To all you big losers, how long before...

you'll definetly see a big loss on the scale the first few weeks of being active, eating less/right, and drinking more water. this loss is big and will last a long time, especially if you are significatly overweight, and have more to lose.

at 310lbs, and dropping to 302, you might not really see the loss. however, i suggest taking a weekly progress picture to start comparing.

i started trying to lose weight when i was about 260lbs. but i didn't really notice anything until i got to about 235.

I think I noticed I felt better as did my clothes at about 25 pounds and people started noticing after 40. Welcome to MFP! I'd be happy to add you.

I was walking down the hallway carrying a washing basket when my jeans fell off. I had lost 6kg at that stage. I didn't really think that I looked any different. Except I had no pants on. So I guess for me, I noticed when my pants fell off.

I started MFP on 3/12/12. I have a lot to lose. I have lost 71# as of last weigh in on 7/23/12. People first started noticing at about 40# lost. I have only purchased a couple of inexpensive lightweight pairs of capris so far(2 sizes smaller but big on me now with elastic waists), but I am still wearing all of my original pants with a belt (on the last notch now). I can actually take them off without unzipping them now, but I am not buying anymore until I absolutely have to.
I have too much more to lose and don't want to invest. until I get closer to goal.
Good luck to you!

HI there! I have to admit it took about 15-20 pounds for me to "feel" it. I started at a heavier weight than yourself too though. I've lost almost 4 sizes but it's taken 70 pounds to do that. It's hard to "see" it sometimes because you see yourself every day but you'll start noticing small things like seeing your belly button if you couldn't see it before, seeing your toes without bending forward, and of course clothes becoming looser.

Others will start noticing too and that's always a bonus!

Take your measurements and like a previous poster said, take pictures. I didin't do either of those until 2 months into this and I regret it. Add me if you like, I'm always up for new friends!

Good luck!

I started with a lot to lose as well. For me, I first saw a difference in my progress pictures around 15lbs, but only now at 23lbs lost are my clothes starting to feel a little loose.

I won't be going down a size any time soon, since before my clothes were super tight and barely fitting, and now they're just slightly uncomfortable. :laugh:

Brent, I felt the same way you did...at first.

I've lost 26 lbs and NO ONE HAS NOTICED. I didn't tell any friends or family that I was changing my lifestyle. That always seemed to backfire when I shouted it from the roof tops. So I just started doing it on my own (of course my husband knew because he had to starting eating healthier too) anyways, I did feel 'lighter' this week and my clothes are fitting better and not so tight.

I have noticed increased energy. Am I going to run a marathon next week? Hell no, but I walk outside or get on the treadmill almost every day.

So, keep up the good work! The best part of this whole thing is doing it to be healthy! Congrats on your 8 lbs loss!:bigsmile:

I don't know if I would call me a "big loser" as I only have lost 50 lbs, but I didn't notice the change hardly at all until I started doing physical exercise, like Karate and all, then it really showed!
Don't do what I didn't do: Take pictures of yourself (I thought that was vain and crazy, why would I want pics of myself being so overweight, now I know why!) so that you can see your progress. Take measurements (and there are places to tell you where and how to take those measurements) and keep a log of those measurements from week to week. Don't only use a scale, I got to the point where I was building muscle and losing fat, but the scale wasn't moving (and I am at 19.5 body fat percentage now, down from 32.3 when I started)..... Don't Use The Scale As Your Only Means Of Progress!!
Good luck!

I started out with about 80 lbs to lose and it took me about 25 lbs before I really started to see and feel a difference.

For me it took me about 10lbs to notice my jeans getting not so tight .15- 20lbs people would say "oohhh something about you is different.. but I dont know what it is" after 20lbs people would say I look like I lost weight!! so I would say 20+ is when I really started to notice. Great job on the loss and good luck!!

Funny isn't it how people react when you lose weight. I'm a slow loser. I've lost 18 lbs since may 2012 and 25 lbs since starting MFP. I'm down from size 16 pants to ten. And the common question I get from everyone who hasn't seen me in a while is "did you do something different with your hair?" :huh:
I'm a big girl 5'10 so it probably will take me losing another 10 lbs before its "properly noticed".
Just keep going. In a year from now you'll be feeling amazing. Stick with MFP! :flowerforyou:

Sounds like you have done a great job of losing weight. I am on my 1st week with my fitness pal but I having been working at it since the end of May. As of this morning I have lost 10 lbs. I haven't taken pictures but I have measurements. Where are the websites that teach/show you how to measure correctly?

The bigger you start out, the more weight you would need to lose to really 'notice'. I think in addition to weighing yourself, you should also take measurements, because there will come a time when you don't see much of a loss on the scale and get frustrated but the measurements will tell a different story. Feel free to add me as a friend if you would like

Good Luck!!

When I would tie my shoes and get wheezy while doing it. Sometimes it would feel like my lungs were being collapsed and I would burn up, it was a very uncomfortable feeling. I would say when I could tie my shoes and that feeling was not their.

I've lost 29lbs since 6/20 of this year and I hope to keep getting the crazy numbers. I have not always been overweight, I still feel like I'm in my low 200's, even if that was 4 years ago. I'm pushing myself to at least be in the 240/250 range by the end of the year and hopefully by late next spring I will have hit my goal weight of 190lbs.

Send a friend request my way, I could always have another person in my friends list.