At how many pounds.. do others start noticing?

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  • cthakkar1985
    cthakkar1985 Posts: 137 Member
    How much did you weigh when you started, and what is your goal weight? Based on that, I can tell you when people will start to notice. If you started at 300 lbs, it's unlikely anyone will notice an 8 lb decrease. If you started at 130, 8 pounds is very noticeable, for example.
  • tracefan
    tracefan Posts: 382 Member
    nadler64 wrote: »
    Depends where you start. I wanted to lose 25 pounds (and have); people started noticing at about 10 when my pants got baggy and my face got a little thinner. Several friends actually asked me if I was OK - knowing that I have chronic health issues, they were afraid I was ill again.

    I lost but want to lose about 10 more.
  • tracefan
    tracefan Posts: 382 Member
    Mapalicious wrote: »
    First,
    You are a roll of paper towels.
    The first paper towel you take off
    the roll is large, you just can't tell
    But by the last towel, the roll seems to shrink so fast
    by just taking off one towel.

    Why? Because the fewer towels there are on the roll, the larger percentage of what's on the roll each towel is. The more you lose, the higher percent of your body weight each pound is. (If you weigh 200 lbs, losing 1 lb is 0.5% of your body weight. If you weigh 100 lbs, losing 1 lb is losing 1% of your body weight.)

    Second,
    If you are exercising a lot and putting on muscle, then it may take a litttttttle bit longer to become visible.

    If you're really interested, start doing body measurements (waits/hips/arms/thighs), not just scale weight.
    Good way to look at it. I lost weight in my fingers. Lol.
  • scolaris
    scolaris Posts: 2,145 Member
    edited February 2016
    I'm officially at about 25, unofficially closer to 30 & it's just started to be a'thing.' At first people who know me just said things like 'oh you look well' or 'did you cut your hair?' but now they worm me into a corner & say 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING??' And all of a sudden complete strangers tell me I look just like my skinny daughters.
  • madisonmarino95
    madisonmarino95 Posts: 1 Member
    20 pounds:)
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