How long till people noticed?

donjtomasco

So is it the amount of weight lost that other people notice on us, or is the passage of time along with the amount of weight lost important to it really showing? Like say you drop 25 pounds in 3-4 months, will it show up as much then or will your body show the same pounds loss a little better or more noticeably after another 3-4 months, or year?

The last time I dropped 20-25 pounds I was a little surprised that hardly anyone noticed. Not that someone noticing is important, but still, it's nice to lose the weight and people notice. If that makes sense. Maybe I just needed another 5-10 lost, who knows......

jemhh

I started at 202 (about 20 lbs into obese territory) and it took about 30 lbs until people noticed.

If you are wearing the same clothes or baggy new clothes, don't expect people to notice.

alyssa0061

I find this question very interesting when it's posed. There's no set number where people start to notice; every person is different, every person loses weight differently. I often wonder too, how long before someone says anything do they notice. I have lost 130 pounds; it's quite noticeable. I have gone down 6 pants sizes. Yet still the majority of people in my life, both those I see frequently and those I do not, have not said a word. Is it because they haven't noticed or because they don't feel comfortable saying something? Or maybe they don't care? I'm just musing because truly, I don't care. I don't bring it up or talk about it, I don't invite the conversation. I am thankful and appreciative of any comment or compliment I receive but it forms no basis of my success.

2011rocket3touring

17 for me. Since I was exercising quite a bit the body recomp made it a more dramatic transformation.

donjtomasco

I like it alyssa! Well said. And I don't wear tight closes to show off my bod or hopefully the possible increase in tone and muscle that this older body might be putting back in the right places. So that probably contributes to people not noticing. I tend to show weight gain in my face (jowls) and that seems to take longer then usual to show up. I usually can pretty quickly 'feel' the difference in pants fitting looser and more room in my shirts. But Karma will bite me for sure if I start buying new clothes for the new pounds. I feel like I should keep three sections in my closet, "the high weight " section, the "I am dieting" section and the "at my low" section. I would never need new clothes again.

Asher_Ethan

Mine was 10 pounds, but I'm tall so I feel like 10 pounds on me looks like 15 pounds on someone shorter.

daniwilford

People who see you everyday are less likely to notice, especially if it is a gradual thing, until you have lost a significant amount. Last time after losing 35 pounds many people started to comment. Fortunately they didn't comment when I gained 35 pounds of the 63 I lost.

samchez0

Sporadically after about 10 lbs, most comments after 20 lbs.

LAWoman72

At 40-45 pounds, about nine months.

cwolfman13

I started at 220...220 to 200 wasn't all that noticeable...I always carried my weight well and a lot of that came off of my appendages and such. 200 to 190 was noticeable in that I lost a bunch of weight in my face and my belly started to shrink noticeably...190 to 180 was night and day.

Also, people may very well notice...but one's weight or losing weight, etc is generally a taboo kind of topic so a lot of people will never say a word.

riffraff2112

With consistent weight loss the old adage is pretty accurate
1. one month for you to notice
2. two months for people that see you regularly to notice
3. three months for everyone to notice

seemed pretty accurate, almost to the day for how it happened for me.

donjtomasco

Good comments Cwolfman and Riffraff2, very cool.