When did people notice your weight loss?
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FlakeyMusician wrote: »I'm 6'4" started at 400lbs. I'm now at 292lbs with significant muscle gain. People started asking me around the 330 mark. Whoever didn't then, have definitely asked now.
Still see myself as 400 though, even with me buying new clothes, and actually seeing the results in the before/after pic I continue to take. One of the things that gets me angry is when people started nicknaming me "Skinny." I'm just under 300! no way that's skinny. Next person that calls me that will get an earful for sure...
Congratulations. Done like a boss. "Skinny" is probably a term of endearment, an affectionate way to acknowledge your accomplishment.0 -
14 pounds lost, and I am in week 4. Still looking for that first one. It neither discourages nor encourages me, I will just keeping on keeping on.....2
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I started at 260 and it wasn't until I lost about 40 pounds before anyone commented. I noticed a physical difference around 30 pounds. I went on to lose 75 more pounds and people didn't stop talking about it and some I hadn't seen in a while didn't recognize me. Seriously, I had acquaintances ignore me, people I knew before stared at my face and gingerly asked if I was the person who..... It gets crazy, hold on for the ride.
I've heard and read that when you're close to your healthy weigh range, 10-15pounds lost/gained= 1 clothing size. When you're heavier, it's more like 25-30 pounds = 1 clothing size and that was my experience.
I felt better after I lost the first 10 pounds.1 -
Started at about 255, a couple people noticed around 225, but now at 215 I am getting quite a few comments. I can't really see it in myself though...yet0
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Started at 220. Down to 181. People started noticing the difference around the 20-25 pound mark. The best feeling though is fitting into my old clothes again. Larger sizes are sometimes more expensive!0
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Wow that sounds great everyone
congrats! 0 -
My ex noticed when we did a kid exchange. He asked if I was losing out of spite. I had cancer at the time. He knew this.0
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raisingcropsandkids wrote: »I've lost almost 40, I have 40 more to go. I've gotten a few comments, really only when I post things about my weightless. Of course my husband has lost 20lbs and everywhere we go people comment! Lol
Same here! I've lost 33 pounds, and so has my husband. I can definitely tell a difference in myself, and so can my family, but everyone else comments on my husband's weight loss but not mine. Oh well...0 -
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Why did my comment change to "kitten"? Looool0
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My fight. It does that for cuss words.
People notice at about 13 pounds.0 -
Both myself and my family have only just noticed it now that I'm lcose to 20lbs (some knew that i had lost weight, some just guessed).
My bf noticed it when I was down a stone, but I didn't.0 -
myfightforfitness wrote: »Why did my comment change to "kitten"? Looool
Does it for swear words. I do find it massively contradictory that we can all be adult enough to post photos of people in their underwear (or less) but we can't say the 3 letter word that rhymes with clASS.0 -
My brother noticed when I was down 10lbs (hadn't seen him in a year, and I'm a small person). I've just started realizing how my work pants are all too big now (down almost 20). I don't look that different to myself except when I try on swim suits!1
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Some people comment and others do not. I notice the confidence I have and the real quality of engagement and energy people share with me.
It is different. I dont want compliments. I want gasps of astonishment when I take off my shirt. Thats what I am focused on.
Im about 40 pounds down.1 -
jessiethe3rd wrote: »Some people comment and others do not. I notice the confidence I have and the real quality of engagement and energy people share with me.
It is different. I dont want compliments. I want gasps of astonishment when I take off my shirt. Thats what I am focused on.
Im about 40 pounds down.
haha brilliant. You sound like my boyfriend.
He wants everyone, male and female, to swoon when he walks in his shorts on our July holiday.
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Not yet. Boooo. But at least I know people are not just saying it, as before I would tell people
I was trying to lose weight and they would always say "oh my!! You look great!" when I had in fact put on weight that week. Drove me mad. I am very careful not to say things to people unless I can really see it.
I started at 224 (not quite at 250, but not toooo far off!) and I'm down 25lbs now. I am starting to feel it in my clothes so would be nice to have a compliment or two soon haha.0 -
LazyButHealthy wrote: »jessiethe3rd wrote: »Some people comment and others do not. I notice the confidence I have and the real quality of engagement and energy people share with me.
It is different. I dont want compliments. I want gasps of astonishment when I take off my shirt. Thats what I am focused on.
Im about 40 pounds down.
haha brilliant. You sound like my boyfriend.
He wants everyone, male and female, to swoon when he walks in his shorts on our July holiday.
When this happens...
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jessiethe3rd wrote: »LazyButHealthy wrote: »jessiethe3rd wrote: »Some people comment and others do not. I notice the confidence I have and the real quality of engagement and energy people share with me.
It is different. I dont want compliments. I want gasps of astonishment when I take off my shirt. Thats what I am focused on.
Im about 40 pounds down.
haha brilliant. You sound like my boyfriend.
He wants everyone, male and female, to swoon when he walks in his shorts on our July holiday.
When this happens...
Haha I understand what you mean! It would be great to get that reaction from people who never thought I could lose it!0 -
You know I was really frustrated about the 30 pound mark when no one said anything. Finally one day a co-worker asked me if I was losing weight on purpose, lol. I'm 60 so they thought maybe I was sick. Once I explained I was doing it on purpose more people commented. I'm down 63 pounds now and strangely enough it kind of makes me uncomfortable when people say something. I guess I want to forget that fatter version of me. I still need to lose 35 pounds to get to what the experts say is the ideal weight for my age and height but I feel so much better even where I am now. I plan to continue but for the first time in about 40 years I feel like a "normal" person even at my current weight. Hang in there if you aren't getting the comments, you never know why. In this politically correct society some people just might be afraid to offend. Eventually curiosity gets the better of them, lol.0
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