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Well, this is a turn up for the books, my waist is SLOWLY getting smaller but my weight is not changing. The change is not earth shattering but when I got to my goal weight it was 28.5" and I was resigned to it never getting smaller. I did lose more weight, not deliberately, and have now been stable for over a year with a 28" waist. Over the last couple of months it has gradually dropped to 27.5" and some days it has even started out at the, for me, minuscule 27" that I was desperate to attain. I wondered if the gradual reduction in carbs might have accounted for it but that would not explain the carb fest I indulged in recently. When in Rome, do as the Romans do and I certainly did, pasta every night with bread, wine, beer, Baileys etc a positive 7 day smorgasbord of carbs and I measured in at the magic 27" on my return. So, friends, Romans, countrymen, sorry, lapsed there a bit, what does the team think has caused this reduction? Answers please on the back of a postcard to............

Ballerina x

I have no answer except to say well done a 27" waist sounds fantastic.
I put half a pound on last week but lost half an inch off my waist I would rather have the inch loss than the pound i have to say.

I'm impressed.
I will never see 27" waist, but would still like to lose 3". It's now half my height, but would like it to be less. When you find the secret, please share!! x

I think it is time and that you persist, notice the same that my shape is slowly changing and the fat is melting while the weight is same same. ADFnFuel mentioned the old fat is the hardest to lose so I would hazard a guess you are shedding at a deeper level

@izzy hello lovely to see you

Well done @ballerina Whatever the reason for it is that's such a tiny waist, carbs do have a lot to answer for and your recent overload obviously kickstarted the fatburning you lucky lady

I know you always wondered about your waist, so this is a big milestone. Congrats!

@Ballerina I seem to remember that you and I had similar body shapes, i.e. slim hips, virtually no bum but a disproportionately thickish waist. This time last year my waist was 28" and even though I now rarely do a complete fast, just stick to my 16:8 regime I can also report that I have lost 2" and my waist is now 26". Size 8 jeans I bought last year are now too loose on me.
I still have some carbs , (still love my puds and cakes!) but the only change I have made is to reduce the amount of bread I eat. I make my own low carb loaf using FatDog's recipe (come back please FD!), and find that far more satisfying than any shop bought.
Maybe it's just 'mindful eating' that has worked its magic for both of us Ballerina, or sticking to an eating window, but whatever it is I'm certainly not complaining!

[carorees]

Congratulations @ballerina and @callyanna!

I don't exactly know what is going on, but I would make a guess that the process of fasting has changed your body so that it now stores the fat where it is supposed to and not in the tummy area, so that as the body stores fat after a meal it puts it under the skin on the thighs, butt etc, but when it burns fat during your daily fasts it takes it from around the organs, resulting in the weight not changing but the waist decreasing. You may also have gained some muscle if you have been exercising more (all those hills in Rome, ballerina!).

Oh yes, I forgot I do go the gym three times a week @carorees! It's so much a part of my routine now that I no longer look at it as a means of controlling and burning calories but it obviously has toned me up too around my spare tyre as it has now disappeared!

I've decided that my body is using my waist as a temporary storage area for fat before it is finally jettisoned. As I glide slowly down to my goal, some weeks I lose no weight but my waist is a little thinner, some weeks I have lost a pound but the tape measure has expanded a little. But we'll done @Ballerina, patience does pay.

Fantastic! And jealous as a green thing for my waist lives at 36" and refuses to do ought else :0(
I'd be happy with 33" let alone 27/26"!!!

Thank you all for your opinions, seems it's just a natural adjustment which takes place some time after settling into a stable weight, I'll take that!

Callyanna, 26"........respect!!!! I'll never get there but am more than happy with this little improvement


Ballerina x

WEll done to our tiny waisters Bally and Cally@Ballerina and @Callyanna!
And thanks @Carorees for the super explanation..that is fab news! X
Ps have just discovered if i poke quite viciously at the yellow banner when it descends,it goes back up again so you can get to the tag button xx
And yes! @azureblue i too wd be happy with thirtythree or thereabouts! X

Hey, I've just tried it, gave a good old prod and it slunk back to where it should have stayed, naughty yellow banner, thanks for that tip@Candicemarie

Ballerina x

And I 'm still 32in! but I love in hope