Little ways people have noticed that I've lost weight . . .

For a long time people would just make vague comments about how nice I looked. They wouldn't really comment on my weight loss, but would make some sort of comment about how I looked. Once I hit 50 pounds, everyone started commenting about my weight.

Well congrats on the weight loss that just happens to bring out the beauty in your eyes and hair coupled with the ability to rock the retro look!!!

I get the impression from the comments about your hair and eyes that you are probably looking a lot healthier, rather than just thinner. That's awesome! Isn't that the real goal?

I've mostly been getting weight comments, sprinkled with the observation that I look happier and seem more confident. My nurse used the child sized cuff on me the other day when she probably didn't need to. I've lost 40 lbs since December, and I gained 25 of that during a 6 week span last summer. Maybe that made it more obvious, like no one wanted to say that I had gained a lot of weight in a very short amount of time, but they're all letting me know that they noticed.

Congrats on all your losses!

lemurcat12 wrote: »

I wish, but I was fat enough that everyone has gotten that it was fat loss.

LOL, same here. 44 pounds is two twenty pound bags of potatoes with 4 pounds extra on the side.

Hubster was complaining about our bed and how we needed a new mattress because he was waking up with aches and pains. We worked out that because I'm so much smaller, his usual way of snuggling while we sleep didn't work anymore and he was sleeping funny

I must admit that when I finally noticed one large friend had lost weight she said "Yeah .... only 20 kilos"... that's over 44 lb!!! I was really embarrassed but then I had a similar experience myself ... I think when we are large people just see general shape/size and if we are still wearing the same clothes that doesn't help. Conversely it's annoying when people say "You look good ... have you lost weight" like that's the only way to look good! Regardless CONGRATS on being 30lb down ... fantastic effort, I trust the appropriate compliments will catch up!

I got 'gee your *kitten* is small!'. My response was 'damnit, I been doing squats'.
Imo, I never had a fat *kitten* to begin with lol

I've been slowly losing for about a year and I work at a school so it's been a couple of months since I've seen my co-workers so now they are saying that I look so slim, and how did I do it, etc? Well I have probably only lost about five pounds since they last saw me, but I think I can chalk it up to buying some clothes that actually fit and aren't all baggy on me.

I am down almost 40 lbs. 20 more to go. My coworkers have made comments about my skin looking better, and my hair looking more healthy. I actually have changed my skin care routine and hair style. Some noticed the wt loss and suggested I needed some new clothing that actually fits. The others noticed my wt loss and once I started to wear the new clothing others then asked me what I was doing. Others have noticed the dramatic change especially in my upper torso. I have noticed them looking at me and trying to figure out if I got a reduction done.

tekkiechikk wrote: »

Funny, I was just having a pity party for myself about this very thing. I've lost 48 lbs since January and my buddy at work has lost about 20... people RAVE to him about all the weight he's lost but I get nuthin'... I don't need the validation from anybody to continue my weight loss journey (50 more to go), I know I look and feel great, but sometime's I just want a pat on the back.

It felt good to admit that. Pity party is now over

Yeah, I know how that feels. I'm very overweight. I've lost 44 lbs with 70 left to go. Meanwhile, already skinny coworker drops 20 lbs and everyone has a comment and a new nickname, despite the fact she lost too much weight and wasn't even trying (she wasn't eating because she was having relationship problems). Bah on them. I feel better and my husband's praise is all the validation I need!

48 lbs is awesome! /patstekkiechikk on back You look amazing!

timeforwork wrote: »

i think sometimes people are not keen to come straight out and say you look good as you have lost weight because it implys you were over weight to start with! all those nice comments may just seem like a polite way of saying they have noticed something.

I know this is true for me. People are sensitive about weight, so unless they mention it first, I don't mention it at all. If a friend says, "I lost ten pounds this summer!" with a big smile, then I'm free to say how great they look or confirm what dedication that takes. But if I notice the weight loss and I don't know it was intentional, I hold my tongue and, yes, maybe compliment how nice their outfit looks. For all I know, they lost those ten pounds because they were ill or were unable to eat due to depression related to a family tragedy.

Maybe I'm just sensitive because I've been complimented on weight loss that was unintentional due to illness and emotional trauma, and that's uncomfortable. I do try to not make others uncomfortable.

Sometimes people have said, "I lost X pounds" with so little emotion that I couldn't tell if that was good or bad. One time that was a student of mine who was obese. I had noticed she'd switched her daily cheetos for carrots and celery, so when she told me a month or so into the switch that she'd lost five pounds, I was fairly sure she was losing intentionally, but she told me completely deadpan, so I asked, "Are you trying to lose weight?" Once she said yes and that her goal was to be healthier, I was able to exitedly congratulate her on her success and commend her change in snacking choices. I focused on how great it was that she had set a goal for her health and was sticking with it, and she beamed with pride. (Writing this reminds me how much I miss that student -- she was a great kid. )

Anyway... my point is it's entirely possible more of those people have noticed your weight loss than have said so. All of my friends are beautiful to me all the time, and I do worry that a compliment on weight loss could imply that I thought they were less beautiful to me before.

I probably just think too much.

atypicalsmith wrote: »

Sigh. Anyone else had anything like this?

Your whole post is ♥ ! (Maybe it's you, maybe it's Maybelline? Nope, it is definitely you!)

bkate24 wrote: »

I got my hair drastically cut (to a pixie) over the summer and people who haven't seen me since spring keep telling me how good it looks and how much it really really suits me.

I love it when I see someone rocking a pixie cut. I bet you're right, they're really seeing your re-emerged bone structure! Recently, I noticed that my face shape has changed back to the heart-shape it used to be, and here I thought I'd be as round as this face: for the rest of my days.

Merkavar wrote: »

Oh no, I had long eye lashes before losing weight, will people see them as even longer now?

Maybe I can cut them

My sister describes my eye lashes as camel eye lashes.

Ahaha! That's adorable, and don't you dare cut them!