how much did you lose to notice a difference

oremus1

those in the know say

- takes 4 weeks for YOU to notice
- 8 weeks for your close mates to notice
- 12 weeks for everyone else

but we all lose at different rates. so what is this translated in to weight

La5Vega5Girl

i can remember in my previous weight-loss that after 20 lbs i really noticed a big difference, and so did others. people i see every day , it took longer for them to see it.

Kalikel

It depends on how fat you are when you start.

It took 20-30 pounds before I got a lot of comments. I didn't see it at all. I knew I was getting thinner because of the clothes, but is couldn't see it.

Someone who is only 20 pounds overweight would probably have a noticeable difference sooner.

meerkat70

Yup, about 10kg / 20ish lbs.

Depends how big you are though. If you've only got a few pounds to lose, 10lb is massive.

frayst

I think it has less to do with number of weeks and more to do with proportionality; how much you need to lose in the first place. If you need to lose 20 pounds, it will likely be noticeable after 10. If you need to lose 70 pounds, it will take a bit more for people to notice.

nomorefatjuu

It depends on your size
It took 10 pounds to people to notice that I have lost weight

yopeeps025

I was zero scale loss

cwolfman13

It really just depends on how much weight you have to lose....a loss of 5 - 10 Lbs is pretty insignificant for someone with a lot of weight to lose...but for someone who maybe has 15 - 20 Lbs to lose, those 5-10 Lbs are going to make a pretty dramatic difference.

I started off at around 215 - 220 and it was pretty difficult to see any difference at all for the first 15 - 20 Lbs, particularly as much of that loss came from my extremities and people are generally not that observant. My drop from 200 - 180 though was night and day and each 5 Lbs or so was pretty dramatic as I really started losing in my face and my gut.