Have Your Friends and Family Noticed Your Weight Loss?

gamergirl180

How much weight did you drop before your friends and family really started noticing. I have lost 20 lbs and have yet to have family or friends notice, which is ok... I am still on a roll... but but curious when you started getting compliments on your weight loss.

Supertact

I've lost 70 pounds and my family calls me skinny now (theyre all obese) I'm just at a normal weight now.

schonsdragon

Most friends and family said nothing until I lost about 50 pounds. I have noticed that when I am wearing baggy clothes people don't notice but when I am wearing clothes that fit they do and I feel more confident.

Littlestandrews

Within the last 2 weeks. I had lost about 18lbs and no one noticed anything. In fact they made a point to tell me that I didn't look like I had lost anything. Then all of the sudden, it was like everyone started commenting on how skinny I look. Weird.

Francl27

My family noticed at 30 lbs or so. The people I saw all the time didn't notice anything until 64 lbs and after I didn't see them for 4 months, pretty much (I lost 22 lbs in that time). That's the big thing I think... people who don't see it much will notice it much easier.

faithbabe21

I started my journey at college away from home and I won't be back till thanksgiving break which is in another four weeks, so we"ll have to see if they notice or not. My mentor says she sees a change but I don't particularly see that much of a change myself so I think it just depends, on what your wearing and how well they take notice to things.

willdob3

I had a lot to lose so it took a large loss before anyone started commenting. It got very annoying waiting for people to notice. lol... At this point I've lost so much, wear smaller clothes (literally all the clothes I wore when I started are too big & have been replaced), and look very different than when I started so people comment.

The less you have to lose the less you need to lose for it to be noticeable.

pita7317

Took me 4 years...not trying, not using this website, even though I registered at that time...
To lose 26 lbs. No one noticed. But hey, at a 1/2 lb a month it was a very slow transformation....
10 weeks ago I decided to put forth more effort and have lost 6 more lbs.
My husband and two good friends all have mentioned that my face looks thinner.
My husband also mentioned my waistline is much smaller. (not really, but some if ya ask me)
10 more lbs to go. Can't wait. Hopefully by January.

talpilon

I've lost almost 70lbs now and the only people who have noticed are my family. It would be nice if other people noticed, but I guess it'll take a while.

silken555

My people started noticing right away but that's because my face is the last place to gain and the first place to lose. Hard not to notice a round face lacking a visible jawline to a heart-shaped face with a visible jawline.

Everyone who is on my Facebook has been on this journey with me so they are always observing when I am with them and ecstatic for me.

So the face right away...the bod was around 15-20lbs.
I've lost almost double my ticker in reality.

iechick

How much weight did you drop before your friends and family really started noticing. I have lost 20 lbs and have yet to have family or friends notice, which is ok... I am still on a roll... but but curious when you started getting compliments on your weight loss.

I lost mostly during the winter and with bulky sweaters, coats etc it wasn't very noticiable. It wasn't until this past Easter, when I wore a dress to Easter church service/a family lunch and then people saw that I had lost around 40lbs (at that time). People were shocked lol

tilmoph

A few people noticed at around 30 pounds; everyone noticed at about 70-80 (including a few actually asking me what I did), and a few people (mainly my mom, my gram, and this one older lady at work I'm friends with) made jokes about "ok, you can stop losing now" at around 95 lbs down. I'm down 110 now; I don't think anyone's noticed, or at least no one's commented, or even asked about my progress at this point (even at the lower weight levels, some people would occasionally ask how much I'd lost at that point). I figure they'll start commenting again around 140 (current goal, though I'm increasingly favoring dropping another 30, for a 170 loss) down.

fatsnacker

How much weight did you drop before your friends and family really started noticing. I have lost 20 lbs and have yet to have family or friends notice, which is ok... I am still on a roll... but but curious when you started getting compliments on your weight loss.

when my clothes become looser I continue to wear them for at least another fortnight - that's when I get everybody congratulating me on my weight loss - then I swap for the next size down.

FP4HSharon

It probably depends a lot on how overweight someone is, & how often the person sees them. I think the more overweight you are, the more you have to lose before they notice. Also, the more often they see you (because the changes are slight), the longer it takes to notice. I was about 30 lbs overweight, but think people started to notice when I'd lost 10 lbs...friends before my husband.

AcidWords21

When I lost 10 or more pounds in a single week. I still have some to lose on my face as I don't like having a round face.

teacuplady

So far only a couple of people have noticed enough to say anything. These are people who weren't aware that I was trying to lose. My family and those friends I have told about my efforts have made comments but it makes you wonder if they would if they didn't know I was trying. Don't get me wrong I'm happy to get them but secretly I guess I want people to really notice. I did see a woman last weekend at a memorial service that I hadn't seen in at least 6 months and she asked me if I had done something different to my hair (I hadn't). I think she noticed but wasn't able to put her finger on the reason why and for some reason that comment made me happy. Probably something like they say if you get plastic surgery and people just think you look "rested" instead of it being super obvious. I still have a ways to go.

MelissaPhippsFeagins

My husband noticed at about 10 pounds. My coworkers noticed at 20.

kimosabe1

I have lost over 20 pounds and the women in my family are jealous bishes that haven't said one word!

Ackbersingh

My daughter said to me yesterday ' Mum your looking thin now a days' She made my day ????

change30

No one noticed til I hit the 40lbs mark, and now I'm at my 50 and I get good compliments but then I have some who ask me if I am sick? and then I have some who are proud and some that are jealous so be prepared!

guessrs

When I lost 20 pounds only I noticed, no one said anything. When I lost 40 pounds to 160, they were amazed.

Sassyallday

Everyone noticed when I 1) lost 15 pounds and 2) started wearing clothes that fit.

For a woman, every 10 pounds is a size change. If you don't size down, you'll look the same size!

Diefeinbaker

I have lost 50lb now, my husband says he can't tell but other people that don't see me every day can definitely tell. A colleague at work that I haven't seen in a while face dropped when she noticed the other day!

amandatapar

People including my family noticed at the 20 pound mark. I've lost 71 pounds now and people think I should stop now but I'm still 12 pounds from goal weight.

happydreamy

I've lost 5 of 25 pounds as of today, 8 weeks in. The people who I see every day have commented on the change in my face and thigh shape (especially when I wear form-fitting jeans). But I would say I get the most comments on my muscle mass, since I've been doing a lot of strength training for upperbody, lowerbody, and abs. I've had two friends ask to feel my biceps, and I wasn't even talking about my training.

mikej1978

I am deployed overseas so when I go home 50lbs less it is a huge difference! Friends and family have no choice but to notice.

Jozie236

I've been fluctuating between 200 and 250 my entire adult life. Either way, people tend to notice when my weight changes by about 30 lbs. Before that, only the seam of my pants seems to care.

I lost 12 months over the last month but nobody except my mother can tell - I even asked my best friend and my boyfriend hasn't said anything. I'm 5lbs above what I weighed this time last year, so I'm guessing they won't notice till I'm at least 15-25 lbs thinner than I am now because they still have a memory of me at last year's weight.

MickeyBoo

I've lost 18pds (8.5kg) and no one has really said anything except a good friend of mine who is very supportive. I know that the last time I lost weight that I was a good 20kg down (44pd) before other people started commenting. I do think that they noticed before that but held back on saying anything, and then all of a sudden it seemed like everyone noticed and also felt the need to comment. Number one question "how are you doing it?" which when you reply eating healthier and exercise they look at you like you're lying or that it's completely impossible for them to get out there and do it themselves.

The other thing is that people who see me every day find it the hardest to notice the changes, whereas people I haven't seen for weeks or months can see it more.

Swiftdogs

Only one woman at work has commented, but they know I'm "dieting" because I turn down most of the goodies in the breakroom. I'm tall and broad shouldered, so it may be a while before anyone notices. Clothes that had been relegated to the back of the closet and now fit are better for morale.

JessicaWantsToBHealthy

I'm down 23 pounds since September 1st, and so far only 2 people have noticed (besides my mother, who knows I am dieting) - 2 people whom I have just met within the last 6 months and only see me occasionally. However a couple of weekends ago, when I was down 18 pounds, I went to a family gathering and family members that have not seen me since May didn't say a word so I figured they had not noticed. It is a little frustrating but I am tall so I am able to "hide" a little extra weight easier , so I figure it also probably takes a little more for it to show that I have lost. I'm not down a size yet - although my pants are starting to get slightly baggy - so I think I am just about approaching the next size down. My "mini" goal is 30 pounds by my Birthday, so 7 more pounds to go to hit that first goal! My Birthday is also just before Thanksgiving, so maybe by then my relatives might finally notice I've lost some weight (hopefully)! But, I'm really doing this for ME, not for anyone else, so I guess as long as *I* know, that's all that should really matter!

elizabethmassie1

I don't think I've lost enough yet for anyone to notice. I've only started running and working out about 5 weeks ago. My husband said he can tell my face is thinner, but no one else has said anything.