23 pound down and look just the same :(

Took front and side shots today.. and compared them to front and side before fotos.. omg they still look identical. No freaking change at all! Still a tub of fat!! I just wanna curl up and die!! No wonder no-one has commented!! :sad:

Why is that?? Please explain if you can.. feeling so down right now .. just want to eat till I explode..

I remember when i lost my first 25 lbs. It was around Easter so I knew at the in-laws family dinner there were going to be lots of compliments thrown my way. I was primed and ready for the ego boost. Well, not one person said anything. I told myself they were all just a bunch of self-absorbed so and so's.

My sister was in town a few days later. Surely she would notice! Nope, nothing. When I mentioned I had lost 25 lbs she said, "Really??" "Passive-aggressive *****," I said to myself. (When I saw her again after I had lost a total of 55 lbs and she still said she couldn't tell, then I knew for sure she was being a passive aggressive *****!)

I told my best friend that I was down 25 lbs (I hadn't told her I was dieting) and she said,"I thought you looked like you had lost some weight!" I knew she was just really being my very supportive best friend.

*sigh* It was so disheartening. But I didn't give up and do you know that after around 30 lbs, EVERYBODY (well, except for my sister!) was commenting on how much weight I'd lost. Even people at work that I didn't really know very well were commenting.

It comes in spurts. After 50 lbs lost, lots of people telling me how great I was doing. I'm now up to 71 lbs gone, and this week has been a good week for my ego. Lots of compliments on the weight loss.

If you're still wearing the same clothes that you were 25 lbs ago, your clothes may be camouflaging your loss. I wear mine until they look almost ridiculous, lol, and then when I show up wearing up clothes that actually fit, everybody notices the weight loss.

Hang in there and be patient. It'll get easier to see the changes in your body. Just this week I realized that I now only have one stomach instead of two!

Don't beat yourself up. You have lost a good amount of weight. Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it didn't happen. The scale is not the best tool for gauging your weight loss anyway. You need to measure yourself. Neck, bust, waist, hips, thighs, and arms. Do this every week and see where you are losing inches. Also keep a record of your weight, but the tape measure is going to give you the best story. So that you don't just lose weight and not get toned, you need to work those muscles. Are you doing a good workout program that works out your whole body? I have lost some weight and gone down a couple of clothing sizes as well. I noticed that my arms are not as jiggly which makes me happy. I think I have also lost about 23 pounds and there are days that I think maybe I look the same and then I see a picture of how i looked and I know there is a big difference. Plus my jeans are falling off of me if I don't wear a belt to keep them up, LOL. We sometimes let our brains tell us these lies, then we believe the brain and can't see the improvements even when they are in front of our eyes. Cheer up and keep going. If you stop you will be letting yourself down and will probably put the weight back on. I know you don't want that, so just keep going. You didn't gain your weight in a day so you can't expect to lose it quickly either. Your body will fight you hard to not let go of the fat, so you have to work hard to make it let go.

I feel your pain. I'm over 30 down and my belt is a LOT tighter, but my gut seems to be totally unchanged.

I've also lost 23 pounds and don't think I look different. The people who see me every day don't seem to notice either, but I saw someone who hasn't seen me since before I started this and they did compliment me.

Regardless, I'm glad those 23 pounds are gone! I don't think my pictures look different either, but I've definitely lost inches in my hips and waist and my jeans are getting baggy.

Just keep plugging away, you will get there.

Maybe it is the 23 pounds? I, too, am at that amount of weight loss and I don't think I look different, ether. In fact, it looks as if my lower tummy has gotten even bigger! But, as the others have said, we aren't really doing this for anyone but ourselves. I guess we all have to have some grit and determination and the desire to be more healthy pull us along! So I know how hard you've worked to lose 23 pounds, even if you have a lot to go, so congratulations!

23 pounds is nothing to sneeze at...That is fantastic, you probably do look different, but you just can't see it.... Awesome Job......

I think that if you lose the weight for others to notice, you will be disappointed. You need to do this for yourself. Get healthy, and eventually, your body will show it.

23lbs less that your joints have to deal with when walking around. Sounds like a good thing to me.

Also remember fat cells are stubborn often they replace their contents with water so it can take a while before they finally give up and deflate. So even though you've lost weight your loss in size is comparatively low. But keep losing and they will eventually give up. They are stubborn but not invincible

I love this. Water retention often makes weight loss seem slower.

I have lost 32 pounds and no one has really noticed. They will when I get around to buying clothes in a smaller size. As for how you appear yourself? Chubby people will never be happy with the way they look until they can bounce a quarter off their rock hard abs.

23 pounds is an AMAZING accomplishment and you should be VERY proud of yourself. You said that you are 1/4 of the way there, so keep up the good work. People will eventually notice and so will you. I was almost at my goal before I noticed. We are just too hard on ourselves. People often don't say anything for a variety of reasons. They are jealous, they don't know what to say, they are afraid if they say you look good that you will assume they think that means they thought you looked "bad" before, etc... Focus on how you feel. You are probably feeling much better and stronger. Your clothes are probably too big, so that is another reason people can't tell. Once you get smaller and clothes that fit you will feel even better about the way you look. Don't be discouraged....keep it up.

Took front and side shots today.. and compared them to front and side before fotos.. omg they still look identical. No freaking change at all! Still a tub of fat!! I just wanna curl up and die!! No wonder no-one has commented!! :sad:

Why is that?? Please explain if you can.. feeling so down right now .. just want to eat till I explode..

I have a lot of weight to lose too and it's hard to see the progress right now, but here's a quote I use to motivate myself. It's from one of the women studied in the book Strong Women Stay Slim.

"I've lost forty-six pounds over a twelve-month period and still have a long way to go. But this is not like waiting for a package to be delivered, where you have nothing until it finally arrives. Yes, I'm still overweight--but I'm already stronger, and I have much more stamina and flexibility..."

Every pound you lose makes it a little easier for your body to move around every day, and makes you a little healthier. As others have said, that 23 pounds is a huge amount of weight that you're not carrying around with you any more. I'm down 22 pounds and it's already almost eliminated the pain that I used to get in my lower back when I walked around a lot. To me, that is priceless. Congratulations on your progress! People will start to notice soon.

I have lost 30 pounds and when I look at comparison photos of myself I can't see any difference. But I can tell I have lost weight, my clothes are all baggy and my face is looking thinner.

Just keep it up. The changes will be noticeable soon, 23 pounds is a lot!

I just lost 20 pounds and one of my friends who came by said "Wow! you look fatter" Seriously, I don't give two s****s what anybody says anymore. I'm just going to do me till I reach my goal.

Weight loss isn't really noticeable until for a while -- at least, that's what happened to me. When I went from 130 to 115, I didn't notice any change at all, and it was very disheartening (and I'm only 5'1 too). It wasn't until I got to 110 or so that it really started showing. I figure that if you're taller and have more to lose, it'll take even longer until you start seeing changes.