I thought there was a thread on this somewhere, but I couldn't find it.

I'm wondering how much weight you had to lose before you or others noticed a difference. So far I've lost 5 lbs and have yet to notice any difference, although I wasn't expecting to.

What was the magic number for you? 10 lbs? 20? I'm wondering how much I will need to lose before I actually look smaller.

Thanks for your thoughts.

I was 150 and I am now 138.. I really didn't notice (and I'm sure this is the same reason for you) because I look at myself every day. Until recently I didn't see much of a change.. But, when I went to work and saw a manager I haven't seen in a few weeks, she instantly noticed. My legs and butt are smaller, my arms are thinner, and my stomach is thinner also. I noticed the stomach, but that was all! I also noticed I had a major case of the sag-butt because my pants were getting too big! I didn't actually notice anything until 10 lbs. Good luck!!

35 pounds. A friend made a comment that my face looked thinner and no one else could see it. I couldn't really see it, either. People really started to notice at the 45-50 pound mark.

Edit: You were asking when did "I" start to notice... oops! I began to notice when my pelvic bone appeared seemingly out of nowhere. that was around 175 pounds.

I think around 15 lbs I could see a little difference (especially in the inches when I measure)

Now that I've lost 24 lbs or more (I started without a scale) A lot of people I know can see the changes as well as myself.

My stomach is shrinking, my muffin top isn't as horrible as it was when I started. And my boobs have done down greatly.

I can tell that my chest is a little smaller and I can see a TINY space between my thighs. LIke...small as a keyhole but I'll take it. Other than that, not too much of a difference other than I have a lot more energy and I sleep better.

I hope I see more changes soon, because I am really getting depressed over the scale saying the same darn thing.

10 lbs for me because my friends could tell because my face was getting thinner and my love handles were disappearing. You may notice a difference when you step on a scale but the physical notice is the best part when your clothes get to big and you have to good shopping for new outfits. I love it and when you try on a pair of pants that fit you perfect its an amazing feeling.

My grandmother noticed after about 20lbs. My friend Eve noticed, too. But they're people I don't see often. Every day people barely notice now

I noticed LAST NIGHT how much I really have changed. I saw videos for the first time from a party I had in June. I was wearing my PJ's playing beer pong with a group of friends. I wear those PJ's all the time! I can't believe how much my stomach stuck out and how heavy I looked! It was an eye opener for me because I could barely see any differences, but I do now.

15 pounds. Just last week I went out with my mom and ended up buying a dress that was a full size (probably size and a half, really) smaller than I had been wearing. I knew I had been losing weight (the scale told me so!), and one or two people not in my family had commented on it, but buying something tangible, with a different number on it, actually got that fact into my head.

Personally, I didn't notice anything until after losing 20lbs. I don't think other people made comments until I'd lost over 40lbs.

I, as well as others, started to notice the weightloss when my clothes started to get baggy. It's fun to watch your clothes go from tight to being so big and baggy you find yourself doing the saggy pants dance!

I noticed a difference in my first five pounds, but that's not something you can go off of for your own experience. I was over 100 pounds heavier than you when I first started losing, so of course it will be different.

according to the scale i just bought last week, i have lost about 16-29 lbs since going to the doctor in october. unfortunately i have yet to notice any real difference in my clothes or anything. the one thing i did notice is that my rings are a little bigger around my fingers, and that was only in the last week.
can't wait until i can fit into my regular clothes again.
so slow. sigh.

Wow! This has been so helpful.
sws19- I am so with you on waiting for clothes to fit. I had a baby 4 months ago and barely any of my clothes fit. We will both get there!

I will be seeing my SIL at the end of February, and I haven't seen her since Christmas, so hopefully there will be an obvious difference by that point. Anyway, it will be interesting to see if she notices any difference.

I personally notice at about 10 lb.
Other people usually notice at about 15-20 lb.

~CGH~

At 25 pounds, a few people noticed.
Now at 35 pounds more people are noticing, especially those that I have not seen in a while. Today I was at the grocery and ran into 2 different friends that I had not seen in a while. They both commented on how much I had lost. I was surprised because I was wearing a coat and they still noticed.