How much weight did you lose before people noticed?

Not a single person has said anything to me without my mentioning it first, and I've gone from a size 24 to a size 14. As soon as I mention it, they'll be like "Yeah I noticed! You look great!" etc. but I think people are too worried about offending others to mention it unprompted.

Yes, this is a true. Because a lot of people complain that they find it offensive when people comment on their weight loss or they take it as an insult to their former self. Some people say it is rude to comment on weight at all. And sometimes weight loss is not intentional. There are so many factors. I usually don't comment on weight unless it is very drastic or if they have been open about their weight loss, then I will comment.

For me, I only lost less than 10 pounds. I got a ton of comments. And mostly positive. But, some people said that they were surprised to see that I had lost weight because I didn't need to lose weight and that they were worried I was sick or stressed or going to lose too much weight. I'm healthy, the same weight I was in high school and college, I barely lost weight, and I have maintained it for a couple years now (did not continue to lose weight and even gained a little back).

People started noticing occasionally at 15 pounds (down from 187). People won't shut up about it now at 32 pounds down.

I lost ten lbs in one week... I had a big change in my what my days looked like but I can not pinpoint what the change was in my diet to make that happen. .. However that said today I was visiting somome who has not seen me in about 4 weeks and she just came out and asked are you losing weight... so my ticker says only 8 lbs down however she was seeing 18lbs down from the last time she saw me. The ten lbs that just fell off where the jump start I needed to make a for real comentment. I have not noticed it yet..

10 pounds and people started making comments about me looking good.
15 pounds and i'm not longer "chubby" in my family lolol
generally it takes 20 pounds for someone to notice any serious changes in your body though. i think i toned up a bit though so that's why it's noticeable.
also i lost a massive amount on my waist.
i went from a 32 inch to a 27-27.5 inch waist and that's like 10-15 pounds. so yeah i toned up.
but i also lost everywhere else too.

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

It absolutely takes longer when you have more to lose, just like it takes longer to go down from a 20W to an 18W than it will from a 10 to an 8! My first comment was about 20# in, from a friend I only see a few times per year. And he said it looked like I'd lost a lot already. My family started commenting just recently at about 25#. I, personally, don't physically see any changes in my body now at 28#, although I know I'm shrinking out of a lot of my clothes (I'm probably down a size and a half). But when I look in the mirror, I see no difference- either because I'm my own harshest critic or because I see myself too often to notice. I'm taking progress pics today, so I'll compare them and see if there's any change!

25-30lbs and two people commented. My aunt - who knows I was dieting..and my doctor - who may have cheated and looked at my weight before commenting, lol. I'm tall - takes a lot of weight to notice a difference. I've lost an inch (at best) from my waist so....boo.

The women about 25-30lbs in. But i started at 270 with a large frame, so I didn't even notice until he first 20 was gone. The men, they are still too afraid to say anything lol.

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.

Yes - commenting on weight is something I avoid unless the other person brings it up first.

I think it takes longer to notice when one is extremely overweight to start. It is also harder for people who see us every day to notice because they are seeing the gradual changes.

I had over 100 lbs to lose when I started & it took what seemed like FOREVER for anyone to comment on my loss. I think it may have been around 40-50 lbs. I can't recall now.

I've lost over 100 lbs now & am still losing. I get comments & compliments a lot now. I am making a point to be gracious & enjoy them because the time will come when I stop shrinking in size and the compliments about my loss will eventually stop, too. Then I'll just have to be happy with comments about my incredible beauty & fitness... lol...

About 190 lbs. Oh, wait... that was my ex I dropped, not the weight. :laugh:

All jokes a side, it wasn't the pounds when people noticed. It became more noticeable to my family when the inches were coming off and I was walking around in clothes I couldn't fit into the prior year.