More than Just Pounds

It's been 6 weeks since I came back to WW to whittle off a little more. I only followed the plan 4 weeks where I didn't go negative. Despite that, I had impressive shrinkage off my body!

Total inches lost this 6-week period was -5 3/4 inches!  That's even with the fall and injury to my leg/ankle 2 1/2 weeks ago that caused me to cut down my exercise and intensity as well. Here's where it came off:

Neck -1/2 inch
Under Bust -3/4 inch
Bust -1/2 inch
Waist -1 inch
High hip -1 inch
Low hip -1 inch
Thigh - 1/2 inch
Calf 0
Bicep - 1/4 inch
Forearm -1/4 inch

To lose a whole inch off my middle and hips is worth it! No wonder I was able to fit recently in size 4 dresses!

The scale only showed a 3 pound loss over 6 weeks but it is moving down.

⭐ My goals going forth are to see 2-3 inches off my bust, 3-4 inches off my waist and 1-2 inches off my hips. It may take all summer but it'll be worth it!

I really thought I was done and at goal but I realized over the past few months that I would like to lose a little more in my top half, so I signed up again for WW for $10 a month.  For some reason, WW helps me eat enough food, more healthy food and lose weight, whereas with calories, I'm always tempted to eat less and not the healthiest foods.  I feel so much more relaxed doing WW and with the zero foods, I feel free to have those whenever I want extra, especially with fruit!!

I'm averaging 2000-2100 calories right now on WW and back to losing!  Inches and scale weight is gradually going down the past few weeks and I'm happy.  I do have a few days here and there where I stop counting points to eat high point foods that are not high in calories like a breakfast sandwich and chai tea but for the most part, I'm on plan eating all my dailies and all my weeklies, including exercise points.

What really disturbs me is the amount of posts on WW from people that are literally starving their bodies.  the chase to see a number on the scale is destroying some people.  If only the message that IT IS more than just pounds could permeate their minds!  That is why tracking measurements is so important and taking pictures, so you can see changes that don't register on the scale.  For instance, look at me - I only lost 27 pounds on WW but dropped from an 18 to a 6 in a short few months.  I literally built muscle and lost fat at the same time.  Overall I went from a size 20 to a 6 and lost 42 pounds.