Little bit annoyed

mccindy72

Merkavar wrote: »

Maybe this will help. Imagine your weightloss as peanut butter

You lost 7 pounds right? Imagine 7 pounds of peanut butter smeared over your entire body. It's not likely to create a very thick layer is it?

Keep going.

This is an excellent analogy.
My weight can go up and down by five pounds and it looks no different on me, and I'm not a very big person.

AspenDan

I've lost 40lbs and my pants only feel a tiny bit more loose. No worries

_Terrapin_

atypicalsmith wrote: »

_Terrapin_ wrote: »

atypicalsmith wrote: »

I didn't notice until nearly 30 pounds lost, and nobody else did either

You need to go out in public. . . .go on. . . . .

I beg your pardon?

'No one has noticed' this was your comment, is it because no one sees you?

atypicalsmith

_Terrapin_ wrote: »

atypicalsmith wrote: »

_Terrapin_ wrote: »

atypicalsmith wrote: »

I didn't notice until nearly 30 pounds lost, and nobody else did either

You need to go out in public. . . .go on. . . . .

I beg your pardon?

'No one has noticed' this was your comment, is it because no one sees you?

No, it's because everyone sees me all the time and they don't notice the day to day changes.

Cocoa1020

Ive lost 11 lbs so far. all my measurements are the same.
But my face is slimmer. my pants are a little loose by the knees. and my wrists look a little thinner and my collar bone will stick out more if i shrug my shoulders.

but my waist isnt shrinking it's just where the weight is coming off first.

_Terrapin_

atypicalsmith wrote: »

_Terrapin_ wrote: »

atypicalsmith wrote: »

_Terrapin_ wrote: »

atypicalsmith wrote: »

I didn't notice until nearly 30 pounds lost, and nobody else did either

You need to go out in public. . . .go on. . . . .

I beg your pardon?

'No one has noticed' this was your comment, is it because no one sees you?

No, it's because everyone sees me all the time and they don't notice the day to day changes.

Makes sense.

amyr271

Thank you for all your guys comments, a few of you have asked for my height, I'm 5ft 1. I have recently started to do Pilates as well, so I am hoping that will help me tone up.

Mouse_Potato

I started noticing at the ten pound mark. Amusingly enough, the last ten pounds have made almost zero visible or measurable changes. I think my hamstrings are starting to get definition, but that's about it.

Pinnacle_IAO

amyr271 wrote: »

Since June I've lost half a stone (142 - 135) and I havent beem able to see any change, my clothes still fit the same and my measurements having changed. Im proud to have lost this much as usually i will lose 4 pounds or so and then go back to normal and put on 5 pounds!

I was just wondering when did you guys start noticing a difference? And is there anything I can do to descrease my measurements?

I noticed I could buckle my pants again after losing 20 pounds. At 30 pounds, my face slimmed and people asked if I had lost weight. At 40 pounds lost, my pants became baggy, so I bought all new clothes just one size too small, and they lasted for 25 more pounds lost.
After 100 pounds lost, nobody even recognized me.
That's the best!

Machka9

SaffronSunrise wrote: »

ForestFairy022 wrote: »

Usually I lose a size when I've lost 10lb.

I would love to get to the point where losing 10 pounds would drop me a size, but I'm sure those 10 pounds are slow to leave.

Yeah ... 10 lbs doesn't seem to make any difference to me.

When I had dropped about 13 kg (28 lbs), I bought a skirt one size down from what I had been wearing before I started here. I was in a hurry and didn't try it on, but I thought that surely by then I should be one size down. Nope. Well ... the skirt fit, but by the end of the day it was feeling pretty tight. I wasn't able to wear it comfortably until I had dropped 15 kg (33 lbs).

Machka9

atypicalsmith wrote: »

I didn't notice until nearly 30 pounds lost, and nobody else did either

Yep ... same here. The day I hit 15 kg (33 lbs) lost was the first time any of my coworkers noticed. Then I had to drop another 2 kg before anyone else noticed.

Cahgetsfit

I didn't notice anything for months. I didn't really lose much anyway though - I've only lost 4kg so far in 6 months, but I am lifting so there has been a change in size in terms of shrinking a bit. I think in the last 2 months it's when things finally started to shift and I look smaller and people who have not seen me in some time have said "ooh! you have lost weight!" People who see me all the time don't comment or don't care or don't notice.

In general that is - I did get a comment from a work colleague at the gym saying that my body had really changed, my husband called me "skinny" the other day, and my mother grudgingly admitted that I had "lost some weight" last week.

arditarose

I actually disagree with people saying you wouldn't notice 7 pounds. On someone heavier, perhaps. But 142 to 135. That is a noticeable difference.

ETA: I just saw you are 5'1". Sorry, it might take a couple more pounds.

kshama2001

I asked my downstairs neighbor today if she'd lost weight. She has - 16 pounds - in three weeks, the *kitten*.



j/k...she quit drinking. And made some other super restrictive changes to create a massive deficit.

Bshmerlie

I've lost 44 pounds and even though I notice a difference in the way my clothes fit no one else has noticed. The problem is I've always worn loose fitting clothing so as I've lost weight you can't really tell. I think when I get below 190 I think it will become more obvious. I think it also matters where you lose the weight.

mirrim52

I am 5'0". It took about 15 lbs before I had to size down in pants, and about 20 lbs before people started commenting. I started at 140 lbs.

SaffronSunrise

Bshmerlie wrote: »

I've lost 44 pounds and even though I notice a difference in the way my clothes fit no one else has noticed. The problem is I've always worn loose fitting clothing so as I've lost weight you can't really tell. I think when I get below 190 I think it will become more obvious. I think it also matters where you lose the weight.

I there with you. I've lost about 20 and no one has noticed, but I usually wear baggy clothes anyway. They've just gotten a little baggier, but I haven't gone down a size. I'm hoping it'll be more of a change when I get below that magical number of 200.

thankyou4thevenom

I've now lost 2 stone and here's something I'm having to admit to myself. Most of the clothes I was wearing before were too small. They now fit me comfortably and slowly are becoming top large. It's possible you are like I was.

The other option I can think of is visceral fat. Maybe most of your loss is from around your organs, which while that's awesome and great for your health, does little help your measurements.

That peanut butter thing is genius.

Firefly0606

I just noticed that a top I have fits nicely now, rather than being tight on my body. I've lost 13lbs. Be patient wit it - you are doing the right things is the scale is moving

supersocks117

I have lost 10 (from 198-188, 5'6") and I don't really see it, but my pants fit different. My DH has lost 20 (from 300-280, 6'1") and I don't really see it (nor does he) but we noticed his shirts don't ride up on his belly anymore, so he must've lost something in inches there.

Bacchants

I've only lost 3kg and about 2% bodyfat and I can see some small differences visually and I've lost a bit on my measurements. I was getting stressed about it till I compared current progress pics to my starting pics and saw changes. Like I had a 'pooch' of back fat under my shoulders which has gone, and I'm down a notch on my fitbit.

I don't have much to loose so I think it might be more noticeable now I have lost some? My partner can see a difference and my PT said my waist is noticeable similar, then someone at the Gym commented I was looking great

nthing the suggestion from others to incorporate lifting into your routine!