[kymccc]

Hi all,

I have been posting on the boards my journey with the couch25k program. I am on week five and the inches are really falling off now. I have had my eye on this Land's End white eyelet shirtdress, which is somehwat fitted and I never dreamed it would be for me. I started out a size 16 five weeks ago and I am wearing the eyelet shirtdress to work today in a size 12! It has a little room too! I have even had a few compliments this morning.

Not quite a firm mini-goal, so I thought I would post it here. Once again, I noted that all of this good stuff is happening to my body, but it is not refelected in huge losses on the scale? I still cannot understand it. I am not going to weight myself more than once per month for now as I find it makes me nervous and defeats my progress.

Thanks for all of the support.

[kiramira]

Hi hon! Well, if you are getting in shape, you are toning your muscles and dumping water that you may have been retaining due to diet and inactivity. So it DOES make sense...ENJOY!!!!

Kira

[bargoo]

The dress sounds great. Good idea about the scale. Depending on the scale too much can drive me crazy.

[Onederchic]

That is great! Congrats

[blackbetty]

Congrats on the progress! I think that if I dropped two sizes in five weeks, I wouldn't care if the scale said I was 500 lbs... it's how you look, not how much you weigh!

[kymccc]

Thank you everyone!

Blackbetty, you are so right. I feel great in the dress and I know that I have changed so the scale should be my last worry. I keep thinking it will drop off in numbers eventually! I turned 40 this year and people kept telling me it would take much, much longer to see any results. I felt defeated and hopeless before I even started. I decided to jump into something I never did, running and yes, even at 40, I am doing it.

[rachinma]

I'm sure the dress looks beautiful! Congrats on your progress.

One thing I wanted to mention is that when I was running/training, I had a very hard time dropping weight. I ate a lot more carbs because I was running 3-5 miles at a time and, while my body was changing, I was definitely not losing weight.


Once you finish training for your 5K and start running more recreationally, I think you will see the scale beginning to move.

[shasha17a]

The scale sucks sometimes. I feel smaller than what the scale actually reflects and my clothes are definatly getting looser. Congrats on getting into the 12!

[kuhrisuh]

Woohoo! I bet you look great

[kymccc]

Thanks. I am still new here, but will post pics soon.

[EveLHaelf]

Congrats on the progress!

[Jae165]

That is so awesome. Congrats! I bet you look fabulous. Keep it up and don't let the scale try to deny you of your success.

[mygritsconfessions]

Congratulations on your size 12 eyelet shirtdress! That is awesome. It sounds like you are really going to hit your goal! Woo Hoo!