Does everyone notice your weight loss except YOU?

darling, I dont think its your self confidence, I think that maybe this time you are working harder and it shows. also, I never think I have lost weight. and then I will put on a dress or a pair of pants, and realize its not tight anymore(i could not bring myself to buy a size 26) and then eventualy baggy. Take it easy on your self. you are not alone.

I felt the same way that you did, until I was going thru some old photos, not even that old but from when I started and then I was like well damn!!! :laugh:

I have the comparison picture in a post.....

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/755365-half-way-just-about-to-my-goal

Unfortunately, very few people in my life mention anything and even though my clothes are looser, I don't really notice that I look different. I still have another 100 pounds to go...hopefully people will start to notice.

Actually I think I DO know I have lost, but it doesn't quite register....

I have lost now 30kg this year and another 10kg planned still... I honest to god cannot "see" it? I know I wear sizes much smaller than before, I cannot balance beers on stomach and feel sick after 1/4 of what I ate before. I look into mirror and see no real difference but hear it all the time...

I feel it, but cannot see it and I cannot explain how frustrating that is

I have been struggling with this as well. My family, boyfriend and co workers all have made comments, some good so bad on my weight loss. I still don't see it though even though I was a size 12 jeans three months ago, bought size 8 two weeks ago and those are too baggy on me. I think sometimes we just have to learn to accept our changing bodies and it's hard. It seems especially hard for people like me who always put themselves down when it comes to weight. Even if I am not considered Obese or severely overweight. Clothes made a huge difference with people noticing. I work at a hospital and went from a size medium scrub that was snug when I started in Februrary to an XS, then the comments, good and bad, were flying from everywhere. You're doing great, keep up the good work and soon you will see yourself for the beautiful, thin person you are! good luck!

I was diagnosed with Body Dismorphic Disorder so I know exactly what you mean! I am always the last person to look at myself and see progress, but I can see any flaws right away! I am a bit better now though! I am wearing stripes a lot lately and they seem very slimming these days, I can fit through gaps in the shops that I would've just looked at before!

It is a slow progress but take the compliments for now and you will see it in the end!!

YES!!! I never see my weight loss but others see it ALL THE TIME! I think we naturally have a distorted perception of our bodies. I still see myself as fat in many ways even after 65lbs of weight loss

ive lost 85 lbs and at a healthy 170 lbs and i still..STILL think of myself as 'fat'. someone yelled' FATTY!' the other day in the street and i immediately turned around..the guy yelling said ' not you, your'e not fat, im yelling at that guy in front of you.". i just stared at him as if he was nuts. ill always be 'fat'.

I hear you.
I wear smaller clothes, but I feel like the same big girl. I look in a mirror and still see the same person I used to be.
That's the part that's more important to work on than losing weight, to be honest.
Knowing that you're wonderful and amazing and worthy of so much,.... even at your highest weight.. and that it won't change just by losing 1lb, or 1000lb.. you'll still be wonderful and amazing.
It's tough, but the mindset will eventually ease. At least I hope so :P

I don't notice it nearly as often as other people do. My husband keeps telling me I'm as "skinny" as the girls I tell him I want to look like. I have body dysmorphic disorder and I'm always quick to notice flaws before I'd notice progress. My confidence is improving, but it still feels like a long road.

So far I've lost 40 pounds, and I have a lot of people tell me they've noticed. But, like you, I still look in the mirror and don't see the difference. I still go to buy the bigger clothes, but then stop myself. I still have more to lose, but just have to take day by day. Enjoy the compliments! Keep up the good work!

At just over 50 lbs lost, I'm not halfway there just yet. I still don't see the weight loss in the mirror, even though the jeans I couldn't pull up and button are now so big on me that I can't wear them.

My "max size" was "I'll never buy jeans bigger than a 22" I stayed at that 22 by switching first to stretchy jeans, then stretchy slacks from Lany Bryant, and finally the stretchy t-shirt material baggy pants. In fairness, I was probably 24 pushing 26. Now, I'm down to an 18 with no muffin top.

I still have 75 to loose roughly, and despite everyone being so shocked at how much different I look, I still see a fatty in the mirror.

SOME days I can remind myself that I've lost 50 pounds and I'm doing great, but lately, especially now that the weight loss has slowed, it's pretty discouraging to look at myself.

Then I'll do something cool, like jog across the street to beat the light change, or dart up a flight of stairs rather than plod, and still breathe just fine at the top, or something along those lines, and realize that while I might not see it, I can feel the difference, and really, that's a big part of why I'm doing this anyway, and when I get to the point that I can do a mudder, I'll just be that person that rocks a mudder, and still feel like a fatty, and seriously, how many people that DON'T feel like fatties still can't do a mudder?