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How many lbs had you lost before people mentioning it?

jlar09
jlar09 Posts: 99
edited February 8 in Success Stories
I'm so curious! I'm really tall so when I gain weight it's difficult to tell, but if I lose weight it's also hard to tell.
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  • DJStewie
    DJStewie Posts: 92 Member
    About 15 lbs. lost is when people started noticing for me. (6'1")
  • Makoce
    Makoce Posts: 938 Member
    30LBS for me.
  • kellenas
    kellenas Posts: 154
    Well, I haven't lost any pounds and I've only lost half an inch off my waist, but people tell me I'm looking good. I've been doing Stronglifts for a month now.
  • BlueBombers
    BlueBombers Posts: 4,064 Member
    20 lbs
  • red_road
    red_road Posts: 761 Member
    15 lbs im 5'8
  • _jayciemarie_
    _jayciemarie_ Posts: 574 Member
    I'm 5'6 and it was about 15lbs in when some people noticed, but about 25lbs is when everyone noticed.
  • ElizabethFuller
    ElizabethFuller Posts: 352 Member
    Today was the first time that anyone commented, about 30lb down.
  • mikeod2712
    mikeod2712 Posts: 23 Member
    well I am down 16lbs and no one said anything yet but I will be waiting :smile: .
  • joandue
    joandue Posts: 84 Member
    about 40
  • JL2513
    JL2513 Posts: 867 Member
    I got my first comment at the 10 lb mark. At around the 30 lb mark, the comments started piling on rapidly :)
  • Noamsh
    Noamsh Posts: 79 Member
    I think it's more about how much you have to lose rather than hight. For me it was around 10 lbs.
  • cuinboston2014
    cuinboston2014 Posts: 848 Member
    So i was just thinking about this today....

    When I gain 10 pounds, nobody including my husband, noticed. Trust me, I yelled at him for not noticing (he knows I'm a little crazy about stuff like this - as do I :))

    Therefore, at my current weight I won't expect anybody to notice unless I lost more than 15 pounds. I'm currently 5'10" and 189.

    When I first started losing at 289 lbs + I was probably getting comments after about 20 pounds
  • JessicaWantsToBHealthy
    JessicaWantsToBHealthy Posts: 4 Member
    I'm 5' 9 1/2" and it took losing about 30 pounds before some people started asking me if I've lost weight :smile:
  • Ed98043
    Ed98043 Posts: 1,333 Member
    I've lost 24 lbs (about 11% of my starting body weight, and I am 5'7") and no comments yet. Can't blame them - I really do look about the same. :grumble:
  • markpmc
    markpmc Posts: 240 Member
    I'm 6'1" and hide weight really well. People noticed around 20 lbs.
  • dantanjah
    dantanjah Posts: 100 Member
    I am 5'6" and people started noticing when I had lost about 30 pounds.
  • gpizzy
    gpizzy Posts: 171
    I'm 5'7" and over 200lbs, I've lost 25 spread out over the entire year, more notably about 10-13 in the past few months and no one has mentioned anything yet. I think because it's been over such a long period of time. Normally, people would notice around the 10-15lbs mark on me :) (I've been through this a few times).
  • Patzycakes
    Patzycakes Posts: 175 Member
    it took me all of my current weight loss for anyone to say anything.
  • jkowula
    jkowula Posts: 447
    Down 18 right now and still waiting...
  • Joji_Bean
    Joji_Bean Posts: 18 Member
    15 pounds!
  • Edensienna
    Edensienna Posts: 180 Member
    5'6 and after 10 lbs of weight loss I was wearing more figure hugging clothes so friends and family could tell there was a difference.

    My tummy didn't look 5 months pregnant anymore!

    I carried my excess weight in the tummy area...
  • coltsgirl311
    coltsgirl311 Posts: 226 Member
    I'm 5' 9" and I got some comments around the 20 lb mark, mostly from people who knew I was working on losing weight, and around 30 lbs down, everyone started commenting.
  • EvaStrange
    EvaStrange Posts: 59 Member
    My mother always notices weight loss before it actually happens. XD
  • annekka
    annekka Posts: 517 Member
    initially: about 7-8 pounds, but I didn't have much to lose. It was about 15 pounds though before people really started noticing.
  • shabrick00
    shabrick00 Posts: 141 Member
    I am 20lbs down and still waiting
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    40-50.
  • ronrstaats
    ronrstaats Posts: 294 Member
    I had a lot to lose so it was around the 40 pound mark... just after I got below 300 pounds...
  • MissLeelooDallas
    MissLeelooDallas Posts: 145 Member
    It took 21 pounds before anyone noticed.
  • StephenKTHill
    StephenKTHill Posts: 28
    60 pounds

    I started at 325
  • DamePiglet
    DamePiglet Posts: 3,730 Member
    15 lbs im 5'8

    this. :)
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