23 pound down and look just the same :(

Step AWAY from the fridge!! 23 pounds is such great process! It's probably just coming off in an even layer right now all over and will be more noticeable soon. Just think- you have lost a large turkey!! Keep it up. You've doing great!

23 is awesome! Well done! If the pictures don't show progress, they will soon. Don't give up! You worked hard for those 23lb. Keep on going! The end result will be awesome, you know it.

I totally understand, but stay with it!!! Others will notice as well!!! Keep drinking your water!!

I know I know.. but still.. how damn frustrating!! It would sure show if I gained 23.. ffs .. feeling sorry for myself.. sipping my stupid water ..

Cute - "sipping my stupid water"

Hey, you there. Go grab a pair of jeans with a belt. Try it on.

t will take time, don't get down or all of your good work will be undone. Forge ahead and when you have lost another 10-20 pounds you will see amazing results and people you haven't seen for a while will really notice.

im down 8 pant sizes this year alone and i still cant tell the dam difference, except im getting into old clothes, but its really psychological from what ive heard, ur smaller, eventually youll notice

I don't know what you're doing to lose weight, but 23 pounds should show a bit of a difference in your appearance? If you weren't going about it the right way you could have lost muscle, instead of fat and that could be the reason you aren't seeing much of a difference?
Pictures do help you see the difference, but if that isn't working for you, along with seeing the numbers on the scale (not what you should look at in my opinion), from here on out write down your measurements, and compare those next time you hold your little comparison session. Numbers on a scale don't always indicate that you have lost the weight you wanted to lose.

Also, you may have just lost weight all over your body, and just because you aren't seeing it in your side pictures (I'm assuming you're looking at your stomach in those) doesn't mean you didn't lose fat, that was just a suggestion, a lot of people store fat in their stomachs and its the last part of the body that loses the fat just because the majority of the fat was there..if that makes sense? Wherever you are pin pointing that you don't see the difference yet, don't give up, it may be that last part of your body that loses the fat. Keep going, you'll see a difference soon!

this whole thing for me has been about changing my thinking.... like. instead of looking in the mirror and looking at my fat, i look for the little changes... like tonight i noticed some loose skin (sounds gross i know but i let myself get pretty large) where there wasnt any before... and i tried to picture that as an area that will shrink and tighten up... and envision that change. for the FUTURE. maybe not today. but i try to visualize my future. not just my now.

when i feel like i cant do it... i do two things. i either can do something to change like step up my routines.... or sometimes i just need to lighten up. and its important to be healthy... but being overweight does not mean you are hideous...maybe try to spend some time focusing on all the great things about yourself that have nothing to do with how you look. write down what you love about yourself .it may sound cheesy but self affirmation... you are good enough, smart enough, and doggonnit, people like you.

Scale and measuring tape are your friends. They look at you objectively. They don't shy off in case it's a sensitive topic for you. They rarely lie to you. They won't look at you through a misformed self image caused by years of being overweight. Just don't worry about what others see (or even yourself), you have a more objective approach to gauge your weight loss progress.

A side note: it took me losing 50 something lb before people started noticing.

You should take back pictures too. My personal experience is that I wasn't seeing much difference in my photo's, and was getting frustrated, until I compared back photo's. With my front and side pictures there are differences that I *think* I see but it might just be me wishing too hard to see something and they aren't actually there because they are that small but when I finally looked at back photos there was a very big difference. And make sure you are taking measurements because they don't lie. Overall just keep on because next year you are either going to be closer to (or at) your goal or father away so don't get frusterated by not seeing big differences in a short time. If I had not let myself get discouraged the many times I had tried this than I could have reached my goal many times over by now because time will pass whether you are making smalls steps, big steps or backward steps so at least make sure you are making small ones.

Ok. What you have lost is amazing. Now, having said that, and I speak from many years as a personal trainer, this is normal.. measurements are much more telling than scales especially if you are exercising and building muscle. Of course I could be wrong, but sounds like you are on the precipice of carrying on and achieving your goal or letting your mind take over, that little voice that undermines you. What is awesome about this is that it means should you make a good choice it wont be long till you get better results. Dont forget that some people will be resentful or jealous of your success and would rather die than praise you. Who cares, its all about you, well done.

I noticed the jealousy thing... even more i noticed people feeling uncomfortable around me. or getting quietly offended if when talking about my own journey they cringe like the just recognized something in themselves... or apologizing for wanting a cheeseburger around me. i just want to tell them hey. you be you, i will be me. the thing that drives me a little crazy is when people pretend they want to join me but they really dont want to.. its surprising how people have changed the way they act around me...

You are going to be the LAST one to notice. Pictures or no pictures. It's the nature of the beast! Nobody sees us more often than we see ourselves. And I don't know how big you are to begin with… but sometimes it takes a little more than that for others to notice. I'm down about 30 pounds and I still don't see the difference in myself. Due to the marvels of elastic waistbands, I don't even notice it in the waist of how my pants fit. My family is supportive, but even the ones who haven't seen me in 30 pounds either don't say a thing or will simply say "you look good." I still can't a get a "wow, you've lost weight!" out of them yet! :-) Keep going! The time will come. Pay attention to how you feel.

Exactly, because they feel bad about what is going on or not going on with them. I have been called a weirdo, freak, obsessive person just for wanting to be healthy and feel well. I reckon people are noticing but they don't want to say anything. Just get on with reaching your goal and then get the sexiest, forming fitting dress you can find and turn up somewhere in it. You could get the dress now, hang it where you can see it every day and visualise your gorgeous, healthy well self in it.

What helped me stick to it was to make my health goals more important in my mind than my looking good goals.
This gave me the in incentive to carry on even when I still looked fat.
Sure, pretty is as pretty does but health is everything!