Third of a way to my goal, haven't noticed much difference.

sammidelvecchio

I have really been struggling to see the difference for me. I have lost 24 lbs, and some of the stuff you guys bring up are great points. Especially thinking about being the same jean size, but 24 lbs ago they were tight and I probably should have been wearing a size up, and now they are loose and i'm very close to a size down. Wow, I never even thought of it like that.

I have taken pictures, and some days I look at them and see a huge difference, other days I don't. I did ask my sister to look at them and her reaction was a lot different than mine so it can help to have someone else you know will be honest with you take a look.

I think also I just need to accept that 24 lbs for me is not going to be as a big a difference as people who have a lot less weight to lose. Some people only need to lose 30 lbs, and it could mostly be in their stomach so if they lose 24 lbs it will look like a HUGE difference. But for me, having a lot more weight to lose, 24 lbs is awesome and there is a physical difference, but with a long way to go its not going to look as drastic as it might for others who start smaller.

WholeFoods4Lyfe

IsETHome wrote: »

Try a size down in bra. Also I noticed after 25 lbs my tops got longer..... tops 2x to xl or x and I went from 20/22 to size 16 (a couple of 14s and a couple of 18s). I went down from 42DD to 38DD. Also bathroom stalls got big, so did my bathtub. However if you were stretchy clothes they stretch smaller too....which is why it’s hard to notice weight gain unless you get on the scale.

This is so true! I was just telling my friend the other day that after losing 25lbs my shirts now cover my belly and my pants are longer LOL

OP - if you are anything like me, there is a good chance that when you started, your clothes were actually too small. As I was gaining weight, I kept squeezing in to my clothes, I could put them on and fasten them, but they didn't actually "fit". I'm down 25lbs now and my pants are actually fitting the way that they are supposed to. I can button my pants without sucking in my gut and my pants are no longer capris

texasredreb

I'm sure I was asking a lot of my size 16's when I was 32lbs heavier. I know that factors in.

cwolfman13

1. Self perception is usually skewed. We are our own worst critics.
2. The more you have to lose, the less visible early losses will be. At my heaviest, a 10-20 Lb loss or gain didn't make any real perceptible difference. Now, a 10 Lb loss or gain from my maintenance weight is the difference between visible abs, being a little soft, but still flat, and having love handles.
3. At my heaviest I was stuffing myself into my pants...they got looser as I lost weight, but it took quite awhile to actually drop a size because I was absolutely stuffing myself into m clothes at my heaviest. I started at 220 and didn't drop a pant size until I was in the mid to high 180s. Part of that is that the belly is the primary fat stores for most men and many women as well and primary fat stores are a first on, last off proposition.

missblondi2u

Just chiming in to say you are doing awesome and to just keep at it.