It's so frustrating that nobody notices!!!

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  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
    I know it's difficult, but sorry to say most people are not really paying attention that close. I will give you this example, I cut 36 inches of hair off, and I thought wow everyone is going to notice. 1 person noticed in a week, and that was after they stared at me for about 10 minutes to figure out what I did.

    So don't take it to heart, keep doing what you are doing for yourself. Take pictures of yourself so you can see the difference.
  • ihammen
    ihammen Posts: 55 Member
    I think it depends on what you weighed to start with and height. Obviously, if you start out at 300 lbs, and lose 25 it's not the same as if you start off at 150 and lose 25 lbs. Also, with me a lot of my female friends noticed and none of the male friends have said anything. I think guys are more careful about commenting, especially about another guy's wife.
  • stealthq
    stealthq Posts: 4,298 Member
    According to your ticker, you had 58 lbs to lose and you've lost 13.

    I started with 20 lbs to lose and I've lost 14. Oh, and I'm 5'3", so it's not like the fat's got a lot of room to spread out. My personal trainer JUST said he noticed this past weekend. My family started saying they could see it when I'd lost 10 lbs, but they could only see it in my face, though I'd lost inches everywhere else.

    It's just the way it is. Other people won't notice changes the way you will, because you (and everyone else) trying to lose weight obsesses over looking for that progress, whether it's on the scale or changes in measurements or increased definition.

    Most people are probably looking at you now and thinking that you look different/better, but they can't quite pinpoint why. Or, they think they know, but don't want to ask if you've lost weight in case you haven't and it upsets you.
  • gettingontrack126
    gettingontrack126 Posts: 23
    Yeah people that you see daily might not notice it. for example my family hasn't noticed (well I don't really know but nothing has been said), but people that I haven't seen in a while or people that I don't see so often took notice, telling me that i've gotten alt slimmer or asking how did it, etc.
    It might also have something to do with how you looked before. If you weren't chubby to begin with some people might not notice right away, don't let it get you down!
  • SweetTea111104
    SweetTea111104 Posts: 338 Member
    it's when you see something every day.

    like watching kids grow up. it takes outgrown pants for me to notice the boy has shot up three inches in a month.


    Wow that is a perfect analogy!!!!

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