How much weight did you lose before people noticed?

Around 20 pounds or so. My Grandma noticed it first, then some people at Church. Now that I've lost 30 it's more noticeable.

I had one person notice at 20lbs but he is conscious of his own weight and a good friend.
Two notice around 28lbs.
And another 2 noticed at 33lbs.

Honestly, I think its a big difference but most people around me don't really comment on it. Weight loss conversations are awkward. They dont usually end smoothly in my experience so sometimes people avoid them unless they really know the person. At first I thought it was because I work with mostly men who are less prone to notice but now I know thats not true. My loss is significant enough at 33lbs down that I look different than I did. Its less than I weighed when I started my job 4 years ago and about 40lbs less than my top weight at that job so I figured they had a frame or reference but only 5/100 people seem to have noticed.

In general, I am starting to notice that most people do not compliment others as part of their daily life. I rarely get comments on nice tops/outfits, new hairdos, or great work but I seem to give them to others all the time. Im not going to let it stop me but it would be nice to get more compliments for my work to get where I am today. In the end I am losing weight for me so I dont let it bother me. :flowerforyou:

For some reason I cant read posts, so here goes what i hope is the proper answer. I lost about 8 pounds before it was noticed. Of course, 10 lbs being a dress size I felt the difference right away. I've got to get rid of my "skinny jeans" and find a new pair to work myself into. Having been a 22W, it's nice to get into 18's. The skinnier I get the easier it is to find second hand clothes that fit. I looked at a picture taken when I was at my heaviest and I can't believe the difference 20 lbs makes. My Doctors are happy but not as much as I am.

For me, it depended upon how frequently people saw me.

Those who saw me on a daily basis took a lot longer to notice than those who saw me infrequently. My parents didn't realize until I had lost about 30 pounds, but those who saw me every month or two seemed to notice every 5 or so pounds I lost. :c

About 20lbs.. but now folks that havent seen me in a while freak out when they see me LOL!

Not sure if people have noticed since no one has commented on it:
my butt is definitely smaller and more shapely. LOL

15 pounds was noticed but it truly depends on body structure ..... 5 foot 5.5 was my loss past few months almost at goal

I think it depends on the people around you. People noticed when I had lost about 20 lbs then they began to comment very often and began calling me the incredible shrinking woman. It helped because I never and still don't see the loss myself.

Hi All,
Just wondering how much weight people lost before others noticed? I have been a yo-yo dieter for most of my life and I have a milestone birthday this year and want to slim down and get healthy. I am 34lbs down since January but nobody has really noticed, I was 239lbs at the start- do you think it is not as noticable in bigger people or dare not people comment on it?

Your thoughts?

Thank you x

For me, it was about 50 lbs. I started at 363 and it was 313 before the real positive compliments (however rare) from friends and family started coming. The next compliment milestone was 288. Then 269, then 244 (this is where they REALLY picked up in frequency). I guess it depends on how much you have to lose, your body type, and the time-frame in which you lose the weight.

Remember how you have to do it for yourself. Don't let that get to you. Once you've tallied up enough "loss points," so to speak, the compliments won't stop. I've had people come to me worried that I was losing too fast. That started at 225. Just takes a while, and you'll always have that brutally honest friend who, when you ask if it appears you've lost, says: "To be honest, no." Just serves as an indicator of real progress. Learn to love it.

It was 50-60 pounds before anyone said anything, but now people don't recognize me.

Hi All,
Just wondering how much weight people lost before others noticed? I have been a yo-yo dieter for most of my life and I have a milestone birthday this year and want to slim down and get healthy. I am 34lbs down since January but nobody has really noticed, I was 239lbs at the start- do you think it is not as noticable in bigger people or dare not people comment on it?

Your thoughts?

Thank you x

A lot of people don't comment, talking about other people's weight in general is kind of a taboo thing even if it would be a comment to compliment. It is likely that people do notice, they're just not saying anything.

That said, the more weight you have to lose the less noticeable it can be. The first 20 of my 40 Lbs total wasn't that noticeable really...it was those last 20 Lbs that was really night and day.

I've been fluctuating between 143 and 157 for quite some time now. Nobody has noticed a thing.

Personally, if I notice that someone looks like they've lost weight, I don't like saying, "Hey, you've lost weight, you look great!" (Someone took this as 'You didn't look good with the pounds on' -so whatever) Instead, I say, "You look good today." and leave it at that. Some people can be extremely sensitive.

I started around 150, so I wasn't too large to begin with, but the first person - the ONLY person - to mention it has been my husband's great grandmother, when I was down about 12lbs. I hadn't seen her since I began tracking and working out, and as soon as she saw me she exclaimed "Oh wow, you look great! You've lost a TON of weight!"

Needless to say, that made me feel amazing. But she's the only person to say anything. I generally think people feel uncomfortable mentioning weight unless we bring it up first.

20lbs lost and only 1 comment so far, I am disappointed that I can't see that much difference myself, I thought I would have been able to see more changes.