200lbs when will the weightloss be noticeable?

What I've heard is it usually takes people about 3 months to notice a change once you start working towards changes

This is something that has so many variables involved that it's all but impossible to know. It will depend on everything from how and where you carry your weight, how and where it starts to come off first, even how you dress/your clothes fit, how often you see people (people you see daily may be slower to notice a gradual change), and on and on. For me personally, I started getting comments about 20 pounds in from co-workers, etc. (I am a little shorter than you but started at roughly the same weight). I also carried my extra weight pretty proportionally all over, and mostly lost in the same fashion (I'm working on the last few pounds now, and those are mostly in my belly. Grr.). You may have a similar experience - or it may be much sooner or later. It's hard to say.

What I would suggest to you, and what I wish I'd done early on but didn't, is to take starting measurements and pictures. Then take updated versions of each every month or so - those things may help you see progress that the scale doesn't show. You got this!

Edited for typo.

If you're bottom heavy (like me) I would say it will be when your face starts thinning out. I think we pears tend to lose from the top on down, so people will start seeing your face/neck/shoulders/arms change before the bottom half really catches up...simply because that's where the majority of our fluffiness is.

I probably lost 20 lbs before anyone noticed. I've been at my current weight for probably a year or two and I still have people who come up to me and say, "You've lost some weight, haven't you?"

Most people really don't pay much attention to what other people look like. Sometimes they just happen to notice something that makes them realize that a person is thin or fat and then they will say something.

I started at 340, but it wasn't until I was around 260 that people started to notice. I am 6'5" Male.

I think it took the first 30 to 40 for people to notice. You are doing great and just keep at it, slow and steady. One of the things I've learned is that the smaller you get, the easier it is to spot additional weight loss as well, which is always so encouraging, so just keep at it. You are going to do great!

No one can tell you that unfortunately. Everyone is different!

But you can be sure that losing fat will be better for your health, self confidence and appearance.

5'5" and I got the first comments at 160 lbs or so.

I started at about 210 pounds (95 kilos) and I started getting comments when I got to 175 (80 kgs), which is also when I started noticing myself. As I'm above average height for a female it means I have to lose a lot more for it to become noticeable but hey, on the plus side if I gain a couple of kilos it's not noticeable at all.

It depends on how observant those people are and how inclined they are to comment. It's different for everyone, some people might say something right away, and others might never say anything. Don't hang your self-worth on it!

I'm 5'4" and started at 250 (also a pear-shaped body). For the first 50 lbs no one noticed and my clothing size didn't even really change (so proud of myself for sticking with it anyway!), but after about 195 I started noticing a big difference and by about 180-185 my pants size was dropping regularly with lots of compliments from every direction and a BIG change in the mirror. I'm now 172 and feel like a different person and am wearing a full 5-7 sizes smaller than I was at my highest weight. So I don't think you have too far to go!

But some people avoid commenting on weight loss because they worry it's rude (and some people are just not very observant) so try to not take it too personally if people don't comment.

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This is something that has so many variables involved that it's all but impossible to know. It will depend on everything from how and where you carry your weight, how and where it starts to come off first, even how you dress/your clothes fit, how often you see people (people you see daily may be slower to notice a gradual change), and on and on. For me personally, I started getting comments about 20 pounds in from co-workers, etc. (I am a little shorter than you but started at roughly the same weight). I also carried my extra weight pretty proportionally all over, and mostly lost in the same fashion (I'm working on the last few pounds now, and those are mostly in my belly. Grr.). You may have a similar experience - or it may be much sooner or later. It's hard to say.

What I would suggest to you, and what I wish I'd done early on but didn't, is to take starting measurements and pictures. Then take updated versions of each every month or so - those things may help you see progress that the scale doesn't show. You got this!

Edited for typo.

Another REALLY helpful thing is to take VIDEO of yourself! Even if it's a video with your phone of yourself spinning around in front of a mirror. It feels silly but you will be amazed at the difference when you compare it later. Sometimes with a photo you can think later that it was just a bad angle or flattering lighting, but with a video there is no denying how different you look and move.