appeard to get smaller over the years I would really like to actually drop weight, which seems impossible. Nothing has worked for me. I have tried various diets and exercises. I don't exercise often enough for that to be entirely the blame so what could this be? I really dont understand it.

Smartpants · 09-29-2006, 05:16 AM

If your body is smaller, you are happy with your size and shape, what does the actual number matter?I used to weigh myself ALL THE TIME and became almost obsessed/controlled by that number. Then I cut back to weighing myself once a month to see the progress as I lost weight. Now, I've lost about 20lbs (I'm 5'8 and around 148). Weight wise, I could still stand to lose more, but I go more by inches and how I look and feel. I just think sometimes people become too dependent on the actual number - like you said, if anything it is just muscle gain.