How long did it take for someone to notice weight loss?

At a 5 pound loss I can tell it in my gut. That's where I carry my weight.

Today in my apartment building, a young woman I see sometimes was in the elevator with me. We were talking, and at one point she said, "Wow, you look so good! Have you lost weight?"

One of my female coworkers notices if I lose 3-5 lbs. My husband? I've asked - can you tell that I've lost weight? and he gives me that blank look and says "Yeah, you look great" which I'm pretty sure means not really. It took until this past weekend where I'm at about 24-25lbs lost before he looked at me in spandex bike clothes and said "Wow, you really have lost weight!". Heh. I guess the bright side of it is that I know he honestly couldn't care less what I weigh, so I know this is truly something that I do for myself.

People started noticing around 15 lbs lost. Many people (mostly other mothers) have asked me how I managed to "get back into shape" so quickly after having a baby. FYI, I was NEVER in shape lol!
I'm very short (5'0") and petite, so extra weight shows up very quickly and obviously on my body. Even a 10 lb loss is visible to friends and family.

7lb down/2.5 weeks (ish), from a couple of guys I work with who didn't know I was trying to lose weight. We're all really close so I think it was knee-jerk comments rather than 'waiting to see if she loses more in case you insult her' like other people mention.

for me close family and friends started to comment around 30 punds. Once I hit 35 (at 43 now) the comments came flying in like crazy. I work in a big office and I am a supervisor so I think people were afraid to say anything but once one person did, it won't stop. They actually talk about so much now I find it embarassing! Loving it however!

One girl TOTALLY made my day yesterday, she said when she came in I was squatting down helping someone and she didn't even realize it was me because I was looking so thin- I nearly cried i was so happy! (she's my new fav employee haha)

no one yet!, im only at 9lbs down, when i was down like 18lbs, i got some compliments!!, when i lose more weight again, ill see!!

I lost around 40 lbs before anyone really noticed :happy:

No one has noticed on me as of yet but they keep asking if I cut my hair, so they notice something but dont know what it is yet. It is funny.

OMG, this has been happening to me for about the last half stone lost. Driving me mad, had the same hair for over a year.

I know I am doing this for myself, but wish someone who doesn't know I'm losing weight would notice.

It took about 20lbs for me to notice. I could tell my clothes were smaller but it wasnt until the 20s that I could look in the mirror and go "woah thats not me!" It was probably closer to 27-28 before the people I see often (co workers etc) noticed the loss, part of that was likely because I didnt really get any new clothes until I had lost close to 30lbs, that was mostly because I could take my pants on and off without having to unzip or unbutton and then they almost fell off.... Once I got a new (fitting) shirt, everyone seemed to notice the very next day how much I had lost.

People I didnt see regularly (grandparents) noticed pretty quick, right around 20lbs or so, because they didnt see me slowly get smaller they just saw a big loss of 20lbs from the last time they had seen me.

If you see people often, it takes longer for them to notice because they will constantly see the small changes and adjust. Oddly enough both my mom and one of my sisters told me they didnt think I had lost any weight. This was after dropping over 30lbs and 3 dress sizes. I told my mom I was so excited to be a size 6 and she said she didnt think I had lost any weight at all. My sister didnt notice either and I had to show them both a picture of me before and tell them my weight at the time before they even noticed I had lost 30lbs right under their noses.

Part of my issue is I carry weight very well and hide it very well, when I tell people what I used to weigh they tell me there is no way in hell I ever weighed that much. When I tell them what I weigh now, I get the same reaction "there is no way in hell you weigh that much". I have had a handful people make me stand on a scale to prove how much I actually weigh. On average people think I am about 15-20lbs lighter than I actually am.

I only started getting comments from close friends and family as I neared 30 lbs.

Colleagues etc still have said nothing I assumed it was because it was rolled into my baby weigh loss so they were afraid to... But maybe they're not sure yet.

Family noticed right away, like even at 10 pounds. For other folks, it took about 40 pounds (almost 25% of starting weight) ... and a pair of shorts.

The only people that ever told me to "not get too thin" were people that had weight issues themselves and felt threatened by my weight loss. They didn't get that this is about ME, not THEM.

Just about 25 pounds, but I think it's the baggy pants that tipped them off. When I wear pants that fit, I look the same!

I think it's harder for people I see regularly to identify increments of weight loss, whereas when I run into people I haven't seen in a one - two years, they comment of how good I look/how much weight I've lost, etc.