Does anyone notice..

I've lost 30lbs this year and only had one person mention anything, until tonight when I got home and my friend was over for dinner.

People started noticing in the 15-20 lb range. Since then it's gotten a little annoying. While I love being thinner and much fitter, it's kind of a reminder that I was very overweight.

This makes me nervous. I'm a pretty shy and not self confident AT ALL even when I was younger and thin(130-140lbs til I was about 21yr). I don't mind people saying "oh your losing weight.Good for you or you look nice I can tell you lost weight) that is encouraging but I've wondered about how people will treat me once the weight is gone. Sometimes as a heavier person I felt invisible which I know isn't really true) but people don't say as much to you. I sometimes wonder if that was a little of why I never minded being overweight because nobody really paid attention to me and I liked that(A LOT)...I guess it's something I'll have to learn to get used too...nobody has really said anything to me either except my mom, hubby, sister and a girl who goes to church with my parents. I have lost 26lbs and other than them I don't think anyone has noticed but I had a lot of weight to lose so I figure it won't be to noticeable until I lose about 50lbs or so.

Angel

if you were like me, most of the time, I would get negative comments from my mother or hubby when I had been really trying to get the weight off, so I would do the same thing. But I was told that when someone compliments you or gives you something, graciously accept it and say something like why thank you for noticing, yes, I have been working very hard to get this off. I didnt know HOW to take a compliment. My husband would always say it like a compliment but meant it being ugly....So, I guess I got used to being on the defensive. Hope some of that made sense...lol

Unfortunately as female our first weight lose seems to be just our chest then it starts to come off other places and thats when others seem to notice (since most of my freinds our girls and we don't pay attention to each others chest :laugh: )

I used my weight as a shield against unwanted advances...after all what man would give a fat woman the time of day!...lol...but then it got out of control. I have a hard time with saying anything that I think might hurt someones feelings. Like if I was asked out and I tell them no. So I just gained the weight...lol...how screwed up is that?:laugh:

I did FOR SURE!! The first 60lbs or so... only the people who "knew" could recognize the weight loss. Then around 85lbs I starting dropping inches like crazy and I actually skipped a couple sizes (I waited until my clothes were REALLY big on me). So the change was pretty dramatic. I've noticed though, that the smaller you are the more obvious the weight is. When I was at my largest I could gain/lose 10-15 lbs and still wear the same clothes no problem. Now that I'm a size 6 there is no way I can do that. Just being bloated means I have to pull out the 8's or the yoga pants.