Is your weight loss journey being kept under wraps?

I have not told anyone except my husband and my mom. I would rather just keep it to myself. I am down 9 lbs, with at least 6 to go (may keep going if I'm not happy at goal.)

Only my husband knows I am trying to lose weight. I do not talk about it. Just in the last week a couple of people have started to notice and have commented that my face seems slimmer (I want my thighs slimmer :grumble: ) I still have so much left to lose I just want to keep my journey private.

All I can say about the people that haven't said anything is that....some people think you'll be insulted or offended if they say something...at least that's what a few peeps at work have said to me along my journey....They'd sorta start out with "I hope I don't offend you or something like that, but I can't believe how much weight you've lost", etc, etc, etc. So who knows!

As for sharing, for me, depends on the mood...some people I tell, some I don't. Lately I've been telling people left and right depending on the situation of course. Like at physical therapy, I made sure they knew, because I wanted them to know how serious I was/am about getting back to working out again, especially because of how much weight I lost....WON'T GO BACK THERE...EVER!

Haven't told anyone outside my house, and no one has noticed so far (at least no one has said anything), but I changed jobs in June....
I only see family at holidays, so I'm looking forward to seeing how observant they are this Christmas.

After losing almost 40 pounds, I saw my husband's family. You would have had to be blind not to notice, but not a single person commented.

I do not share but my husband knows and a few others that have noticed. Most lose interest when they ask how I do it and I tell them I eat healthy and track exercise and calories on MFP. Generally that is the end of the subject and if not they whine about why dieting does not work for them. I am not on a diet, never said I was. I decided not to tell my overweight unhealthy family because then I get comments like “That’s all your eating” as they stare at me in shock and my husband’s family Hollywood industry size -0 says “Your going to eat that” in horror as they split a salad, dressing on the side three ways. Yes, they really spilt the salad three ways, dressing on the side, no bread or cheese toppings, no meat for dinner. This was after splitting a very very small breakfast. In my Krav Maga Class (martial arts) if I get tired I would get comments of “Did you eat enough”? That one can be funny. One time I had just fought my way up from the floor defending from three big guys and one wanted to know if I was tired because he noticed I lost weight and was I eating enough. He was on the floor next and I did not hold back. After he was done I asked him if he was tired, he was.

I really kept it pretty quiet. My husband, son and daughter and spouses knew, but thats about it. After losing about 12 lbs, one friend noticed and then at 17 lbs lost - at a luncheon, another person had lost 10 lbs and everyone was all over her - Nothing mentioned about me! So i didn't say anything. Then at around 25 lbs lost i started playing tennis again after a year layoff because of injury. I had not seen most of these people in about 6 months or more. THEN - they all noticed! And at 30 lbs several people have come up to me and asked how much i had lost as they didn't recognize me. That was the best of all! Now they are saying - "well, don't lose anymore!" I have gone from a size 12-14 to a 6 or 8. I didn't buy any new clothes until last week - and i can't believe i am trying on and fitting into all the 6's i try! I can't get my head around that yet.

So hang in there - they may not notice for awhile - but they eventually will - and will say something. And like a couple of other posters have said - some may be reluctant to say anything even if they have noticed.

You can do it - and the rewards are amazing. I have Never been slim and i love this feeling!

I didn't tell anyone about my journey this time. I have always self-sabotaged, it is disheartening to see people's face when you start to gain the weight back. Now that I have lost over 50lbs people notice and there is no denying it. I think the not talking about it is because I am doing this for me, not because someone told me to.

Good Luck on your journey!

Haven't told anyone outside my house, and no one has noticed so far (at least no one has said anything), but I changed jobs in June....
I only see family at holidays, so I'm looking forward to seeing how observant they are this Christmas.

After losing almost 40 pounds, I saw my husband's family. You would have had to be blind not to notice, but not a single person commented.

Haters! You're fabulous!

Hi,

5 years ago I was 225 lbs at 5 ft 7 in. and I committed to the atkins diet (if you haven't read and studied the book yourself you do not understand it) and lost 75 lbs in about 10 months. I told no one except my wife. When I was down about 50lbs. people started to notice. When I hit 75lbs. people thought I had cancer or something. While I was doing atkins I looked at MFP but I thought it looked pretty complicated (which it sort of is). I went with charts and a notebook.

Anyway, I could not hold the 75lbs. loss @ 150lbs. I drifted back to a comfortable 170 - 175lbs. level and I was happy. Last spring i started gaining and when I hit 181 I went back onto atkins. I lost 10 lbs. pretty quick but it seemed pretty hard to hold.

Then I saw the Michael Mosley TV show about fasting. It kind of appealed to me. Got the book from the library. Did my own version of it for a couple of weeks, and liked it a lot. Then I saw on the fast diet forum someone mentioned MFP so I took another look and this time it made sense. Unbelievable how many calories are in the foods we eat! I check in daily. I feel MFP is giving me total control and the fasting seems to shrink my appetite.

Today's weigh in, 162. Current goal, 150. When I hit it in December I will probably revise it to 145 so I can have a few lbs daily swing.without going over.

I hate going over!

I still don't bother telling anyone, except my wife (who is in very good shape herself !) about what I'm doing. They either don't want to hear about it or they are not ready to hear about it. I don't want to lecture to or be lectured by anybody with the typical misunderstandings about these issues. If they want to learn from my experiences i am willing to help, but very few really want to learn.

Paul

Same here. I think my boyfriend knows and a friend or two know about me trying to lose weight. Other than that no one around me seems to be interested enough to know or when I have told them in the past it was like whatever to their ears. I like it better that way anyway. Less people the better and the more I can feel focused.

I have only told my sister (and my doctor knows, because he was the one that forced me to get on the scales at my last appointment to give me the wakeup call I really needed. The three-figure number sparked a deep-rooted horror in my brain.)

I will not tell my parents. Though they are both very overweight, they would merely sneer at me. My father has always made disparaging comments about our weights (really, it's lucky all three of his girls grew up pretty tough, I'm amazed none of us ended up with an eating disorder the way he carries on) and would only laugh at me. My mother is depressed and has severe arthritis in her hips and can't move properly to exercise, so that would just make her more angry at me. I will continue to say nothing, and see when they start to notice.

I don't say a word. I have told no one except my husband and sister. If people start to notice, then I will spill the beans. Otherwise, I won't mention it until I am good and ready.

Didn't say anything to anyone, but most people have noticed by now and now I get a ton of "you didn't tell me you were dieting!!" comments.

I'm not keeping it a secret, but I'm not actually announcing it to everyone. My family knows, along with my close friends, but that's about it. I'm not very active on facebook, but I think next month when I have to attend a wedding I might have to post a photo, I'm hoping that they'll at least notice a nearly 30 lb loss (hopefully my weight loss stays on track).

I don't tell people unless they ask (my family and roommates know about it, it becomes fairly obvious when you live with me and I'm working out and weighing my food - definitely dead giveaway!). A few people have noticed and I will tell them I've lost x pounds so far or something like that. I've only recently begun to volunteer any information about my weight loss. I think it's because it's the first time that I feel confident that I will be successful. I know the weight will eventually come off, it's only a matter of time at this point.