[MtaTJac]

How many pounds had you lost before people started noticing that you'd lost anything? When did you start seeing differences?

I know it's different for everyone! I'm almost 15 pounds down from my starting weight, and I don't feel any difference at all! My pants aren't any looser, my face still looks just as pudgy. I know it takes time, and I know everyone is diffirent...

[famograham]

Hmm, Well, I'm 5'0" and people really started to notice at around 20-25 pounds...down from 230. They will notice and you will feel it...I promise!!!!!

That's my 2 cents.

How tall are you?


Linda

[MtaTJac]

I'm 5'4" ... and I was pretty lucky in that I gained weight ALL OVER, so I look pretty proportionate! (Unlike my younger sister who gained it all in her belly and butt! She's got skinny arms, skinny legs and a round middle )

[famograham]

Proportion is a very good thing...I'm an hourglass and hope to see it much smaller one day, darnit!!!!!


Linda (They'll be noticing real soon...keep it up! )

[MsCrockett]

bout 25 lbs is when people started noticing, at 15 i could feel it,, and now at 50, even people that see me all the time are noticing.....

[40poundsago]

I am 5'4" and have lost 16 no one in my daily paths have noticed but when I did my monthly flea market, some of the other ladies there notice right away. So I really think it just matters how often you see the people you want to notice.

I'd look up an old friend and go out for dinner, see if they notice.

[MtaTJac]

Originally Posted by 40poundsago

I am 5'4" and have lost 16 no one in my daily paths have noticed but when I did my monthly flea market, some of the other ladies there notice right away. So I really think it just matters how often you see the people you want to notice.

I'm hoping that when I see my husband in 2 weeks (for the first time in a month) he notices Since we haven't seen each other in awhile! That'd be the ULTIMATE compliment!

[wchs2007]

I had an experience this week with someone who had not saw me in a long time..
She went on an on about my weight loss..
Really she took it over board.
Told me that I had to me at my goal weight..
I did not know if I wanted to hug her or hit her..
My weight right now is 225 and I am only around 5'5...

This was probably the first person that really noticed.
After about 20 lbs I could really tell..
Good luck...

[Sheila53]

I really don't remember, but I think it was 50 lbs.? Surprisingly, people who didn't know me at 261 actually notice the few pounds I've lost recently, which I think is because weight lifting is doing great things for my body shape.

[HarpoChicoGroucho]

I don't remember who gave this analogy before, but it always made a lot of sense to me: If you take 30 toilet paper rolls off of a tree made of 300 toilet paper rolls, it won't be as noticeable as if you take 30 toilet paper rolls off of a 200 roll tree. It's more noticeable after you get smaller and smaller. My grandma says something to me now everytime I see here. I didn't get one comment until I lost 40 or 50 pounds. And my sister's boyfriend didn't say anything until a few weeks ago, after I had lost over 100 pounds!!

And like other girls mentioned, it depends how much people see you too. If someone sees you every day, they are less likely to notice.

[Tani]

People started commenting at around the 40-50 lb mark. Keep in mind that folks often notice before they say anything.

[kykaree]

I got my first comments at about 20lbs. I was weight training in earnest too, and my inches were really shrinking.

I get a lot of comments now, and most people think I am really near goal, rather than being only half way.

[YP1]

Some people commented after about 10lb, but a lot of people noticed later than that - or noticed before but didn't want to say the wrong thing or ask me directly.

[Heather]

I think many people have noticed, but honestly, I'm 80 pounds down and lots of people haven't SAID anything...

So hard to say when they first noticed...

[jtammy]

I think it varies a lot. I had lost at least 50 lbs before people that didn't know I was trying to lose weight mentioned it. And for most of that time, I was still wearing a lot of the same old baggy clothes. I've lost 80 lbs now, and lots of people still haven't noticed, or at least haven't mentioned it. Once I had to get new clothes that fit, more people started noticing.