Frustrations and good things

[kass_rants]

Well, got on the scale the morning with verve.  I noticed my clothes fitting more loosely this weekend.  Even my pyjama bottoms that were already big are now so big I have to do the "holdin' up da pants" things like da kids deez dayz.  ;)  So I expected a move on the scale.  And there was

Comments

[tashabear]

You may well be cutting body fat and putting on muscle. Go with what your clothes and your intuition are telling you rather than what the scale says. Goodness knows I heard enough wailing and gnashing of teeth in Basic Training among girls who gained 5-7 pounds and were wearing at least a size smaller -- they never knew that muscle weighs more. I've held steady at my current weight for a couple of months now, but my clothes are fitting looser, so I'm just working with it.

Also, Happy Birthday, from one October baby to another!

[kass_rants]

Happy Birthday to you too!

Yeah, there's no doubt my clothes are much looser. So I'm going to stop getting on the scale.

We3ight gain

[fitchwitch]

If you are working out, you will be gaining muscle. Muscle is denser than fat (i.e. a cubic inch of muscle weighs more than a cubic inch of fat). So it is possible that you are more fit and smaller in size, while still weighing slightly more on the scale.

Yet another reason why the scale lies about fitness.

Re: We3ight gain

[kass_rants]

I'm totally ignoring the scale. I feel better. And my clothes are falling off. The scale lies.

[islenskr]

Yes! Muscle! The scale is a pack of lies!
Seriously. I started lifting a few months ago (for various reasons, among which to lose flab), and I've put on 12 pounds. I am exactly the same size. If you search on google for what a pound of muscle and a pound of fat looks like, you'll see that the pound of fat looks to be about 2-3 times the volume of a pound of muscle.

[kass_rants]

Absolutely! I mean, I have to hold my pyjama pants up or they'll fall right off. The scale is a liar.

[brickhousewench]

1) Happy Birthday

2) Muscle weighs more than fat, sounds like you're slimming down. Have you taken measurements lately?

3) OMG, Irish intimidates the heck out of me. Half the words aren't spelled anything like the way they sound. (My former coworker's name is pronouned "Neeve" yet spelled "Niahm").

[kass_rants]

1) Thanks

[brickhousewench]

Cheeky Irish monks! You're probably right about them screwing with the English. Were the English already trying to push them around back in the 6th century? (Sorry, what little Irish history I know was probably all written by those very same English!)

[kass_rants]

One can argue that St. Patrick started the first "English Invasion of Ireland" in the 5th century when he brought Christianity and "drove the snakes [aka the Druids] out of Ireland. But who knows, really.

But yeah, the English have been trying to get their hands on that green and fertile land to the West since they crawled down from the trees.

[wosny]

Feck is an Irish word meaning to steal or stolen, I think. (I don't know any Irish, but I love Graham Linehan, and he was explaining why it was ok to use it in Father Ted.) You probably know this already... but I thought I would share it anyway. :)

[kass_rants]

Everyone Irish person I know uses it as a way to say... the word with the "u" in front of the kids. It isn't even close to the Irish word for to steal. I think Graham was telling whatyoucall a Tall Tale there.

It is, however, awfully close to the verb "to see" but that makes no sense. "Dirty... seers!" LOL

[wosny]

Well, I am sure Graham would love nothing more than to mislead the listeners of Radio 4, so you maybe right. I see that his definition is also on Wiki, but not as an Irish word...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feck
I could well have misheard the original explanation. :) I have the radio on all the time!