How Many Pounds Does it Take to Make a Visible Difference on Your Frame?

[Soon2BSlender]

At least you girls can wear baby dolls or flowy dresses and none will be the wiser. Much harder to cover up fat arms while showing off a flat tummy. If I just lipo-d my arms I would probably appear 20 lbs thinner.

[Ryler832]

Originally Posted by Soon2BSlender

At least you girls can wear baby dolls or flowy dresses and none will be the wiser. Much harder to cover up fat arms while showing off a flat tummy. If I just lipo-d my arms I would probably appear 20 lbs thinner.

I think I can rock any type of dress or shirt as long as it has sleeves. I'm too self conscious about my arms. They are big in comparison to my body shape. I went to see a surgeon about Lipo for my arms. He refused to do it.

Originally Posted by runningfromfat

Funny, I'm also hourglass-ish and also carry a lot of weight in my upper arms (although almost none in my face). I never made a connection there, I wonder if it's pretty common?

My mom has the same issue with large arms. I don't know if it has to do with body shape or not but I'm seeing a small trend here.

[runningfromfat]

Soon2BSlender- 3/4 lengths sleeves are my friend. That or just going sleeveless. Anything in between seems to just draw more attention to them. I agree it stinks because most shirts are short sleeved or cap sleeved. I still own a ton of them simply because it's hard to find anything else! I do have a dress, though, that I plan to remove the sleeve all together.

Originally Posted by Ryler832

My mom has the same issue with large arms. I don't know if it has to do with body shape or not but I'm seeing a small trend here.

Yeah, I'm really surprised by this! I never once made the connection between my body shape and the size of my arms.

[indiblue]

Originally Posted by LisaTcan

Catgirl - I'm the same as you thin face, legs and arms but round in the middle.
When I was a kid people used to say I looked like a bumble bee

I'm the opposite! I have thick upper arms and THICK thighs, but a very small torso/middle.

[Soon2BSlender]

I really am noticing a trend here...

[fromthebox]

1) Current weight 136.6
2) How tall are you? 5'6" on the dot
3) Are you generally a small/medium/large build? Medium/Large
4) How many pounds do you have to lose before YOU can see it? two or more. Likewise, being up two will make me feel/look terrible.
5) How many before people start to comment?
This is a tough one. I didn't get comments until I'd dropped 30 lbs, and even then I didn't get much until it was about 45lbs, at which point people got concerned, told me to not lose any more and that I looked good at my then-weight, around 155. I've been stable at 135 for 6 months, and last month I dropped two pounds and wouldn't you know, the "have you lost more weight? Q's started (of course I've put 3lbs back on and no one notices that thank goodness)

I say Med/large frame because I have fine boned extremities but my torso is built like a good nordic person. My rib cage is 28" at it's base, I don't think I could slip my hips into size 2's or 25's even if they were literally just the bones my frame is just that wide. (I wear 6's now and can see my hip bones [I'm 38"-28"-36"])

Oh, and Catgirl, if you are 5'6" 140ish and your friend's hubby called you "husky?" I'd have some words with him over that. Just me, but yeah, I might deck him too.

[banananutmuffin]

- 114 lbs
- 5'0"
- Small frame
- I notice a difference around 5 lbs
- Other people notice a difference around 10 lbs, depending on how long it's been since they've seen me and what I'm wearing

I'm an inverted triangle. My shoulders are wider than my hips, plus I have apple tendencies (hello stomach pooch). My butt is flat, my chest is big, and I have a bit of extra flab around my armpits that look like extra boobs. I haven't worn tank tops in ages.

[PaintedButterfly]

1) Current weight 148lbs
2) How tall are you? 5ft 10
3) Are you generally a small/medium/large build? Small
4) How many pounds do you have to lose before YOU can see it? 15-20lbs
5) How many before people start to comment? 10lbs

Am I the only one that finds other people see it far before I do?

[krampus]

1) Current weight
~135 lbs, haven't weighed in a couple days

2) How tall are you?
ALMOST 5'5 but really probably 5'4 and a half

3) Are you generally a small/medium/large build?
Tiny, I accumulate most in my legs.

4) How many pounds do you have to lose before YOU can see it?
Honestly at this size I'd notice 2-3.

5) How many before people start to comment?
My mom noticed when I gained about 5 lbs - other people never comment.

My face and my thighs/midsection are where any new pounds go to/come off from.

[kwinkle]

1) Current weight
134

2) How tall are you?
5' 4"

3) Are you generally a small/medium/large build?
Medium frame

4) How many pounds do you have to lose before YOU can see it?
Probaby 10 pounds, but I guess I never can see it. It is all in how my clothes fit!

5) How many before people start to comment?
I start yo get skinny comments at 120 pounds. Anything more than that and no one says a word.

[ames]

1) Current weight
125

2) How tall are you?
4'11

3) Are you generally a small/medium/large build?
Not sure - medium maybe

4) How many pounds do you have to lose before YOU can see it?
Honestly - because I am so short I notice even a 2 pound weightloss. I may not SEE it but I can FEEL it.

5) How many before people start to comment?
Sometimes as little as 5 pounds (remember - I am insanely short), but it can depend on how long it has been since I have seen them.