At what loss did you realize you were really DOING this?

jsecret

I can remember joining MFP and everyone having what seemed to be these astonishing numbers on their tickers... I had like 2 lbs lol. Time goes on and I'm at 10 lbs but still feeling like it's nothing and not a big deal... then 20 hit and I was feeling a little better. Now that I'm at nearly 30 it's suddenly hit me that I'm really doing this - I'm really losing weight and becoming a healthier me and that I'm just as good as everyone else here and actually DESERVE to be here.

At what number did it finally sink in your head that you could truly be proud of yourself and that you were really making a change?

ashlee954

I started wanting to lose about 8-9 lbs. When I hit 10 it finally occurred to me that I had actually done it. Then I lost a few more. Congrats on your loss!!!!

ickybella

For me, it happened two days ago, not because of a number, but because I suddenly looked and felt smaller. Doesn't hurt that I realised (as I was saying last night to my husband) that I am down almost 90 pounds since I started trying to lose weight and get healthy! I stayed in the same jeans size for so long that it never felt like I was losing, but my jeans are finally loose and I am really doing this (finally, lol!)

ZebraGlee78

I can't wait until that day! Once again, I'm at 2 lbs lost, the next 5 or 6 will be easy (they always are), it will be the ones that come after that.

NatalieWinning

Smaller clothes size. Not just looser, but when everything, even your skinny clothes, are too big!

jimmydeanbakker

I lost about 15 pounds before I realized this thing is really working. I was 226 pounds, and then I dropped 12 pounds on my own. I found this site, and then dropped below 200 pounds. I haven't been below 200 pounds since 1999.

MiloBloom83

At 10 pounds i thought "Man, this is easy. I should have done this 5 years ago." Today i hit 16 pounds and my energy is through the roof.

goron59

I'm about half way (28 lbs down) but still don't feel like I'm really doing it.

I guess I won't feel like I'm doing it until I've DONE it and kept it off.

Ding724

I realized it first once I hit the 20lb mark...

& then again just last night when I was trying on clothes just for fun in my dresser [which I have organized with post-it notes that have the numbers of weights that I think I need to be at to fit in them lol] and I fit into the HOT SHORTS that I wore on my honeymoon:happy: [that were labeled with the weight of 165]!!! I weighed 10lb less the last time I wore them, by I am much more muscle now...so now I know that I am finally doing this & doing it right!!!

Congrats on your success so far! You inspire me daily!

andeeinevansville

Hoping I will realize it once I hit my 20 pound mark...3 pounds to go till I'm there!

AggieCass09

when i put on my newly purchased "skinny jeans" only to realize that THEY too were now too big!

kendradl

I have not yet realized it either but I am hoping once I start the gym next week and get in the daily excercise things will start to click and fall into place - at least that is what I want to happen we will see how fast and if I get discouraged.

jsecret

I think a huge part of it for me was that I needed to feel that "shock factor" when I told someone I had lost. When somebody notices my weight and asks how much I lost saying "oh 5 lbs, or oh 10 lbs" just doesn't feel like an accomplishment since we hear it so much. To now be able to say "Oh I've lost like 30 lbs, not a big deal" it a truly terrific feeling inside and they're jaw instantly drops and then the obvious "HOW?!" questions come.

trent_sluiter

I'm starting to realize this just now. I have more energy and feel more confident! But I can't wait until that BMI says that I'm normal and not overweight!

lisafrancis629

I realized I was really losing weight around 20 lbs. But I realized I was getting healthy and felt so much better when I completed Week 5 /Day 1 of the C25K program. I had been repeating week 4 for 2 weeks because I didn't think I could do Week 5. I finally told myself that I wouldn't know if I could do it or not until I tried it. When I finished that day, I went running thru the house screaming "I did it! I did it!" Great feeling.

kalebsmama07

when the smallest pair of my jeans i was hopeing to get into were to big but fit with a belt...which ive never had to wear a belt because of pants being tight....to me is when i realized.....

rjgazray

It hit me recently when I was able to fit a smaller size of jeans, the same size that several months ago I accidentally ordered and had to return because they wouldn't go past my thighs! SO inspiring seeing progress in clothes.

kelzz193

1st off anyone who is making an effort to change their lifestyle and become healthier *deserves* to be on here! It's not about the numbers it's about the choices & sacrifices you make to get there.

For me it became "real" so to speak when I realized I was becoming fit enough to run a 10K.

Keep up the great work, celebrate your huge accomplishment so far!!

katerinab

I've lost a lot, but it's only just now starting to feel real because I uploaded pics last night and I can finally SEE the difference. It took me a lot longer to see the difference because it's me - I see myself in the mirror every day and I see what's under my clothes every day and it looks just as ick to me as usual, but in pictures, I have to admit I am starting to look better.

Sumatra

I think, like you it was around 30 lbs, but now I'm a little more than 50, and I still don't feel like I've lost that much. It's astonishing to me that I've lost 50 lbs! I didn't actually think I had that much to lose and now I still want to lose another 5-15 lbs...surely I'll know my goal when I reach it...right? It is really odd that I've lost that much weight!

Oh, like someone else said, yesterday I was looking at old pics and finally found one that was from last February and I look really big in that picture! I think sometimes we don't realize how big we are until we've lost the weight.

kintegra

I would say it had to be 30 lbs. When I hit 30 EVERYONE noticed. And best of all...my best friend & family members all said that 30 didn't seem like it was enough, because by looking at me it seemed like so much more! The first 30 lbs really changed me physically, which was amazing. And since then - it is wonderful when my neice tells me every single time she sees me "you look so skinny" and my sister inlaw also has told me a few times that she is always so excited to see me because each & every time I look SO different! Its nice when others see all your hard work. It makes me wanna cry that I have the most wonderful support ever from my family & friends. :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

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oboegirl

I can't remember ever being below 180... Once I hit the 170s I think it'll hit me.

shannonichole

I just made it to 10 pounds on here and 20 all together since I started dieting in September. Even though I am really sick right now I feel so much better. I think it started to sink in a little when I was able to hike for two hours and not feel any sort of strain!

ymamyma

For me, it was somewhere between 40-50 pounds - partially because I have so much to lose, and partially because I have never lost that much weight before. Until that point, it was nothing different for me. Been there, done that, ya know?

Congratulations on your loss!!

Levahna

I don't know if it was really a number, though when I hit 40 it was more real. I think what has made it the most real is the other changes. I don't go get fast food anymore. . . I want to eat healthy. . .I want to get some exercise in every day. Those are changes that I've never made before and I realize those are what is making the weight come off, making me a healthier person. That's what tells me I'm really doing it this time. . . and doing it right!!

Davis713

I have lost almost 25 lbs and I am still waiting for the day it sets in! I hate it when I tell people that I work with how much I have lost because they acted shocked, but not in a good way! They act like I haven't lost a single pound it's very hurtful but after buying a new pair of jeans I do feel a little better about myself!

Cytherea

I think it wasn't so much a weight for me, but a reaction. When I went home for the first time in August, and I saw my whole family, none of whom had seen me since Christmas, before I started losing weight. I was down about ... 35 lbs, and was under 200 for the first time since I started college.

I got some great reactions- my cousin's wedding was one of the reasons that I was home, and the first thing his new bride said to me when I gave her a hug after the ceremony, before I could even take a breath to say congratulations, was "oh my GOD you look amazing!!!!" and I was like no, no, YOUR day!!!! YOU look amazing!! LOL. One of my good friends was getting married too, and HIS wife did the same exact thing to me.

One of my best friends kinda freaked out and was like, "oh my gosh, how much more do you want to lose?! Don't get too skinny!" lol (which was honest caring for my well-being, NOT her being jealous or anything).

But I think the best one was my parents. My mom and dad have always been really hard on me about my weight. My mom kept proclaiming out of nowhere "you're so skinny!" and had a field day when she was helping me try on dresses for the wedding- "look, look that just zipped up! all the way!" and "I can't believe you fit into these smaller sizes!" (she bought a ton of dresses before I got home, I told her to get the size 14 but she only got a few that small, most way bigger). My dad would randomly come up to me and hug me with a smile and tell me how proud he was of me.

That was when I knew I was really doing it, that all my hard work was paying off and it was making a difference.

I've lost another 20 lbs. since then and I'm going to be visiting again for Christmas in a week, so it will be fun to hear it all again, LOL.

bellinachuchina

Smaller clothes size. Not just looser, but when everything, even your skinny clothes, are too big!

Agreed

When my "goal jeans" (pre-pregnancy) that were size 12's, were to small, then moved to 10's & 8's

bas27

at -25 i am just semi starting to feel the weight loss. everyone tells me they see a difference but i see a difference but not totally feeling it yet. i have to remember that 25 pounds is a lot of weight to lose and that by keeping my head up its going to hit me when i get to go clothes shopping!!! although i am not 100% yet feeling it i am just that much closer to my goal!

hpsnickers1

I commend all of you. I'm 130 pounds at 5'2". It is considered the upper healthy range of the BMI scale and my body fat % is around 30 which is smack in the middle of 'Average' - I want it to be in the 'Ideal' range and I want to lose my belly.

Maybe it's because I only want to lose a small amount that I can't seem to get anywhere. I'm trying not to concentrate on the scale numbers because at 1/2 pound a week I won't see any movement. I only want to lose about 10-12 pounds but with my Fibromyalgia it's really hard to do intense exercise or go for a long time. MFP set me at 1200 and I'm having a hard time getting to there. When you eat healthy 1200 is a lot.

Congrats to everyone here.