I wear hospital scrubs for work so those hide a lot but the only person to comment about my weight loss was the girl that does my pedicures. I've only lost 7 pounds but I shrunk quite a bit. My arms are half the size! :carrot: I HATED my arms.

If I ever make it to 140p I am sure people will finally notice.

I actually prefer people don't compliment me until I've reached my goal weight...I don't even mention I'm trying to lose weight.

i dont mention it either and last time i lost a lot it took about 60 lbs before anyone said a word. much like another person mentioned, the compliments came on all at once. i dont know where the invisible line i crossed was exactly, but it was like one day people started noticing.

its super frustrating but they WILL notice, and until then, you know the truth!

Originally Posted by Colliea21:
I actually prefer people don't compliment me until I've reached my goal weight...I don't even mention I'm trying to lose weight.

This is my strategy this time out. In previous efforts, I'll talk with people about my diet. This time, I'm just keeping my head down and working toward my goal. I'm large enough that even 50 pounds lost won't make much visual difference on the surface but that doesn't matter as long as it shows on the scale for my own private edification!

On a previous weight loss journey, slowly losing over two years, I got compliments about forty pounds down and it actually backfired. I felt kind of finished at that point and put the forty pounds back on in a year!

More recently, I went to a conference at near goal weight where I saw people I hadn't seen in a couple of years. I got compliments on my hair instead of my weight loss! My hair did look good, but still. As others have said, some people just aren't going to comment on a woman's weight unless they are invited to do so. The only person at the conference who commented on my weight had also lost a considerable amount -- so we complimented each other. And, really, that was the most meaningful interaction, anyway, because we knew exactly what it took to accomplish this feat!