Coworkers not sure if you've lost weight yet....

people do notice , trust me lol ... get used to hear " waoo you look really good today " quite often LOL

First of all, CONGRATS to your weight loss and feeling great!
I have experienced this recently since I just went out and got a few new clothes that are my new size now When I wore one of my new jeans, a co-worker said "cute jeans" as I walked by. I said "THANKS! A SIZE SMALLER! WOOTWOOT!!!" lol I'm just excited

I've also gotten the whole "hey you need to stop losing weight, your getting to skinny" my reply "umm yeah i actually havn't 'lost weight' I'm at the same weight I've always been, I've just lost some excess body fat -_- "

Sometimes when noone has said anything I feel like, "Do I really look to others 30 pounds heavier like I used to?" Then the self doubt creeps in. Frumpy.

It is amusing, the looks. They just can't seem to figure out what is different. The comments started coming at a 27 lb weightloss about 3 weeks ago.

I'm down 14 and nobody has said anything. On my 6' frame it doesnt seem/feel like a lot

When you purchase the smaller size clothes and then wear them - the weightloss comments drop like rain.

Duckling hit it on the head. Especially opposite sex co-workers...don't want to get accused of harassing someone. Also, people who see you every day won't notice the gradual change as much as someone who doesn't see you that often.

They'll notice!
Before I dropped a more significant amount of weight, I got a lot of the "you look good today" stuff. Granted, I work in healthcare, so scrubs are not exactly flattering and/or form-fitting. For me, it wasn't until I recently bought my second "new" size down in scrubs for my coworkers to REALLY notice. My favorite so far was a couple of weeks ago when my coworker made the comment, "I'm saying in the most non-creepy way that I can, but DAMN GIRL YOU LOOK GOOD!" lol

Keep it up. They'll notice, and it'll feel pretty fabulous when they do comment.

Trust me I know what you mean, same thing here, but in today’s society when you can get in trouble for just about anything you say or do at work, people are just sometimes afraid to say anything. Trust me people are noticing, you can't loss 20 pounds without folks taken notice. You just keep on doing what your doing and take your NSV's in fitting in those jeans you ain't fit in in a long time.
Oh and congratulations on you loss you look great!
V/r,
DW.

I usually find people don't notice your weight loss until you are at 10% or more. And, people like to see people fat rather than skinny. Especially if they are overweight, themselves. I've been fat & I've been skinny (this is my 3rd time to lose it) and some WOMEN aren't too keen on other women losing. Enjoy the ride for yourself. They are noticing even if they aren't mentioning it.
Cheryl

Duckling hit it on the head. Especially opposite sex co-workers...don't want to get accused of harassing someone. Also, people who see you every day won't notice the gradual change as much as someone who doesn't see you that often.

Yay! I helped! :bigsmile:


I did just remember several years ago when I dropped a fair amount of weight, plenty of the women at work were very encouraging and open in their compliments, but the men more or less kept their mouths shut for obvious reasons. But there was one of the Sales Managers (wicked cool guy and the office wiseass) who made it a point to give me this long "Please bear in mind that I mean this in no rude, intimidating, threatening, harassing or offensive manner whatsoever" disclaimer before finishing up with, "But I just wanted to say with all sincerity, you look terrific." :bigsmile:

Which he quickly followed with, "And if it offended you that I said that, then I take it all back, you look atrocious and I must now remove myself from the sight of you. But you may slap me first if necessary." Had me in stitches the rest of the day. :laugh:

I've heard the rule of thumb is usually 4 weeks to see a change in yourself, 8 weeks for friends and family to notice, and 12 weeks for the rest of the world. Maybe that's part of it, people are really just starting to notice there is a difference.

I think a lot of people really don't want to get specific because weight is such a touchy subject. Especially in the workplace. They feel it is more 'pc' probably, to say "you're looking great!" than "Wow, so how much weight have you lost?"

This ^

And there are a lot of people who avoid saying things for fear they'll be taken wrong. There are literally dozens of thread here about people complaining about the "backhanded compliments" from people about their weight loss. Usually it's not meant to be negative, but people are imperfect and don't always say the perfect thing. So a lot have learned to not say anything about weight at all :ohwell:

Congrats on your loss and keep it up

It has come in waves. First wave at -30, second wave of other people at -50. People that know me and had not seen me since I lost over 50 are shocked.