Do people actually comment on your weight loss?

I am clearly very lucky. My husband has lost 8lb more than me but it is me that gets the compliments at work and church. It could have been that I was also trying to glam up a bit at the same time. I was also doing the Couch to 5K last Autumn. The difference was quite dramatic at the beginning even after losing only about 7lb. My family noticed at Christmas, which was great.

Nobody noticed for the first 20-30lb, a bit disheartening after all the hard work, but I'm doing it for me & carried on.
I then started to get comments as the weight came off more, but not always good.
The other day at work one of they guys came up to me & said that he thought I was really ill as I'd lost so much weight! I've had this a few times now, but if your doing it for you it doesn't matter. Of course we all like praise for hard work, just be happy with how far you have come
Not all the comments have been bad! But sometimes it gets uncomfortable with nice comments, suppose you can't have it all!
Keep focused on doing what your doing & stuff everyone else! X

I lost 28 pounds before christmas in 3 months. (Didnt record it all) I then put on about 5lbs of christmas weight which i managed to lose in a couple of weeks in jan. This was just by eating within my calorie allowance (most days) but i still pretty much ate what I wanted and allowed myself treats.

I then realise any tone i had previously had gone so i took up the gym, been trying to go at least 3 times a week now for 4 weeks and although have not lost a pound i have lost 1 and half inch off waist and little amounts from other areas. Im pleased with myself but would still like to lose more and continue to tone up.

Its strange that apart from family and partner no one has mentioned my weight loss to me? Its a little disheartening. Anyone else had this??

A lot of guys are cautious to say anything related to weight loss or looks-unless the woman brings up the topic first, i.e. gives a little feedback on the direction wanted. Thus, silence does not mean the weight loss is not noticed.

^^ this is so true.. whenever i ask my boyfriend about my weight or how i look,, his face looks like he is so much in pressure and about to break down but he later responds according to the mood i am in..

I have lost a visibly significant amount of weight. But over the course as I lost more and more, people who would NEVER interact with me would all of a sudden want to talk with me - about my weight. With the most frequent question being "How much have you lost?" Not a compliment that I look good, but just an inquiry as to the number of pounds. The second question would then be "How are you doing it", i.e. wanting to know what kind of surgery I had.

I got tired of fulfilling these people's need to know a number. So, my standard answer has become "2 pounds". I usually get a real confused look and a "Nawwwww, you've lost more than that!" and then I reply "I've only lost 2 pounds. Don't know where they went. The rest of them - I know exactly where I left them - at the gym."

I don't want to feel like a walking lottery billboard with a number tatooed on my forehead. Here on MFP it is different. I am proud of my (as of this writing) 126 and have that on my ticker. And actually, I am down 167 from my all-time high many years ago, but the 126 come from a point where I started in earnest two years ago with only one hiccup.

Moral of the story - if you've walked by me in the hall for the last ten years and never made eye contact with me once, my "number" should not be the first topic you want to converse with me about.

Consider yourself lucky.

People comment on my weight loss all the time in quite invasive ways and it pisses me off. It's none of their business. And the amount of comments I get about "starving myself to lose weight" are highly offensive and make me incredibly angry. I am NOT starving myself. I eat a normal diet, with chocolate, bread, candy, cheese etc. I just happen to exercise more than most, so I burn it off.

Have you told these people you've been eating healthy/working out at all? Sometimes people notice but don't say anything if you havent specifically mentioned it; they worry you might be offended if they bring up your weight, and if they were to say "have you lost weight?" when you hadn't been, it could cause an awkward moment. Just be patient, like everyone's said when it becomes totally obvious and undeniable people will probably speak up. as long as you take the time to celebrate the little changes YOU can see, that's all that really matters!

when I lost more weight before not a lot of people noticed or commented it.
but it didn't matter because I felt great about myself and I knew I looked a lot better.

Now the difference isn't very notable anyway, so no one really knows :P but I do!

Men don't comment. Even a guy I had dated at my heaviest just saw me again (naked) recently and when I mentioned I had lost some weight he had no idea. Maybe because he had found the amount I removed? People generally just say I look good more often now.

My mom noticed at like 10 lbs, my closest friend said something at 15 lbs and the girls at work started commenting at about 20 lbs, The guys at work and some other people just will never say anything.

Congratulations! Just keep up the great work and not only will people notice that you're looking fit but your health will benefit as well!

When I think someone lost some weight, but am not quite sure, I usually say something safe like: "Wow!, you look great! Have you been working out?"

If they have, they usually tell-all, if they haven't, the compliment is still appreciated because it was a sincere compliment.