People Are Sharing Photos Of Themselves Weighing The Same But Looking Completely Different, And It’s Inspirational (40 Pics)

I did it by losing fat and gaining muscle.

Just remember that the scale weighs your fat, muscle, water, blood, organs, everything! My body fat is WAY less on the right and has much more muscle, but the scale doesn’t care.

Relying on the scale is a dangerous game, likely to leave you hurt. Instead, find other ways to celebrate you and the transformations you go through!⁣

I’ve been stuck lately. Stuck between 180 - 185 lbs. My lowest has been 175 lbs. I have toned and gained so much strength since the picture on the left. Just when I thought I wasn’t making progress I’m actually killin it!

Changed some of my eating habits. Hitting the gym 2-3 times a week. I have weighed myself almost everyday for the past YEAR & my weight NEVER fluctuated. Stop looking at the number on the scale & look for the differences in the way your body looks & feels. You’d be amazed. I never realized how much my body has changed until the picture on the left came up on my Timehop the other day. No matter how many times you fall off the wagon, get back on & keep pushing!

This, my friends, is precisely why you shouldn’t measure your progress by the scale. Go by pictures and the way your clothes fit.

Also, I was nursing my son at the time. should explain some of the obvious differences

My whole life I have battled with the scale, I have had 100% reliance on it as a reflection of my self-worth but I'm slowly moving beyond that unhealthy relationship! Left Aug 2014 - 128 lbs vs. right Saturday - 123 lbs.

We put so much emphasis on being a certain weight, a certain pants size, a certain BMI... But ultimately it how you FEEL in your own skin!

If I were to let the scale determine my progress I'd just give up already

Listen, the scale only measures your relationship with gravity. Here’s what it doesn’t measure: lean muscle mass, body fat, your energy level, your stress, how well you sleep, how you feel about yourself.

Never thought I'd ever share the first picture with anyone! I barely recognize myself! In the first picture, I had been training for a marathon. In fact, it was taken in Santorini just after finishing the Athens Marathon with my hubby (amazing race, btw). Because this was basically our second honeymoon, I'd agreed to let my husband pick out a bathing suit for me, naturally, it was the tiniest one he could find. I was less than comfortable in letting anyone see it - even him! You can imagine what that lack of self-confidence was doing to our marriage. While I was proud that I had gotten back to my pre-pregnancy weight, I still wasn't excited to wear a bathing suit (skinny-fat girl to the T) and I had been fighting hard to look good for this trip! Lol! Clearly, I was doing it all wrong.

Don’t get discouraged over the number on the scale. Take that progress photo and clap for yourself for working towards your health.

I've been discouraged lately because my weight loss has been much slower than I expected but after making this observation, I've realized that I've just been too focused with the numbers on the scale.

I’ve finally learned what foods make my body feel better and how to workout smarter not harder. So if the scale isn’t moving, don’t get discouraged!

I’m so much fitter now, and it’s so nice to go out and run to clear your mind. I actually gained 6 lbs from running but it’s all sorted it’s self out now, I guess it was from body shape change, muscle ect.

Left: Age 23, newlywed, eating terrible food choices.
Right: Age 32, mother of a 3-year-old, fueling my body with the best nutrition around.

But let me tell you something. The girl on the right is happier, more confident, and stronger. She may not have her emotions in check, but when it comes to emotional eating, this girl has that taken care of!

The look on my face says it all. The journey between these two photos is just as much MENTAL as it is PHYSICAL.

F/22/5’1”/ (95 lbs > 95 lbs). I focused on learning how to resistance train properly to fatigue my muscles while slowly increasing my calories weekly as my body was changing. Hard gainers, it’s possible!

The scale may show no change, but my body says otherwise.

Weight is a number. It doesn’t determine fitness. BMI is a ratio of height to weight, it does not measure fitness either. In both, I’m toeing the BMI line between overweight and obese. I’m pretty positive on the right, I’m nowhere near obese.

In fact, using the scale may only hinder your results because it can cause you to give up in frustration.

The left was 2 years ago the first time I tried to stick to the gym and tried and failed countless times since. the right picture was taken yesterday.

I had an original goal weight of 185 lbs, I thought I’d got there, I’d have the body and abs that I wanted. The picture on the left is just a few months after I started this journey and the first time I hit 185 lbs - not the body I thought I’d have at the time once I got there.

That’s two years of hitting macros, two years of training hard, two years of hitting protocols, two years of balance and letting myself enjoy the occasional free meal without stressing about it too much.

We don’t always have to try and make ourselves smaller.