When do people notice

Are you wearing the same clothes/styles you had before your weight loss? It might be harder for people to notice your sleeker physique if it's hidden behind loose or bulky clothing.

I'm down two pants sizes since January. No one has said anything to me, either.

Since I started my 'weight loss journey' I have gone down two pant sizes... down three notches on my belt.... smaller 'muffin top' action, etc.. small changes I guess. I know they are there, but I have not had one single person comment that I look as though I am losing weight, etc... and I have been at it since the end of November! Everyone knows I have been working out, and eating better so I just assuming that it goes unspoken. I'm doing this for me, so if/when someone else takes notice, I'll accept it as a 'perk'.

I have a few thoughts on this, but the bottom line is DO NOT BE discouraged!

1. Prior to MFP I lost about 30 lbs which was about 20% of my starting weight. That is a very large amount! Some people at work noticed and said something but it wasn't until I had lost almost all the weight that people really said something. The truth is that the weight does not come off over night so sometimes it takes people a long time to notice. If you take before and after pictures and do a side by side comparison, it is much easier to notice.

2. I lost about 10 lbs since joining MFP and no one says anything but I don't let it discourage me in any way.

3. This is the biggest thing that helps me never to become discouraged. The 30 or so lbs that I gained was gained over the course of a few years. Never did even my closest and more honest friends tell me I had gained a lot of weight. It happend so slowly that it was not as easy to notice. I knew I wasn't able to fit into my older clothes and I knew I had gained weight but it just didn't seem like a huge deal to me (at the time). It wasn't until I decided to start losing weight for my wedding last June that I saw how much weight I really had gained.

4. If I go from brown hair to blonde hair in a day- everyone will notice that i dyed my hair. If I start to put more and more highlights in my hair and only after a few months is my hair blonde, people may not notice. If I have a before and after picture- anyone would notice the color change. Take before and after photos that you can see the change. It can be very discouraging if you don't notice a change because you see yourself everyday- but after a few months of steady weight loss, your before and after photos won't lie

Bottom line- some people will notice, others won't, some people will say something, others won't. Maybe your scale will notice- maybe it won't budge but you will watch your jeans get loose. You are doing an amazing job- keep it up!

I think it really depends on your body style as well. I've lost 15lbs and I have a lot of people that have noticed, but I am very open about my weight loss. I blog about it, I post stuff on Facebook and my confidence shows too. I only had 20lbs to lose, so for me I am down to my last 5 and it's very noticeable. I went from a size 8/10 to a size 6/4 in 2 months. I can't wear 90% of the clothing I was wearing 15lbs ago.
But I also think some people DO notice they just don't say anything either because they don't want to seem like a *kitten* or because they are jealous. I know that later rings true for my in laws, I haven't heard a peep from them since I lost weight about how I look. But I know it shows.

Hang in there, be proud of yourself! Before you know it someone won't even recognize you!!

I know of some people who don't say anything for fear of sounding insensitive. For example, I have a friend who doesn't like it when people point out how good she looks after losing weight because to her, it implies she looked terrible before (which may or may not be true). Also, it's hard to notice when you see someone every day. I lost about 35 lbs. several years ago (and gained a lot of it back recently!!) and *I* didn't even notice how different I looked until I realized my old clothes didn't fit anymore. In fact, I only notice again when I compare old pictures of myself when I was thinner.

A few years ago I ran into an former high school classmate who had had a gastric bypass and lost about 150 lbs. I didn't even recognize her at first. But I never once during the 5 minute conversation I had with her pointed out she had lost weight. I'm sure she saw the surprise in my face and I exclaimed, "you look great!" But that's about the only acknowledgement I gave her. I was afraid of sounding insensitive or that maybe she had already heard it often enough and didn't want to hear it anymore.

Forget about other people pointing out your weight loss! When it starts becoming that obvious, some people will and others won't. The important thing is that you feel good about yourself.

i find that people who see you regularly don't notice, but when you see someone who hasn't seen you for a month or 3, they do notice.

I've lost 20 lbs and my family only began to notice in the past week or so. It's getting kind of annoying actually, my mum keeps saying that I'm too skinny which is a twisted sort of compliment but I'd rather she say that I'm looking healthier etc. Anyhow I think it's because I've really upped my exercise in the past few weeks and so I'm looking "smaller", so even though my weight loss has been gradual, the inches lost are what shows

Also I haven't shopped for new clothes yet, so my jeans are doing the 'saggy butt' thing. :laugh: