When did someone first notice?

DirtyStacks

Eventually someone will ask, “Did you lose weight?” For some, this is a cringe worthy moment. For others, it’s a validation. How much did you lose before someone took notice?
“OMG! You look GREAT!” How long did you have to work at it to get that first “WOW!” moment?

hmaddpear

I joined MFP in 2013 at c240lb, it took around 35lb loss before someone mentioned it. This time round, I've lost 12lb from a starting weight of 200lb, and I'm still waiting to hear that!

Allgaun

My DIL noticed when I lost only 6 lbs, but she's a doctor.

I started at about 200 lbs this time around but in my experience I usually have to lose 20 lbs before anyone says anything.

When you only have a few lbs to lose it can be apparent right away

AllOutof_Bubblegum

I'm only 5'0", so a little bit of weight gained or lost is very noticeable on me. I think it was about 10 lbs when I started losing weight.

AwesomeSquirrel

I have only have one person say anything and I’m taking her with a grain of salt as she was on a sales call.

I imagine other people notice but don’t comment (I’m down approx 25kg since last July, 176cm tall) and that’s fine by me - I see the difference in photos and certainly feel it every day.

Someone did ask the other day if I had dyed my hair, which I’m taking to mean something is different and you look good

riffraff2112

After 1 month I noticed. After 2 months people I saw rarely noticed. After 3 months pretty much everyone figured it out.
I also live in the prairies,with brutal winters so perhaps in the spring/summer it would have been different. Comfy, baggy clothes tend to hide weight better.

bearly63

Spouse noticed and commented. He has been very supportive. It was after my first 10 lbs. Then some lady friends. For me, other than the scale, I am using a favorite pair of jeans that I haven't worn in years, to measure my progress. They fit now and will most likely be loose when I reach my goal.

cwolfman13

In my experience, people don't really talk about your weight. I can count on one hand the number of people that said anything, and most of those were people that I see infrequently so the changes were very noticeable to them.

I started running and whatnot during my lunch breaks, and I had far more comments at work about my fitness then I did my weight.

MySlimGoals

One person noticed when I was down 40lbs then at 50 I suddenly had a rush of people commenting. Had some since as I have continued but got most of the comments out of the way now. Got a few people asking for updates and advice too.

ebonius501

Coming down from 242 lbs, I've been wondering when it would start to show. I was shaving yesterday and noticed my face seemed thinner. I've only lost 13 lbs so far but it does show in the face. When I was dressed and ready for breakfast my wife said, "your face is thinner." That's when I know I'm on the right track!

RelCanonical

cwolfman13 wrote: »

In my experience, people don't really talk about your weight. I can count on one hand the number of people that said anything, and most of those were people that I see infrequently so the changes were very noticeable to them.

I started running and whatnot during my lunch breaks, and I had far more comments at work about my fitness then I did my weight.

Agreed, I lost 30 pounds before people started saying anything, but the first person to notice was nervous about mentioning it, lol. She might have thought I wasn't losing intentionally, or maybe I was just wearing a flattering dress or something. Fortunately for her, that was not the case and I was intentionally and healthily losing weight.

thenewkayla

Ive only lost 20lbs and still waiting 80 more to go😬😂

nexangelus

I lost 14 lbs slowly last year and a handful of people noticed. I thought it was not a grand amount and I did it so slowly that the changes were there, but not that noticeable....I have leaned out rather than seen an enormous change in weight, etc, but people still noticed. I was surprised. In a good way. (lots of "you are so small/tiny" comments, even though still in the overweight BMI category, what?!) For reference point I went from 79 kg down to 72.5 kg.

nighthawk584

I didn't see ANYONE that I knew for the first 30 lbs. When they saw me, they noticed my face being thinner. Personally, I didn't notice much until around 50 lbs down. I have taken progress photos every week and now down 96 lbs. Now, looking at the 50 lbs down photo, I look very obese compared to today.

JoshyPoo51

My friend's mom noticed at 37 lbs down and it was such a huge motivation for me to keep going because I wasn't really seeing it myself. Of course I knew the scale was displaying the loss but I didn't see it or feel it in my body.

When I got down 65ish EVERYONE I ran into was giving me props. It's been neat. I keep a little spreadsheet of what my weight was the last time I saw them vs. what it is currently for funsies.

TheGuardian

I lost 25 pounds before anyone commented, but on the other hand I do (and have always) wear baggy clothes, but I ran into someone I had worked with until 6 months earlier and they noticed right away.

Now I get nothing at work except jokes about how I'm wasting away. Which is slightly annoying as I still have 30 more pounds to lose just to get to the middle of my healthy range that I'm targeting (175).

IamSimplyDeDe

I've lost 28 lbs so far and people didn't notice until i started putting before and after photos side by side

Annie42019

People started to really notice around 25-30 pounds lost which I achieved late fall of 2018. . But my “ train friends” who ride the commuter train with me to work didn’t really see me without my big bulky winter coat on at that point. It was a cold spring and in May 2019 ( it SNOWED in May here!) I wore that big coat on a Monday but on Thursday it had gotten up to 59 degrees and I wore a new leather jacket. So suddenly people on my train saw me without the big coat for the first time in close to 6 months ( it also snowed here that October...oy!) . I was down more than 65 pounds at that point. One friend said”Oh my god did you lose a huge amount of weight like overnight?!?? Lololol

LRLemon

At -30 lbs I got, “You look brighter.” At -50 is when people noticed I had lost weight. I think it is relative to proportion: losing 25 lbs when you start off at 200 is a much bigger proportion than losing 25 lbs when you start off at 300. This gives me hope: 10-lb increments will be noticeable as I get closer to goal weight.

teeenabeana

When I lost 10 lbs, one of my friends was first to notice. I didn't see much of a change, but I was happy that someone saw a difference so quickly!

LRLemon

At -50 lbs people started to notice.

mhassan160

Lost almost 30lb but no one noticed lol

pokequeeen

I had someone first notice at 8lbs. Then a good chunk of people i know started saying stuff at 15. Now I've hit 21 lbs down and people at work who I don't talk to a lot are starting to ask. For reference Im 5'2. Started at 192 and down to 171.

Cant_think_of_a_username

Actually, the first comments people started making to me were about how "healthy" I looked - weight loss comments followed a while after that. It was as if they could see something about me was changing but weren't sure quite what it was at first.

amusedmonkey

My mom noticed within the first 2 kgs (roughly 5 pounds). It took about 50 pounds for everyone else to notice. I have lost 140 pounds.

Sand_TIger

Started at 245 - I'm at about 220 now and I'm at the point where a LOT of people are noticing. My work bro noticed at about 10-15 pounds lost. But at this point I've had several people ask what I'm doing to lose weight.

AbigailCaulton

My mother in-law noticed within a month. My friend commented about it the other day. We only walk to school together to pick kids up. Im normally wearing a big coat so its hard to tell but the coat is hanging off me now and she mentioned It saying I looked great i was like Ooo thanks.