Lost 10lbs...see no difference

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  • nordlead2005
    nordlead2005 Posts: 1,303 Member
    I've lost 27lb and very few people make comments (only family really).

    However, it is pretty easy to see. My shirt sleeves used to be tight around my arms and now they are lose. My belt was on the 1st hole and are now on the 5th (4" difference). Sometimes it takes a bit to notice the changes even yourself unless you compare it to something that hasn't changed size or a picture.
  • jessica22222
    jessica22222 Posts: 374 Member
    I have been taking pictures. I took one at the beginning of summer 2 months ago and one jst recently and the only difference I see is I'm tanned lol! I will keep it up! Thanks everyone for the great input

  • afatpersonwholikesfood
    afatpersonwholikesfood Posts: 577 Member
    edited September 2015
    Starting from the highest weight my body settles at when I am not doing anything about it, I have accepted it takes a loss of 50 pounds before anyone notices within my immediate family - and then they all act like I have dropped the weight overnight and find it very shocking, lol. Outside of immediate family, people are just now starting to notice, and I am down 70 pounds now. I had a "Good Lord, I have lost weight," moment for the first time just the other day when I looked at myself in the mirror. But I'm much larger than you, OP. Just something to consider when you're feeling down about 10 pounds not seeming to make a difference.

    Oh, and some people, even if they do notice, will never comment for various reasons.
  • afatpersonwholikesfood
    afatpersonwholikesfood Posts: 577 Member
    And to help you feel better, obvious to you or others or not, here is 10 pounds of fat in the form of butter:

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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    My clothes noticed when I lost 10 # but my eyes did not.
  • AdmireDeVoll
    AdmireDeVoll Posts: 46 Member
    They say it takes 4 weeks for you to notice a change, 4 weeks for friends and family and they don't notice unless it's over 10 pounds. Keep going they will and you will notice soon enough
  • joannprussell
    joannprussell Posts: 5 Member
    Merkavar wrote: »
    I don't want to take away from you reaching your goal but I just don't think 10 pounds is very visible.

    I would even go as far to say 10 pounds would be hard to see even if you measured your waist or arms etc

    But keep it up assuming you have more to lose. I'm
    Not sure what a healthy weight is for shorter people.

    Something that seems to help people is to imagine 10 pounds of peanut butter. Smear that all over your body, it's likely to not make a very thick layer.

    The peanut butter comment was hilarious! I also just lost 10 lbs and can't tell....but that comment just made my day!!!
    lol
  • Redbeard333
    Redbeard333 Posts: 381 Member
    The first person to say something was a neighbor who noticed when I was down 27 pounds. Then coworkers started commenting at ~40. I'm down 64 right now, and when my coworkers and I returned from summer break this week, I received *tons* of compliments, even though I was down 50 by the end of June.

    Hang in there!!
  • insearchofcheese
    insearchofcheese Posts: 45 Member
    I'm down 50 lbs and it's only in the last two weeks that everyone at work has been stopping me to comment about my weight loss. It took 20 lbs lost for me to notice, but I also have 50 more lbs to go.
  • whmscll
    whmscll Posts: 2,254 Member
    Really? I'm 5'5" and when I lost my first 10 pounds I noticed a definite difference in how I looked and how my clothes fit. Nobody else noticed, but it motivated me.
  • magicmarigold
    magicmarigold Posts: 40 Member
    I've been 20 pounds heavier than I am now, I've also been 10 pounds lighter but my clothes size has stayed the same and really to look at me there's not much differencen the only thing I notice is my collar bones show through more! I'm hoping people will notice with the next 20 pounds loss...
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