Im Curious....

I started at 218 amd it was not until I had lost almost 50lbs that people really started commenting.  Those that saw me every day said nothing until I was dlown nearly 80lbs!!!  The only folks that noticed sooner were those that i wuld consider closer friends...so they were privy to more of the details.

It is funny how we think everyone is wathcing us...but in reality...most people are just living their own lives and not paying much attention to others!

I have a friend who is having the same surgery right now and she e-mailed me yesterday inquiring about when she would notice a difference. I told her that my pants were a little looser at about 2 weeks, I could really tell a difference in my clothes at about a month, people I am close to at work really started noticing about 2 months and other people started making comments once the scale showed a 50 lb loss - so this is pretty much in line with what I told her.

I started at 258 and it too****il I was 200 for folk to really notice - I take pictures every month to cronicle my progress and when I look back the change was there but slight until after I went below 200 - Believe when you start dropping from size 28 to size 14 they notice.

I am down 75lbs. and people just started saying things.  It may take some time but it will happen!  Congrats your doing great!

Some people think it's not polite to mention someone's weight, just like some people think it's not polite to ask how old someone is.  They  may notice but are just trying to be polite.

It took a solid 50 pounds for people to start noticing my loss... At 85 pounds was when the men in town took notice and started hitting on me, LOL...

Huggles!!
~Sarah~

My highest recorded weight was 335lbs, I was up to 350 lbs (not on paper though) it took me losing about 60lbs before people started to take notice. I mean, I was pretty big, so to loose 30-40lbs isnt that noticeable on me. Sometimes people just don't want to seem rude by telling you something, they may think you will get offended.

Sometimes people are afraid to ask if you've lost weight because they may think you'll get offended. It's not that they aren't noticing, they may just not know how to approach the subject.

Just because they haven't said anything does not mean they haven't noticed.  I lost 75 lbs. on Weigh****chers once and most people never said anything.  One man I worked with asked the secretary about it but never said anything to me.