You know when you look for something and swear it has to be in that spot but never find it? Yeah that is the story of my ever elusive tape measure hahaha. So guess where it was? Exactly where I thought it was. It got wedged in between some things and finally decided to come out of hibernation this last time I shuffled through the drawer.
I used to measure regularly years ago when losing some weight because the scales notoriously never seemed to budge. I knew some of my previous measurements. 55+ inches at hips. 44 inches at waist and 42 at chest bra band level.
And now? Hips 43. Waist? 36. Bra band? 32 
Holy 
Change is slow and incremental. Keep at it!