Weight scale vs measuring tape?

[Anonymous]

Which one is better to keep track of the progress? like in my case I am trying to lose I lost 20lbs initially and then my weight got stuck for 4 months and its still the same and not going down but my shirt and jeans sizes are dropping! I really need to lose weight too..Please can somebody explain this? I asked my friends they have been saying it will suddenly drop and I should keep up with my workouts..but I am losing hope:(( I need help..can someone explain me why this is happening? and what do I need to do?

[AmongTheApples]

Measuring tape because muscle is more dense than fat—meaning that if you compared how much fat you can fit into a given amount of space against how much muscle you could fit within the same amount of space (the same dimensions), you'd find that you could cram more fat in there than you could muscle. Before you start exercising, you have fat dispersed throughout your body (in fact, the first time that I had to dissect a cadaver I was shocked at all the different places that fat can be stored in the body); but, as you continue exercising, you rid your body of fat. But you're working your muscles into shape, making your body more toned. I'm tired, but, hopefully, you get the trend that I'm trying to convey. In fact, a lot of people start losing weight at first, but then, as they get more toned, they start putting on weight as their bodies get more toned.

[Asker]

But I also want to lose weight eventually as well because 170lbs is not a good number for 5'5 height. I workout hardcore I burn 800 calories everyday plus strength training. I eat literally one small turkey sandwich for the whole day! I am still not losing:(

[AmongTheApples]

You shouldn't go by weight, because, as I said, the more fit you are, the more you'll weigh; so weight can be misleading. You should go by how trim you look or by measurements. Also, you shouldn't starve yourself; that's one reason for which you aren't losing weight. When you starve the body, it slows your metabolism (you want a fast metabolism to lose weight) to conserve fat. So you need to eat healthier. Ideally, three healthy meals a day.

[TedStar]

Measuring tap > weight scale. When losing weight the important thing is that it must be fat that you are losing and the best way to measure that out of your options is by measuring yourself. Waist hip ratio is very important here. \

Your stalling just means that you need to up the ante at gym. Start or increase your weight training and up the cardio intensity. You will need to be stricter on your diet as well. Have a read here as to your nutrition link

Don't lose hope. You are almost there. Go on tumblr and pinterest and just find similar people to you to motivate you

[Lamoura]

Hands done the measuring tape as the scale can not tell you how much body fat you lost or how muscle you gained or how much water retention your body has...it will only tell you the total mass of weight..that's it... the measuring tape will show you exactly how much in inches you have lost..which is awesome! Because it can't lie to you!

Here are a few tips I hope will help ypu...

1-eat five small meals per day starting with a healthy breakfast

2-drink at least 64 oz. of water per day

3-carb cycle..high carb one day-low carb the next

4-exercise..lift weights at least 3 times per day and cadio 2-3 times per week with one day off to rest.

5-have a cheat meal

If you want more great advice check this site out it has tons of free information recipes and more!

no-excuse-fitness.org

[shiller]

Fat turns into muscle. Maybe that's. why it stopped. If your clothes are baggy then obviously you are heading in the right direction. Just remember rapid loss equals rapid gain.