I had been up and down, fighting a pound for over a month and was starting to get pretty depressed, so I made an appointment with my dietician. She did the fat vs muscle test and I had gained another 3 lbs of muscle, making a total of 15 lbs of muscle gained. Then she held up a 1lb plastic hunk of fat and said, "you've lost 58 of these", needless to say I was pretty excited, especially since the scale was only showing a 43 lb loss.

Sooo, when the scales have got you down, just remember you're probably gaining muscle, which we all know weighs more than fat, and is a good thing.

Just think how much better I'd be doing if I'd been exercising too .

Pat,

Thanks for the reminder. I've been really bummed. At the beginning I was down 22 pounds at one point. Now, its only 19.5. I just have one of the scales that measures body fat but I have gone from 44% down to 41%. I am just going to assume the 2.5 pounds has changed from fat to muscle.

Remember, muscle burns more calories...!!

They lie! Lie! scales lie, lie, lie!

The BMI scale lies! Lie! Lie, lie, lie!

The Tape Measure doesn't lie, nor do the body fat % mreasure things lie. (although the % measure things can be thrown off because of hydration or edema issues.)

I actually got rid of my scale several years ago (I beat the thing to bits, actually and held a funeral for it by the dumpster). I was fine being without a scale and judging by how my clothes fit.....but going into this process I thought maybe I should have one again. Big mistake, the thing is making me nuts. I'm obsessed with getting on it several times a day. Now, I'll report that one week post op the scale is my friend because it's going down down down...I know that can't last.

scales are evil...EVIL I TELL YOU!!!