Have Your Friends and Family Noticed Your Weight Loss?

I've lost 70 pounds and my family calls me skinny now (theyre all obese) I'm just at a normal weight now.

Within the last 2 weeks. I had lost about 18lbs and no one noticed anything. In fact they made a point to tell me that I didn't look like I had lost anything. Then all of the sudden, it was like everyone started commenting on how skinny I look. Weird.

I started my journey at college away from home and I won't be back till thanksgiving break which is in another four weeks, so we"ll have to see if they notice or not. My mentor says she sees a change but I don't particularly see that much of a change myself so I think it just depends, on what your wearing and how well they take notice to things.

Took me 4 years...not trying, not using this website, even though I registered at that time...
To lose 26 lbs. No one noticed. But hey, at a 1/2 lb a month it was a very slow transformation....
10 weeks ago I decided to put forth more effort and have lost 6 more lbs.
My husband and two good friends all have mentioned that my face looks thinner.
My husband also mentioned my waistline is much smaller. (not really, but some if ya ask me)
10 more lbs to go. Can't wait. Hopefully by January.

My people started noticing right away but that's because my face is the last place to gain and the first place to lose. Hard not to notice a round face lacking a visible jawline to a heart-shaped face with a visible jawline.

Everyone who is on my Facebook has been on this journey with me so they are always observing when I am with them and ecstatic for me.

So the face right away...the bod was around 15-20lbs.
I've lost almost double my ticker in reality.

A few people noticed at around 30 pounds; everyone noticed at about 70-80 (including a few actually asking me what I did), and a few people (mainly my mom, my gram, and this one older lady at work I'm friends with) made jokes about "ok, you can stop losing now" at around 95 lbs down. I'm down 110 now; I don't think anyone's noticed, or at least no one's commented, or even asked about my progress at this point (even at the lower weight levels, some people would occasionally ask how much I'd lost at that point). I figure they'll start commenting again around 140 (current goal, though I'm increasingly favoring dropping another 30, for a 170 loss) down.

It probably depends a lot on how overweight someone is, & how often the person sees them. I think the more overweight you are, the more you have to lose before they notice. Also, the more often they see you (because the changes are slight), the longer it takes to notice. I was about 30 lbs overweight, but think people started to notice when I'd lost 10 lbs...friends before my husband.

So far only a couple of people have noticed enough to say anything. These are people who weren't aware that I was trying to lose. My family and those friends I have told about my efforts have made comments but it makes you wonder if they would if they didn't know I was trying. Don't get me wrong I'm happy to get them but secretly I guess I want people to really notice. I did see a woman last weekend at a memorial service that I hadn't seen in at least 6 months and she asked me if I had done something different to my hair (I hadn't). I think she noticed but wasn't able to put her finger on the reason why and for some reason that comment made me happy. Probably something like they say if you get plastic surgery and people just think you look "rested" instead of it being super obvious. I still have a ways to go.

I have lost over 20 pounds and the women in my family are jealous bishes that haven't said one word!

No one noticed til I hit the 40lbs mark, and now I'm at my 50 and I get good compliments but then I have some who ask me if I am sick? and then I have some who are proud and some that are jealous so be prepared!

Everyone noticed when I 1) lost 15 pounds and 2) started wearing clothes that fit.

For a woman, every 10 pounds is a size change. If you don't size down, you'll look the same size!

People including my family noticed at the 20 pound mark. I've lost 71 pounds now and people think I should stop now but I'm still 12 pounds from goal weight.

I am deployed overseas so when I go home 50lbs less it is a huge difference! Friends and family have no choice but to notice.

I've lost 18pds (8.5kg) and no one has really said anything except a good friend of mine who is very supportive. I know that the last time I lost weight that I was a good 20kg down (44pd) before other people started commenting. I do think that they noticed before that but held back on saying anything, and then all of a sudden it seemed like everyone noticed and also felt the need to comment. Number one question "how are you doing it?" which when you reply eating healthier and exercise they look at you like you're lying or that it's completely impossible for them to get out there and do it themselves.

The other thing is that people who see me every day find it the hardest to notice the changes, whereas people I haven't seen for weeks or months can see it more.

I'm down 23 pounds since September 1st, and so far only 2 people have noticed (besides my mother, who knows I am dieting) - 2 people whom I have just met within the last 6 months and only see me occasionally. However a couple of weekends ago, when I was down 18 pounds, I went to a family gathering and family members that have not seen me since May didn't say a word so I figured they had not noticed. It is a little frustrating but I am tall so I am able to "hide" a little extra weight easier , so I figure it also probably takes a little more for it to show that I have lost. I'm not down a size yet - although my pants are starting to get slightly baggy - so I think I am just about approaching the next size down. My "mini" goal is 30 pounds by my Birthday, so 7 more pounds to go to hit that first goal! My Birthday is also just before Thanksgiving, so maybe by then my relatives might finally notice I've lost some weight (hopefully)! But, I'm really doing this for ME, not for anyone else, so I guess as long as *I* know, that's all that should really matter!