Finally dropping some inches
 

I was just excited about it...so here it goes. I noticed my boobs looked a little bigger. They are always the first thing to go when I lose weight, so it was odd to me. I measured my waist. In 4 weeks, I have gone from 165 to 159 and from a 33 inch waist to a 31 inch waist and I am SO excited! Do you guys just go by the scale, or do you measure yourself?

For now I am relying on the scale (and to a lesser extent, the fit of my clothes).

If and when I get to that final plataeu where I know my body will be fighting hard to keep those last few pounds, then I will probably start looking at my measuring tape.

Both - it's funny, but they don't always correlate. So on a week where I may have lost little or even none, the measurements may go down. And vice versa. I like having backup!

You have before and after shots? You are pretty much the weight at 5'7" that I hope to be and it seems we lose in the same areas too.

Measurements are very important to me. There are times when the scale stalls for several weeks, but I see inches lost. That keeps me going instead of getting frustrated.

It's what i love most about going to Curves. I weigh myself there once a week and get measured and the whole bmi thing done once a month. I don't have a lot of confidence in the bmi measurement, but a tape measurer doesn't lie! I lost several inches in the first few months before dropping a single pound. It's the only thing that gave me hope.

And congrats! That's great!

I haven't been doing measurements but tonight I put on a pair of shorts that I haven't worn in at least 4 years. And the Levi's I put away this Spring are waaaaay too big. By the time Fall and jeans weather rolls around I'll be down 2 sizes. Yippeee!!!