Rick,
I would ignore the scale for the simple fact that by volume muscle weighs more than fat. The scale could go up from muscle gain but your clothes might fit better because pound for pound muscle just takes up less space. Go by how you feel, how you look, and how your clothes fit. As long as my jeans fit the way I want them to and I am as lean as I want to be (which I am not yet) I don’t care what the scale says. Initially when you have a bit more to lose like you did I think weighing yourself can be a good gauge, but when you get as close as you are now I think the scale can be deceiving. I have weighed 138 lbs and I have weighed 132 lbs and my clothes fit the same. I much prefer fitting into my clothes at the higher weight because to me that means I am leaner. J
HTH,
Kristina
From: fast5@yahoogroups.
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 11:09 AM
To: fast5@yahoogroups.
Subject: [fast5] How do you know...
when you've reached your perfect weight?
I'm at a loss and never had to explore this before. I'm down from 204lbs to 166lbs at 5'10". My goal has been to get to about 160 and wear 30" pants. But I'm afraid the mindset that got me to this weight won't want to stop at 160. I guess I'll know once I get to 160. It was so exciting to hit 189, then 179, then 169. Why not 159?? I know plenty of guys who are my height and weigh between 155 and 160. The other thought is to ignore the scale and just get down to a weight that looks and feels healthy. But then there's always a pocket of adipose here or there that should go away and without a number I'm sort of at a loss to know when to stop. Height/weight charts say I should be 151-163 so that's what I'll go by.
I guess the biggest issue is the amount of resistance I'm getting from other people!! So many folks think I'm getting too small and so I just hear all day long, "You're not going to get any smaller are you?" I'm not emaciated and I can't see my lower abs in the mirror yet so I'm going to keep going until I hit 159-160 or until I can see my lower abs.
Any words of advice ??
-Rick Stewart
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