Measurements

[shanmonster]

Time to check in with my measurements, I guess.

Weight: 139 lbs
Height: 5'8.5" (I've shrunk over the years)

Neck: 13.5"
Chest: 36"
Waist: 28"
Hips: 37"
Left bicep: 10"
Right bicep: 10"
Left thigh: 21"
Right thigh: 21"
Left calf: 14"
Right calf: 13.75"

Hmm. My right calf needs to step it up!

My measurements in January were the same, except my biceps were .5" bigger then, and I weighed a bit less.

Weird.

I see a difference, but the tape measure doesn't.

Comments

[etcet.livejournal.com]

It's measurement weekend in my neck of the woods, too. Here's hoping the tale of the tape is a good one.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

I'm just confused that the measurements are the same, when I've gone up in weight and look much more defined.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

Not too surprising, really - muscle is denser than fat, so the same volume would weigh more.

Your lean body mass has increased, your body fat percentage has gone down. That's, essentially, ideal healthful maintenance living, though it's likely that, if you keep working at it (ie: continue to pick up heavy / heavier things, eat your protein/wheaties/etc), you'll have larger muscles soon.

in fact, it's entirely possible that this is already happening - due to the six-month measurement cycle you're using, you may have "bottomed out" and are on the way up in terms of observed measurements - that nadir being when you'd lost some/most of the fat, but your muscles hadn't grown much yet. (to try and avoid this, I try to do it monthly)

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

All righty, then. I'll start measuring monthly. Maybe then I'll see differences on the tape as well as in the mirror.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

I can't even take my own damn advice sometimes - due to injury and general shitty attitude, I skipped June, so the last one before today was 9 May. But, probably, six weeks is a decent interval so you're apt to see progress without obsessing or anything. :-)