When did others start noticing?

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  • phyllb
    phyllb Posts: 735 Member
    Despite loss so far 21lbs it's. Y new glasses that get all the comments. Not sure what it's about. I think it's pretty obvious
  • badcemom
    badcemom Posts: 50
    I started getting occasional comments after 30 lbs. Now that I've lost more than 50 lbs, I am getting compliments more frequently. I think better fitting, more flattering clothes help a lot.

    Hang in there- I know how discouraging it is when you feel like there must be no change if nobody is saying anything.
  • ell_23
    ell_23 Posts: 103
    The bigger you are to start with, the more it'll take to start noticing (and for others to start noticing) a change in your appearance.

    Me, for example…I started as verging on a little big/chubby but I wasn't fat, let alone very fat or obese.

    So after even just 5 lbs I personally noticed my stomach flattening down a bit and got my first comments - nothing drastic.

    After 10 lbs a couple more people started to notice.

    20 lbs down now and all I hear from my friends is how slim I've suddenly gotten and how good I look.

    Without this coming out wrong, I can only assume your starting weight was quite high which is why after such a massive weight loss you'e not seeing results yet. I find that incredible. 40 lbs is a ridiculous amount of weight - almost a third of my whole weight now! - so I find it hard to believe absolutely nothing has changed.

    That said, don't give up. Results will come but when you're losing such a large amount of weight these things do take time unfortunately. Try measuring yourself from now on. You'll see your hips and waist going down even if it doesn't seem like they are.
  • SmartForAGirl
    SmartForAGirl Posts: 28 Member
    I have lost 21 pounds in the past two months. No one has mentioned the weight loss but people keep telling me I look taller. I think they're misinterpreting the slight loss as additional height. I am weighing myself regularly but I'm not tracking my height so maybe I really am getting taller. :P
  • MoveitlikeManda
    MoveitlikeManda Posts: 846 Member
    I have lost 21 pounds in the past two months. No one has mentioned the weight loss but people keep telling me I look taller. I think they're misinterpreting the slight loss as additional height. I am weighing myself regularly but I'm not tracking my height so maybe I really am getting taller. :P

    I really hope i start getting taller lol
  • Owlie45
    Owlie45 Posts: 806 Member
    10 pounds for me. Cause I lose weight in my face first.
  • Tanie98
    Tanie98 Posts: 675 Member
    I depends how tall you are and also how big you are to start with.I am 5`3 and I started at 150 so people started noticing after only 10 lb loss.so it depends
  • oarngesi
    oarngesi Posts: 73 Member
    No one will notice then when they do start to notice youll still think they are just being nice.
  • grubb1019
    grubb1019 Posts: 371 Member
    I am 5'5", started at 227, currently 181, it was just recently at -45lbs that a lot of people have commented. But its taken me two years and I put back on 15 lbs during that time. I think people are afraid to say something sometimes.
  • kpk54
    kpk54 Posts: 4,474 Member
    I've lost 63 pounds and am at goal. It was not until I lost at least 30 that any one mentioned my weight loss. People noticed something different but couldn't quite figure it out. I heard a lot, "you look nice today" or "did you get your hair cut? ". Now people who have known me only in my "heavier years" don't even recognized me.
  • taraskylit
    taraskylit Posts: 48 Member
    As stated above ^^
    The bigger you are, the more you have to lose before people will notice.
    As an average height/size it's taken me about 10lb this cut (bodybuilder) before people notice. :)
  • elansc
    elansc Posts: 24 Member
    If I remember correctly after I lost about 35-40 lbs I made myself go out and buy new clothes - I was 4 sizes smaller and when I wore my new clothes everyone started to notice. :). You'd think they would notice throat everything was hanging off me but most people did not. The best was one of my neighbours who saw me in the grocery store early this spring who yelled across the store "holy #*%%*!!! You look great!" I smiled for days. Hang in there -- I have lost about 80 pounds (working on toning up now) and people are still noticing and commenting!
  • Camposale
    Camposale Posts: 3 Member
    how did you do it?
  • Rosie5151
    Rosie5151 Posts: 57 Member
    I think its quite different for someone like me who has to lose a lot of weight. I've lost 71 lbs so far and now people are starting to see it. But I have about 50 more to go. There are some people *especailly* that I work with that do not say anything to me, ever! One says things like.. " I hate you!" "NO way" you didn't lose anything... well from a size 28 to a size 18 , yes I have! They will notice... just give it some time or like one person said, time to treat yourself to new clothes! :))
  • sylviac2911
    sylviac2911 Posts: 17
    Wow congratulations! that's great! its funny I've only lost 9 pounds and I thought surely people would notice, i do but then no one has said a word lol. I feel so much better and I try not to get discouraged too, never give up and Its how you feel about yourself eventually they will notice blessings to you :)
  • brightsideofpink
    brightsideofpink Posts: 1,018 Member
    I think there are many variables, but can understand how frustrating it is.

    I started at nearly 240 lbs so I knew it would take a while to see change, and probably even longer to hear it.

    The first comments I got were from the person closest to me. At first I thought he was just being sweet, but sometimes he convinces me that he can truly see it.

    I only got my first comment at a 30 lb loss, and that was from someone who knew I was going to the gym most days so it was easy to dismiss as truly noticing.

    It was only last week when I got more comments. Nothing specific to weight loss, but from some people I only see a few times a year who said I was looking great.

    Weight is a sensitive subject for many people. I've noticed people in my life, teachers, co-workers, lose weight and refrained from saying anything direct about it. I guess I feel like if I say- oh, you've lost weight- will be the same as saying- oh- you're not as fat as you used to be. Its easier to say something like, you look good. Probably ridiculous, but even being on this side of it, I'm sensitive about saying anything to others.
  • nvpixie
    nvpixie Posts: 483 Member
    My husband noticed sooner than other people, but my friend at work noticed after I bought a new pair of pants (the others were getting too loose). I assume that the pants fitting correctly helped to make the loss more noticeable.
  • TheSatinPumpkin
    TheSatinPumpkin Posts: 948 Member
    Only my wife new of my WOE so i started getting comments from others around 90lbs.

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