When do you see the difference in the mirror?

But I think it could also be in your head a little bit. Personally, I rarely notice a difference looking in the mirror unless my mom points something out. It's hard to remember what you used to look like accurately.

Exactly. That's why taking photos to compare helps.

Some people lose 10 lbs and you see it right away because they lose it all in their abdomen area. Those people get a lot of "did you lose weight??" and "You look sooo much smaller!" because their belly looks smaller compared to the rest of the body...

Others lose 10 lbs and their abdomen, arms, legs, face get a bit smaller.... but its harder to notice because they are shrinking proportionately.

I also recommend taking pictures. If you didn't before, that's ok, just start taking them now.

You might look different from before because your body does change through pregnancy. Muscles stretch, bones move around. Do some strength training, especially focusing on your core, to help get things tightened back up. That will make a big difference. In my profile pics I have a before/after diptych in which I only lost 3 pounds from one to the other, but the difference was HUGE just because I'd been doing core exercises. It's worth it.

i've lost 21 pounds. I've been maintaining my weight for 6 months, and when I look in the mirror I think i'm as big as i was to begin with. We always find errors. Don't worry about it. Also, people are probably noticing, but they don't want to say anything because they don't want to offend you. I was 158 @ my highest. I now weigh 130. I'm 5'8", so that means I was never "overweight". I feel like if you aren't overweight or even obese to begin with, most people are not going to say anything because they don't want to say something that would imply you were fat or had weight to lose before because they didn't think you needed to. I'm sure people are noticing, they just aren't saying.
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I didn't get compliments until 3 months ago... After 3 months of maintaining. Most of the compliments go like this, "wow, you have gotten into such great shape"..."Your body has completely trandformed, you are like an athlete now!"... etc. People NEVER say "did you lose weight?", "wow how did you lose it/do it", or anything. Maybe same goes for you because of your pregnancy people know you are going to gain weight when pregnent then lose it. I know it sucks when people don't say anything and you don't see it, but just focus on the pants size and the weight on the scale and the measurments of your body.

I still see a 150 pound girl in the mirror, but i'm 20 pounds lighter. It happens to a lot of people. Don't worry about it!! i'm sure you look awesome

Visually, I noticed it in my face first, especially chin area. But many people did not say anything until about 20-25 lbs dropped. And I was surprised by a co worker that asked me if I was ok, he thought I might be ill and that was why the weight was coming off. So some people are squishy about how to comment.

Its been 2.5months since I started my lifestyle change and lost 21 lbs so far. I dropped a pants size and the current size is feeling loose but when I see myself in the mirror I can't see a difference. No one has noticed yet or commented that I look any different and I would of thought that 21lbs was enough to notice a change.

I'm already pre pregnancy weight but I feel I look bigger than what I was at that weight. (I had twins 18 months ago, maybe thats playing a roll?)

When do you start seeing a difference in the mirror, or when did others start noticing? 30lbs or more? TIA

You've had a set of twins my friend! Don't be so hard on yourself... I too have had the gift of carrying twins (they are now 5). I recall not feeling "normal" for a very long time. ... 21 lbs is AWESOME and a lot of work was put into that... Keep it up, it will pay off!

Even when I got down to 80 lbs lost, I still saw myself at my starting weight. It's a hard thing to change.

I still don't see a difference unless i compare pictures and i have lost 65 pounds and gone from a size 24 to a 14.

I've gone from 185 to 154.1 and trying to get to 145. I see a difference in my legs, my face, my back, and my shoulders. My stomach is still huge, not as big as before, but, still huge in my eyes. I still have flabby upper arms. I'm going to increase my strength training and toning in hopes that my tummy gets smaller and tighter. I do crunches and a ton of cardio. My strength training is 2-3 times per week, gonna increase it to 4 times a week.