How long did it take before folks noticed your weight loss?

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  • LisaGirlfriend
    LisaGirlfriend Posts: 493 Member
    This makes me feel better. I'm at the 9 1b mark and NO ONE has said anything. I only have 16 pounds to go and can see it in myself but no one has said a thing. Hopefully it starts to show soon.
  • WannaDizzolve
    WannaDizzolve Posts: 270 Member
    at about the 8 lb mark guys started hitting on me. my sister called me skinny after 12 lb. only 15 more to go...:smile:
  • canadiandee
    canadiandee Posts: 196 Member
    I lost 48 lbs., put 14 back on and in the whole process…no one said a word about it. My wife noticed because she sees me eating better and my mom (who has bugged me about my weight for 48 years) always asks me, but that’s it. My coworkers who I spend 8-10 hours with a day said/say nothing. I keep going…I know I need to lose more and know I can do it, but it’s hard for sure.

    I think people notice, but are sometimes afraid to comment for fear of offending.

    I've only recently (35-40 pound mark) had people openly comment, sometimes guardedly. :smile: I've done the same thing in the past - noticed someone looks smaller, but not positive and not wanting to give offence. Occasionally, I've recently had people do a bit of a double take before commenting, so I know they're noticing I look different.
  • mattysmom
    mattysmom Posts: 82 Member
    Not until I had lost 40 pounds did people start to notice. I have a body frame that can hold 20lbs though plus or minus without a noticeable difference. Now that I have lost over 60 everyone comments on it. I work in a customer service industry & people are daily telling me how good I look. It feels great. It's weird to learn to accept the compliment though
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    Evidently, exactly 26 pounds - I have gotten comments twice this week.
  • notworthstalking
    notworthstalking Posts: 531 Member
    I have to say I received a nice safe compliment from a guy at work. He simply said I looked happy and healthy lately. Nothing about weight or size. That was one of the nicest things to say to me .
  • RunnerElizabeth
    RunnerElizabeth Posts: 1,091 Member
    I only had 20-25lbs to lose total. I'm down 15 so far. My parents who don't see me often noticed at 10lbs, as well as a man in my office. The guards and police at work are noticing now at 15, but they are likely to see me in my running shorts. The women in my office haven't seemed to notice at all.
  • junerbooner
    junerbooner Posts: 188 Member
    Mine was around the 20 mark for my family and most co-workers. But lately ( since I have dropped 70 or so pounds) the compliments are becoming more frequent and from people who know me only casually. It feels so good to hear someone you don't really know say that I was looking really good. When I reply that I have lots more to come off, most say that they didn't think so...that I looked good at where I'm at. I thank them but think to myself,,,"you would say different if you seen me naked!!!" :laugh: :laugh:
  • Blacklance36
    Blacklance36 Posts: 755 Member
    25 pounds before I heard a word.
  • Sjenny5891
    Sjenny5891 Posts: 717 Member
    I wore baggy shirts while I was breastfeeding. They really noticed the 30 pound diference when i started wearing clothes that fit.
  • hyenagirl
    hyenagirl Posts: 206 Member
    45 lbs people started noticing and saying, "hey, did you lose weight?". Sometimes it takes a big change for people to notice. I played a game with myself, like a little bet to see when people would say something about the weight loss. I pretty much lost, since it took 45 lbs.
  • ncthomas09
    ncthomas09 Posts: 322 Member
    The first person to say something to me was a patient at work. I am an EKG tech in a hospital. We have our pics on our name badges and a patient asked if I had lost weight since the photo was taken and I had lost only 4 lbs. Apparently those entire 4 lbs were in my face :-p

    But honestly I have now lost 25 lbs and no one knew I had lost weight at all. Anytime it gets brought up they can't tell a difference or they say I never had 25 lbs to lose and they don't believe me. But I also knew how to dress and camoflauge it so I guess I can't be too upset. Then again I did this for me, not for someone else.
  • LisaGirlfriend
    LisaGirlfriend Posts: 493 Member
    This makes me feel better. I'm at the 9 1b mark and NO ONE has said anything. I only have 16 pounds to go and can see it in myself but no one has said a thing. Hopefully it starts to show soon.

    This is so funny because just yesterday I posted the above response, and TODAY at work my co-worker asked me out of the blue if I've lost weight!!! She said she can totally see it. Felt really really good!!!! When I told her I have 16 more pounds I'd like to lose, she looked at me like I was nuts and said that's way too much - HA!!!!
  • smiley245
    smiley245 Posts: 420 Member
    Im down almost 20lbs and the only people to comment were my Bf and mom....and they don't count lol

    Co-workers haven't said anything. But i think they are the type that wouldn't say anything until I dropped a significant amount.
    It would still be nice to have someone other than family notice ;) Just a little boost
  • Willowana
    Willowana Posts: 493 Member
    People said they could see I was losing weight around 20 lbs., but there was no real reaction until about a week ago.

    My boss was in the breakroom, and I went in to talk to her about some things. She interrupted me mid-sentence, wide eyed, pointing her finger at me up and down. She said, "I can REALLY see the difference in you! You ARE losing weight! Your clothes are usually so baggy I haven't been able to really tell."

    Later on that same day, I was standing in the doorway of a coworker's office talking to them. My friend Christine walked up behind me and grabbed the sides of my rib cage under my arms (and the sides of my boobs...haha) and said, "Oh my God....you can REALLY tell you are losing weight from the back. It's a HUGE difference!" ....in which I replied, "YAY, for less back fat!!"

    It wasn't until that moment of being groped and complimented that I really FELT like I was losing weight.
  • Brianna72994
    Brianna72994 Posts: 887
    Once I lost 10 pounds, people started really noticing
  • Roll_Tide_Meg
    Roll_Tide_Meg Posts: 255 Member
    I actually had someone tell me this morning...it felt so good even though my scale has been going crazy for the past couple days...it was a male coworker...I have only lost about 7 lbs but it made my day! :)
  • AthenaLolita
    AthenaLolita Posts: 10 Member
    way to go!!!:happy:
  • sjacks14
    sjacks14 Posts: 68 Member
    About 10lbs.
  • pcdoctor01
    pcdoctor01 Posts: 389 Member
    My grandmother I think noticed first, then my sister. Co-workers started commenting around 12lbs, (the weight I have lost now).
  • amyfliesalot
    amyfliesalot Posts: 51 Member
    I think it took almost 20 lbs. before people really noticed. But the people who have said something are the ones who know that I'm really trying. So I don't know if they really count. They could be just being nice- they ARE the same folks that have told me that I don't need to worry about the 30-plus pounds I've gained since I moved to Georgia!

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