At what weight?

My first comment didn't come until I hit the twenty pound mark. THen I lost an additional five and everyone started commenting. It's funny because when I started to gain it back...everyone noticed that RIGHT AWAY! LOL! But we all carry it differently, so you may have lost it in your chest or something and that's not as noticeable to others. Measurements of your inches is a big time motivation. Take pictures too!! 13 pounds is almost three bags of sugar....it's more than the average newborn.....it's almost two gallons of water!! (just for reference )

WAY TO GO!!

And for the record, I'm 5'2" also.

have you measured yourself - i take measurement each month and noticed a bigger difference there then in my weight - plus if pp see you everyday they may not notice as quickly as someone who sees you sparadicly (sp?).

I think it really depends on your body and how the weight comes off...everyone's different.

I agree! It seemed like the first 20 lbs I lost all came from my face. People noticed very quickly. Changes in your face get noticed a lot faster than changes to your waist line.

It's so true, your face will definitely show a change after just a few pounds even! People notice your face the most and it's always so nice to look in the mirror and see a change!

I think it really depends on your body and how the weight comes off...everyone's different.

I agree! It seemed like the first 20 lbs I lost all came from my face. People noticed very quickly. Changes in your face get noticed a lot faster than changes to your waist line.

It's so true, your face will definitely show a change after just a few pounds even! People notice your face the most and it's always so nice to look in the mirror and see a change!

Well, not everyone loses weight in their face very quickly. I have a friend that is fighting to lose her last 10 lbs and she swears it is all in her face. She's lost like 30 lbs and if you look just at her face it isn't all that noticable.

She's frustrated because she wants to lose weight in her face. I'm frustrated because I would rather it come of my waist line. Women!!! We're just never happy!!! :laugh:

People comment at about 5 pounds for me. BUT..,,,.it's people that I don't see on a regular basis. If someone sees you everyday they're really not going to notice all the awesome changes that are happening to you! Keep up the work!

I think around 20 pounds. But I could feel a difference in how my clothes fit, but everyone losses differently so maybe you've lost in an area that isn't as affected.

I highly reccomend taking pictures every 10 pounds. I haven't been able to take pictures in a while because I am struggling to reach that 50 pound mark. But when I took my 40 pound pictures I didn't think there would be much of a difference from 30 pounds, but boy was there ever. It really shows in pics. I suggest wearing the same thing for every picture (I take both tank top and underwear pics, and full clothes pics so I can actually show people). People who see you everyday likely won't always notice a gradual change, but I guarantee if you take pictures you will be amazed at your progress along the way.

People comment at about 5 pounds for me. BUT..,,,.it's people that I don't see on a regular basis. If someone sees you everyday they're really not going to notice all the awesome changes that are happening to you! Keep up the work!

it was after 5 pounds for me too. but then again, i don't have very much weight to lose so a couple pounds for me is going to be more noticeable than a couple pounds in someone who has father to go.

For me one person noticed at about 20# & I was shocked she noticed since I had so much to lose. Then people started noticing a lot more at about 30. And now I get lots of "OMG, you've lost a ton of weight!"
Then there are people who still haven't noticed or said anything. Maybe they won't say anything ever, and that's fine! I think a lot of people are afraid they'll embarass you by mentioning it. By the way, don't expect men to comment (but trust me when I say, you'll notice they're noticing :laugh: :blushing: ).

For me, many people commented at around 20. It took a more drastic change for some, like 30-40 pounds. I think sometimes people don't want to say anything unless it is 100% obvious that something about you has changed. Keep at it, and the compliments will come! :flowerforyou: Just wait until the "you look like you're going to blow away" or "you don't need to lose anymore" comments start coming though :laugh:

Keep in mind that people who see you every day won't notice weight loss until there is 20 or so gone because it's such a gradual process. If you were to post a before and after picture of 13 pounds online we'd see a difference because we don't know you. Make sense? Just like you don't really notice your kids are growing until you look back on pictures of them. The brain just adapts and accepts gradual change without alerting us until the change is undeniable.

If that makes sense.

I'm very excited because my boyfriend lives in London and I won't see him until Mid February, by then I hope to loose 15lbs, which I think will be pretty noticeable on my 5'1 frame!

ONE plus side of a long distance relationship! :happy:

By the way, don't expect men to comment (but trust me when I say, you'll notice they're noticing :laugh: :blushing: ).

Haha, so true!

I saw my extended family over the holidays and the only ones who commented were my aunts (this is after losing 25 lbs). They can just wait until they see me over the summer when I will be very close to my goal weight. Just keep at it!