Although my weight was up slightly from my Wednesday weigh-in, I’m really happy about my measurements for the month. I lost inches almost everywhere. The one exception is that I gained a half inch around my bust (where you would measure the band size of a bra).
I’m not sure what would cause me to gain ½ inch there when I lost everywhere else. I guess I could have pulled the measuring tape too tight last month. I’m awfully squishy there so it’s not always easy to get an accurate measurement.
Anyway, here’s the results this month:
| 01/25/10 | 07/25/12 | 08/25/12 | |
| Weight | 296.4lbs | 231.6lbs | 226.6lbs |
| Neck | 16 ¼ | 14 | 14 |
| Bust | 45 ½ | 39 | 39 ½ |
| Chest | 50 ½ | 44 ½ | 44 ½ |
| Waist (smallest point) | 46 ½ | 35 ½ | 34 |
| Belly | 53 ½ | 44 | 42 |
| Hips | 61 | 51 ½ | 51 |
| Thigh | 33 | 28 | 27 ½ |
| Calf | 20 | 18 ½ | 18 |
| Ankle | 9 ⅝ | 8 ¾ | 8 ¾ |
| Bicep | 18 ¾ | 16 ¼ | 16 ½ |
| Elbow | 12 ¾ | 11 | 10 ¾ |
| Wrist | 7 | 6 | 6 |
I’m pretty darn happy with this. When I compared it to my thinnest, June of last year, I saw that despite the fact that I weigh more than I did then, I’m either at my smallest or smaller than I was in most measurements from that set of measurements. Unfortunately, at the time I didn’t post it, but below is what those numbers were and how I compare now.
| 06/01/11 | Difference | |
| Neck | 14 | 0 |
| Bust | 39 ½ | 0 |
| Chest | 44 | +½ |
| Waist (smallest point) | 35 | -1 |
| Belly | 42 ½ | -½ |
| Hips | 50 ¼ | +¾ |
| Thigh | 27 ½ | 0 |
| Calf | 18 ¼ | -¼ |
| Ankle | 9 | -¼ |
| Bicep | 16 ¼ | +½ |
| Elbow | 10 ¾ | 0 |
| Wrist | 6 | 0 |
As you can see, for the most part I’m smaller. I really can’t complain that my chest is still bigger than it was so, really, I’ve only got two places where I’m behind – my hips and biceps.
I’m really happy to be getting back to where I’m breaking new ground and to be doing it in a healthy way. Back then I was just barely making it through the day and wasn’t really eating. It was a really hard time period for me.
This time around, I actually am eating healthy and taking care of myself.
While on Wednesday I talked about being excited to be so close to my lowest weight, being close to my lowest measurements means a lot more. Weight can decrease because of lost muscle or increase because of muscle gain. Measurements feel like a much more reliable way of tracking progress. They answer the question, “Is my body smaller?”
Why yes, it is.
