Awww, hugs. :hug: You are doing great.

Keep in mind that some people may not comment about weight loss because it is a sensitive topic for a lot of people. I wouldn't comment on someone's weight gain or loss unless I knew them very, very well. I wouldn't want to say something inappropriate (i.e., what if the person is sick, stressed, etc. and that is why they are loosing).

I had the same issue when I was at the beginning of losing weight. I was weighing myself and seeing great numbers but not in the mirror or according to people.

For me, I never noticed--before, during or after. I realized--after losing 15 pounds and still wearing my old clothes--that I had been wearing too small of sizes at max weight then my clothes started to actually fit then the clothes became loose. I could wear them over 20 pounds. But once I got down to the smallest size I'd ever been since puberty, I couldn't register the lose on my body. Unfortunately, gains didn't register on my mind either because I still had a pouchy belly and was growing in to clothes that had been too lose. My expensive scale broke and I haven't bought another one (never really had a good place to store it in our little condo). I've been losing again and feeling so much better. My small sized clothes are fitting better. The issue for me is that I have had this goal of a flat stomach and tight arms--both seemingly pretty impossible (unless these last few clutching pounds disappear and reveal something new).

So, I need to find ways to judge that I'm reducing (and later maintaining) that feels good. I can't tell my own body's changes. My summer clothes are more fitted and small. I'm losing the weight at about the rate of approaching warm weather. I"ll fit these clothes about when I need to pull them out of the closet.

I understand your frustration! I've lost 34 pounds, and I look no different whatsoever. I know I've lost a good amount of weight - I see it on the scale, and my pants are swimming on me - but my eyes see nothing different when I look in the mirror. Maybe only tiny changes when I look at myself unclothed.

The changes to our appearance will come though, and people will notice at some point. I'm just not sure whether, when that time comes, I'll be hesitant or proud to tell someone just how much I've lost.

Pictures are the best way to tell - when you see yourself every day (or when another person sees you every day) you don't register the incremental changes. But when you look at pictures - wow! Hang in there, 27 pounds is fantastic!!

Juliana

We are so hard on ourselves, and often the last to see any changes. I never can see any changes except in my face. I agree with everyone take measurements and progress photos. :) Weight loss isnt just physical but emotional as well.

I also had this problem about people not commenting and me not noticing any difference in the mirror. I think it was because before I was in denial of how big I actually was, and tried to not focus on it, whereas now I´m constantly looking at my body and finding every small flaw because I am much more ,,obsessed" about losing weight and looking good. The only difference is that I can really see my collarbones well (I´m constantly touching them haha)
Also nobody except for my mom has commented on my weight loss, but I can definitely tell when I meet people I haven´t seen in a while they look surprised and kind of stare at me without saying anything. I think people just feel uncomfortable commenting.
So I´m sure there definitely is a difference in how you look and just hang in there, soon enough people will notice if they haven´t already!;)

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I can relate to this. One thing I discovered was that all the clothes I tried on for reference had spandex in them so I couldn't tell that I was smaller in them. When I went to a store and tried on other clothes, I was definitely in a smaller size.
Another thing I've started is to video myself at all angles each week. (Then I keep it in a locked folder on my computer!!) This helps me way more than plain pics do. If you go to youtube and search for "watch me shrink", you'll see people do this. I got the idea from them and it is definitely helping.

Also, completely agree with measurements.

It may also be that they are jelous that you are loosing weight and they are not. I know that I saw my cousin and she didn't say anything and I asked her if she could tell and she said yes but I didn't want to say anything because I didn't want your head to get to big.

I read every one of these comments. I too have lost the same amount of weight and it never dawned on me that wearing more form fitting clothes might be the way of showing others that you have lost weight. I too was like the person here who had squeezed herself into one size at my max weight and then as I went down I still was wearing the same clothes except they just fit better. Now, it makes sense that when I put on some of those clothes my husband sort of looks disappointed. Now, I understand why! He has associated those clothes, even though they fit me looser now, as my "fat clothes". Dumb me!:dizzy:

My problem is that 1) I am sort of attached to some of these clothes 2) some of them still look nice on me (IMO) and still have some good use out of them and 3) I'm unemployed and I can't really afford to not wear clothes that are looser but not overly baggy. Or are they? I will have to reevaluate this. Maybe, going to a good alteration person would solve all three. What do you think?

I can't tell in myself either, and no one has commented. Over the years of going up and down and back I have become an expert in camouflaging my weight gains. It's ironic how I want for people to gush about how much difference they can see when I am losing...but I'd be mortified if anyone ever uttered a word about me getting bigger:p

I've been upset that I haven't gotten into my jeans yet. It shouldn't that much to me, as I really don't even know what size I had gotten to...After my size 14s got too tight to wear-and I mean I wore those suckers till they cut me in half- everything I've worn since has had stretch of some kind. Ridiculous, I know. Denial is a powerful thing.

I've probably got atleast another 10 pounds until I can squeeze into my biggest fitted size clothes:(

We just have to keep going anyway. It's the only way to get to that end goal where our progress is something no one could overlook.

Perfect Analogy LaurenA, :)

I am is the Same General Area as Dawn and have lost about the same amount of weight, I noticed that things are jiggling more, which tell me there is less fat under the skin.... so Jiggle on jiggle away LOL!!!!!!