10 pounds lost and not noticing....

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  • hounton
    hounton Posts: 9 Member
    I lost 30 pounds and no one noticed! I was feeling pretty discouraged and irritated. I am 6 feet tall so it makes sense that my weight loss is not that noticable. But I tried to pay attention to little things: it was easier to pick things up off the floor, I could hike downhill and my knees didn't hurt, my sleep was better. Then, when I hit 40 pounds lost, Boom! people noticed. I could fit into clothes that I couldn't come close to wearing a year ago. Nothing about weight loss is linear so as long as you are sticking with the process, everything you want to happen will happen.
  • breefoshee
    breefoshee Posts: 398 Member
    edited June 2020
    I think I notice 10lbs of weight gain more than I do of a loss. Since I put on 10lbs during Covid, I'll tell you where I notice it.
    1) My bra's. At the end of the day, I am dying to get it off even more than usual.
    2) My face. Getting a cute acceptable selfie is harder than it was just 10lbs ago.
    3) My pants-- particularly around my stomach. It's not that my clothes are unwearable, I just find them to be less comfortable.

    Edited to add: Even with being 10lbs up, my BF said the other day that he thought I was smaller than when we met. (I totally didn't correct him.) So others haven't noticed my gain-- to which I'm thankful. But it also means, they probably won't notice when I lose it.

    So be encouraged... it may seem like small insignificant changes now... but they make a difference.
  • HeidiCooksSupper
    HeidiCooksSupper Posts: 3,839 Member
    To get an appreciation of how good losing ten pounds feel, pick up something that weighs 10 pounds and carry it around the house a bit or climb a flight of stairs.

    You may see some weight loss as something un-lovely so don't look too hard. One of my first bodily changes is that my cellulite starts to show as I "deflate." Also, my batwings hang lower but I'm an old fart pushing 70. Oh, and the wattles on my neck make me look more and more like Moscow Mitch!
  • RunStart34
    RunStart34 Posts: 164 Member
    I am on 11lb lost currently. I didn't noticed any different in my clothes.. or so i thought.. A shirt i hadn't worn now fit a bit better... pants sizes are still tight but i do feel less bloated so even though i don't notice 11lbs.. i wonder if I aim for another 5 lbs.. will i noticed more?? kind of keeps me determined.
  • elisa123gal
    elisa123gal Posts: 4,324 Member
    You bring up an interesting point. Just like how weight creeps up on a person.. it creeps down too. How many times have I regained and didn't notice it until I packed it al back on? Why didn't ti notice it at ten pounds gained? Nope . .not until it is 20 or 30.. then I stop. And yes. .it takes losing about 17 pounds on my frame for me to start "seeing" what I want to see.
    Just keep going...your ten pounds lighter and that much closer to "seeing" it.
  • wnddrrwmnn
    wnddrrwmnn Posts: 1 Member
    depends on where it's lost. and we can't choose where to lose it. lol. i lost 65 lbs and didn't lose an inch in my waist! believe it or not, all was in my thighs (which is where i honestly need to lose it the most anyway).

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