Hi all! I have been working really hard, and it is bumming me out that nobody can tell I have lost weight. I am doing this for myself and I am not an attention junkie, but geez! My face is thinning, my belly is much smaller, my shoulders are thinning etc and even my few friends who know how much I have lost can't see a change. Was there a tipping point for you guys where people began to notice?? I am short (5'2) and have gone from 290 to 254........
Hey Common topic, I think a lot of us want to be able to see it . Because even for those that want to be healthier I think we all care at least a little bit about how we look and want to LOOK different.
I think it just depends on your friends some people notice really small changes, and others wouldn't notice if you went from brunette to platinum blonde.
I haven't had a lot of people notice, afew seem to I'm not sure if its just because they see me exercising so know that I am trying and are just being nice though.
I still feel huge, a little less icky (my HW was unnaturally large for me my CW I've been at for years so it feels "normal" ) I can't really see it though and can still wear most of the same clothes I think I'll have to lose another 30 to 40lbs before its noticeable.
Hey startswimming. It looks like we're in similar places in our weight loss. From what I've read on this site, it seems that it takes losing a relatively large amount of weight for other people to notice/say something when kind of short and very heavy people like us have lost weight - like 50 or 80 lbs. It's also possible that you're just around the type of people who won't say anything ,even if they notice. I too can see difference in myself, but the only people who've said anything are my parents. They know that I'm working on losing, so they make a point of looking for changes and complimenting me on them when I visit them. Even though it's not quite as thrilling as getting a compliment out of the blue would be, it's still very nice. Is there anybody in your "real" life you could enlist to be an occasional cheerleader for you?
I am one of those who started to get comments right around the 10% loss mark, and then another bunch of comments started in again when I lost the second 10%.
Have you started wearing new clothes (they don't have to be newly purchased but things in your closet that you haven't been wearing) or are you wearing things that were kind of too tight but you still wore them before and they are kind of too loose now but you are still wearing them? I found that wearing different, more fitted clothing makes a huge difference in how much people notice and are willing to comment about.
I don't remember the number, but I know I get the most comments when I start wearing things that actually fit me right.
Obviously there's no way to keep up clothing-wise, but each time I move into a new size I like to pick up a couple new things. Whenever I go from my baggy, too-big stuff it seems like people notice.
I've lost 36 pounds which is about 15% of my goal weight, and haven't received any direct comments. But, I also think I'm around people who wouldn't necessarily comment if they did notice, especially because I'm still overweight.
However I did go out to lunch with some coworkers and one of them asked "can you eat here?". Which at the time I didn't think anything of, so I responded "uh do I have a peanut allergy or something?" (I'm kind of a smartass in general.) And he looked a little flustered and then changed the subject. So after being confused about that, I felt a bit bad, but I think he was trying to be helpful since it wasn't a super-healthy restaurant.
Anyhoo, I am very awkward with compliments and typically turn bright red, so I'm reasonably happy no one has said anything. I am looking forward to seeing my parents at Christmas, since by then I'll have lost 40-50 pounds and my mom tends to notice if I lose 10-20.
i started at 323, and at about the 40lbs mark people noticed my face... it took another 25 for people to notice my body being a bit less! I still had 100 to go at that point so i can't blame them LOL Also, a lot of people are embarrassed to mention it - in my case, it's like wow you look at bit LESS fat, but still really fat, right? LOL
For me it took about 50 lbs for people to really notice that there was something different about me, only a couple could pin it down. It took another 10-15lbs (65 lbs lost total) for most to realize it was my weight. Obviously I don't hang out around the most observant people in the world, I guess.
I'm one of the "lucky" ones who gets compliments on a weekly basis. Do they notice a difference yet? NO! Since I'm just starting, I've only lost 4.2 pounds (with a minimum of 82.6 to go...could loose as much as 100 more, but I don't see it happening). But...I'm doing a biggest loser competition at school...It's SOOOO helpful that all of my coworkers on my grade level are doing it and we help each other daily and we all get hugs and high fives and congratulations as we weigh in each week...even if it is "just" .2 of a pound or something (although I'm very fond of, every ounce counts!) In the past around 15 pounds is when people started to notice (back then I was loosing to loose around 50 pounds)....now, I don't have anyone who DOESN'T know that I'm trying to lose weight so I don't know if I'll get any random compliments that always help.
Thanks for the feedback everyone! I knew it would take a while for people to notice it with how overweight I have been. I mean, I work with people that would be in the hospital if they lost 35 pounds, whereas I still have 120 more to go! Thanks for all of the support! You guys rock!
I started at 225 and people started noticing at about 200, so the 10% thing seems right. That's also when I started wearing smaller clothes and some people noticed the new wardrobe ("new" as in it had been sitting in my closet for ages because it didn't fit).
I agree that a lot of people don't want to say anything even if they do notice. I think this applies more to men than to women.
When did people start to notice your weightloss?
My face is thinning, my belly is much smaller, my shoulders are thinning etc and even my few friends who know how much I have lost can't see a change. Was there a tipping point for you guys where people began to notice?? I am short (5'2) and have gone from 290 to 254........
I'm not holding my breath though until about 10% (37 pounds for me) or 50 pounds. Then they better say something dang it!
I knew it would take a while for people to notice it with how overweight I have been. I mean, I work with people that would be in the hospital if they lost 35 pounds, whereas I still have 120 more to go! Thanks for all of the support! You guys rock!
