have people noticed your weight loss?

It's funny even though I run by myself, I see the same people out most mornings and there is always a slight nod but the other morning these guys (who are serious runners and in great shape) slowed down and gave me the biggest high-fives and the one called me the incredible shrinking woman. I think I blushed 50 shades of red, but luckily it was dark and my face was already red from the workout and the sweat. They said I should join them on their weekend long runs, you know, they only run 20-25 kilometres on the weekend. I just laughed and said maybe some other weekend, yeah maybe in 6 months. But it was in that moment, I realized something I kept calling myself a runner/walker but guess what I am a runner and now I need that shirt that says on the back "does this shirt make my *kitten* look fast?"

I have not told my parents, whom I have not seen since last Christmas, that I have been losing weight. I cannot wait to see their faces when I step off the plane this Christmas, since I have lost 100lbs already and probably a few more by the time I go to visit.

Love this story!! ^___^

Love this too.

My mother in law noticed and my husband said my face looked thinner... but when I went out with friends/my cousin Saturday night nobody mentioned it. I think that if I lost 15 lbs and got back under 200lbs it would be noticeable. My Grandpa said that when I start being able to wear jeans and cute dresses again that I will be much happier Gotta love my Grandpa!

Uhm. Are people around you blind? Your progress is very noticeable! You have done a great job and should receive praise. Show your boyfriend and close friends pictures of before and after as sometimes people who see you everyday do not realize how far you have come as they see you all the time.

No, not yet. I have lost 10kg's in the last year, 7kg of that in the last two months (since I joined MFP). I can feel my clothes starting to fall off and I am sleeping much better and feeling so much healthier in myself but no-one has noticed yet.

My husband tells me that I'm so skinny now, but I haven't really lost much. I think I look a little skinnier in the mirror, but I can't tell if he's just being nice.

Hi there.... Congrats on your 40 lb weight loss!!! Every pound is a huge deal. So give yourself credit for your hard work.

In my experience, I have seen that people who have more weight to lose generally don't get noticed until they are pretty far along into their journey. I needed to lose 285 lbs at the beginning of my journey!!! And I lost 120 lbs before anyone ever even noticed. My motivation had to come from completely inside of me. It was hard because I wasn't getting that external validation. Now, close to 200 lbs lighter, people notice every pound that I gain or lose!!! They know what kind of work i'm doing to lose the weight, and when I look like I've gained a few pounds, they automatically ask me if I'm still working out, etc...

The thing is whether or not people notice, do the work for YOU!!! In the end YOU will notice a tremendous difference in how you feel.

Comments that I've received when people see my side by side before/current pic is "Wow, you don't even look like the same person!!!"

So stick with it and before long peopele won't recognize you!!!

No one noticed my weight loss until I had lost 17 pounds. However, here is my positive take on people not noticing: they were nice enough to not say anything when I gained weight, so it's okay that they don't say anything when I lose it :happy:

Surprisingly, people started to notice after I only lost about five pounds. I could have lost more fat than that and put on muscle, though. Idk

I lost over 50 pounds and only my parents and one of my brothers have commented (I visited them as I live a while away and hadn't seen them for months). Not a single friend or anyone I see daily/weekly has commented anything, and I had to *ask* my own boyfriend. I find it discouraging even if I have lost alot of weight, it's like people still see the old me.

While I was in line in the Cafeteria waiting to order my breakfast, an old coworker came to say hello to me with a loud OMG Girl! I didnt recognized you I had to look twice, you have lost A LOT of weight! She put a huge smile on my face...

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I keep getting the same comment, "I can really see it in your face." Was I so fat that my "face" was the fattest part of me? My legs and gut are where I keep losing all the inches. I do appreciate people noticing though. I just wish they would notice more of me.

It took a while for people to notice - I was down about 30 lb before I started getting comments. And then people would say I was looking really well. I didn't realise they meant thinner for a while till I noticed that a lot of people kept telling me I looked really well. Them being subtle I suppose.
The best compliment I've had from my weight loss was a bit of a roundabout thing. I noticed, after about a year of me loosing weight, that my staff were all trying to be healthier too, taking up exercise, eating salads in the office, riding a bike into work rather than driving etc, and now everyone in the office is slimmer. Nobody made a big deal about it, but I guess they thought if I could do it, they could too. That makes me feel really proud - like I've improved everybody's health not just my own :happy:

I have lost 14 kg the last 5 months, very few people have noticed.

i suppose it depends on the general body structure.

I lost about 50lb a few years ago now and I noticed after about 4 months then I felt really uncomfortable when people noticed as I was unable to deal with the attention as I had not had it before.