Workout/weight loss Q: Why am I losing lbs. but not inches?

[Wendi]

So I've now been working out at a gym and doing Weight Watchers for almost three months. I work out 3x a week, doing 30 min. of cardio and about 20 min. of weight machines each time. When I can, I do another day of just cardio.

 

I check in with my trainer at the end of the month. As of the end of Nov., I had lost 10 lbs., reduced my body fat %, but not lost any inches. I think I've lost another couple of pounds since then, but my clothes are still not getting loose (except the tiniest bit)! I really thought by Christmas I could be down a size, or very close.

 

I know I'm gaining muscle and losing fat, and my body does look different. When will my clothes get loose? When will I drop a size?

 

Wendi

[Renee in NC]

I lose weight from the top down, so at 10 pounds it seemed to mostly be lost in my face. Now that I have lost 50, I look like a pear!:lol:

 

Give it some more time.

[beaners]

Could you try taking a photo every 6 weeks or so? Sometimes the camera can reveal things that we wouldn't notice otherwise.