When will people notice my weight loss

Mouse_Potato

16 years ago I went through a particularly dramatic divorce. I nearly stopped eating altogether and I lost 10 pounds in 10 days. I was already small at the time, so going from 117 to 107 made a huge difference in my appearance. Several women came up to me at work and congratulated me on my weight loss and asked for my secret. So, I told them. I'm guessing they never commented on anyone's weight loss again after that.

On a related note, several coworkers noticed my name change in the GAL and extended their congratulations as well. Yeah....

frankiesgirlie

The part that threw me was your husband not noticing. 20lbs is quite a difference. I’m 5’9” and am currently at maintenance weight but my weight has went up and down about 30 lbs over the years. My husband, family and friends usually noticed the weight loss when I would hit about 10 lbs lost. I’m not like a lot of the posters here. I’ve never been offended when people at work or just in every day life notice I lost weight. It’s hard work and people noticing motivates me to keep going. But then, I kind of say whatever’s in my head and heart and am not very filtered. So I guess I’m very forgiving of other people saying what’s on their mind too.LOL.
I bet some new better fitting clothes would get people noticing. Since you’re still losing, how about hitting the thrift stores?

ChrysalisCove

I had my first spontaneous comment about a month ago after losing 45lbs. I’m 5’3” & had gone down 3-4 pant sizes at that point, but hadn’t yet updated my wardrobe. As others mentioned, it was approached as “looking fit / healthy” rather than “having lost weight”.