How much weight before I see a change?

It's taken me 30 pounds. I fit into size 18 now, I started at 20 (and 20 was a little tight). A bunch of people noticed at a wedding the other day. It made my week lol. I started back on here at 255 in January and am now 225. If you start at a higher weight it takes longer to notice a difference. Sometimes I don't notice a difference in myself, but others obviously see it. And I've lost like four inches on my hips, which is hard to believe. So the progress is there even if I don't notice it.

Great job so far! Congrats! I started at 230 and it took me about 30 pounds to see a difference. Noticed my clothes fitting looser first. Just keep going! You'll get there! It took awhile for the people around me to notice as well.

I think it'll be very different for everyone. I can't remember when I started to notice a difference in the mirror, it didn't take long to notice my clothes were fitting better!

I took starting photos and then take occasional progress photos and to be honest I hadn't fully realised how far I'd come until I looked back at the photos side by side! So maybe it'd be a good idea to take photos if you aren't already?It's very hard for yourself and people who see you all the time to notice gradual change.

Also, something I have thought about in the past when I've lost say 10lbs and been frustrated that I can't see a difference, imagine a lump of butter to spread on your bread, it might look like a big chunk when it's as a lump, but once spread out over a layer of bread it is a very thin layer, it doesn't add much height to the bread does it? But it adds that whole lump of fat and associated calories to the bread! I lose weight (and gain it) very evenly across my body, so I imagine I'm skimming off a teeny amount off of my body surface area as I lose fat, which won't make a noticeable difference short-term but actually does remove a lot of fat, and a decent amount of weight and as I keep shedding of the small layers they'll add up into noticeable changes

Don't know if thinking of it like that will help, but it really helped me to think of that and to keep going even though I couldn't see the changes I wanted!

A 30lb loss is amazing even if you can't quite see it yet you've become healthier and you must be changing size at least a bit because your clothes fit better! So if you keep going you WILL see changes and so will others (although don't rely on other people noticing, some people just won't notice because it's not something they've given much thought to, others will be jealous at your success and will not pipe up or downplay your weight loss and many will feel to embarrassed/shy to actually bring up a sensitive subject like weight even if it is to pay you a compliment!). Well done on your amazing progress

About 30 lbs for me. The hard truths for me were that i wore a lot of stretchy clothing at my biggest and even my jeans had some give to them. So it didn't affect my sizing as quickly. And 5-10 lbs on a skinny girl is noticeable but in my frame not at all. I lousy 60 lbs 2 years ago and it was halfway thru that i noticed changes. When u are small a few pounds can affect your clothing size but when u are bigger the sizing is more generous and can easily be 20 lbs before u go down a single size. Ugh. Seems like a lot of work and slow results sometimes. Hang in there and keep it up!

Height plays a huge role, as well as starting weight. I lost 12 pounds between August and April with no real intention to and it didn't make a huge difference. I've lost 11 since May 1st and I can see a ton of little differences. I'm 5'0 though, so there's a lot less space for the weight to be.

I'm 5'8" - I started out at 299 lbs - it took me about 40 lbs before I really started to see a difference - I actually had to see a before picture and then a picture at the time to see it in my face. People didn't really start noticing a difference until 50 lbs for me. Now they say all the time that they can't believe how much weight I have lost at 77lbs lost. I see it in my face, but still go to get 3XL clothing and realize I don't need that size and don't feel that an XL will fit me, and notice it's almost getting too big on me. I still feel like I need to get that size 24 jeans, but then have to go get the 16 jeans and swear they won't fit, but they do. My body image in my mind has not caught up with my weight loss yet, but maybe someday it will

Here is how I see my weight loss the most. By doing comparison photos - side by sides.



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I had to add that I read your profile and it caught my attention about you wanting a Betsey Johnson dress. I am rural, blue jeans 99% of the time, but have to admit she has some really nice dresses. I even enjoyed the purses . . . and I only use a clutch purse for function, not style.
I wanted to thank you for reminding me that I actually could consider "style" when I reach my goal. You deserve your Betsey Johnson dress.

My starting weight was 258, I am now 228, down 30 lbs as of today and I have lost sizes and feel a bit smaller, I think when you get to 40lbs you will feel it FOR SURE, so just get through it, IT'S COMING!!

I'm 5'11", close enough

I was between sizes to start with and it took me about 28lbs to get down that half. During exams and deadlines I had high and low days and was happy to just maintain. Noone who saw me frequently could see any difference and friends I hadn't seen since my heaviest weight didn't seem to notice.

In the past month, I've started up running a 3mile meadow a few times a week. I've only lost another 4lbs, but now I'm comfortably down another whole dress size. It's only now that I can really see much of a difference- still not a huge difference in how I look, but clothes that didn't used to fit are getting pretty loose. I'm still holding out hope that other people will see the difference soon.

Took me about 30lbs to notice any difference or other people to say anything, i only could tell in pictures of myself at that point.

Well, you might not feel like you are showing much difference, but a LOT has happened inside! You have already lost 10% of your body weight! :drinker:

From Web MD: "''We have seen a consistent pattern in our weight loss studies that when patients lose 5%-10% of their body weight, they lower blood pressure, reduce LDL ["bad"] cholesterol, improve glucose tolerance, and in general, lower the risk for cardiovascular disease," says Catherine Champagne, a researcher with Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center." http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/lose-weight-gain-tons-of-benefits

Keep up the ggod work and don't get discouraged! :flowerforyou:

You can really see the difference in your face! Keep up the great work!

The heavier you are the more it will take to notice the difference, I had 73lbs to lose and it was about the 40lbs mark the I could really notice the difference just by looking at myself in the mirror. Clothes were loser, i was buying smaller sizes etc but when you look at yourself every day small changes wont show up. This could also explain why your friends/people at work haven't seen much differences, if you see them 5 times a week if could take you 50/60 for them to really notice the differece.

Congrats on your success. You look great!

Congrats on your success. You look great!

Thank you!