When Was the First Time Someone Noticed Your Weight Loss?

[needtorecover 574]

I've lost 27 pounds so far and haven't really heard any comments from anyone. It's hard to notice weight loss on me because in addition to being chunky, I'm also tall, so when the weight comes off it's not as noticeable. I won't expect anyone to say anything to me until I've dropped at least 50 pounds and maybe not even then. It is frustrating because the number keeps dropping on my scale but my clothes don't feel *that* much different. My fat pants (that got too tight right when I had my surgery) are finally starting to feel normal again but I still have to strain to button them up right out of the dryer (why do they always shrink?!)

I think people who haven't seen me in a long time notice, though. I ran into an old colleague and she gave me the up and down look while we were talking. Didn't ask me though.

And to those who are discouraged: I rarely ask someone about their weight loss unless they bring it up to me. I don't want to embarrass them. I did that on accident when I was in college - my boss was a very big guy (around 500 pounds I'm guessing) and every week he got smaller. I was really impressed and I blurted out "Holy cow, you're losing so much weight! Did you have surgery?" Then he got flustered and changed the subject. Lesson learned, don't be nosy.

[Alex Brecher 10,515]

Interesting…quite a wide spread! As I’d thought, a lot of you lost a lot of weight before anyone noticed, but a few of you see to have gotten comments pretty quickly. I guess it has to do with the way we carry our weight…or maybe how observant our friends and family are! The nice thing is that notice and compliment or not, it’s our weight to keep off!