When does weight loss start to become noticeable?

[Anonymous]

I think it depends where you carry weight too.

If you are more apple shaped, the weight on the top half of your body is last to go. And that is where most peoples' eyes are when talking to you.

If you are pear shaped, it is opposite. The weight will come off your face/upper torso/stomach first and get noticed quicker.

[Anonymous]

There’s and app called methreesixty that gives you a scan of your body. People rave about that app, how they can see their body changing. I’ve lost 30lbs and while my clothes are fitting differently in real life, my neighbor, who knows my journey, asked me if I’ve lost anything yet. :/ The app shows that I’ve really lost proportionately so there’s barely a difference in my before and after. I understand why my neighbor had no idea. I’m guessing like another poster mentioned, I’ll start seeing it in another 20 lbs or so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went from around 160 to 145 and I think other people noticed around 10lbs. My clothes were loose by 7lbs

I will add that people didn't say "you've lost weight!" or anything like that. Just "you look good" and one drunken "you're so skinnnny" from a girlfriend lol

[Anonymous]

I’ve gone from 179 to 130. Around 150 people started to comment. Now I get “You shouldn’t lose more weight.” comments regularly and it is annoying me. I still have weight to lose (I’m 5’6 and squarely in a normal BMI range). I also need to tone now!

[Anonymous]

I am 5'6 and 30 pounds is the magic number when others started noticing my weight loss. Contrary to wokeness and the faux pas of speaking on weight loss, people absolutely do still comment on weight loss. I lost 75 pounds, and I received nonstop comments from men and women and mostly in the workplace.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve gone from 179 to 130. Around 150 people started to comment. Now I get “You shouldn’t lose more weight.” comments regularly and it is annoying me. I still have weight to lose (I’m 5’6 and squarely in a normal BMI range). I also need to tone now!

Well they are probably right. Going from overweight to underweight or close to it isn’t a good look. Don’t let your BMI go below 20

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've dropped about seven pounds in six weeks (BMI going from about 27.5 to 26.3) but I still haven't noticed a difference. When will and I and others start being able to tell? I feel like I've gotten into a decent momentum just from the numbers but think it would go a long way once I actually start seeing physical results.

Start documenting. The ways I know of are to use tape measure, or a tight pair of pants or take pictures and compare them. I’m down about your same poundage and my face is noticeably thinner (to me; I don’t think anyone else but my weight obsessed sister would notice). But document, document, document.

And I agree with someone upthread: people may well notice but some people do retain some sense of politeness and don’t comment unless they’re absolutely sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am almost 5 feet tall and lost 22 pounds over the last few months (down from 158 to 136). I haven’t gotten many comments at all. My clothes fit baggily (not sure if that’s a word) so that probably camouflages the weight loss. I want to lose another 20 pounds.

Get a few clothes in smaller sizes, form fitting. I bet you look great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve gone from 179 to 130. Around 150 people started to comment. Now I get “You shouldn’t lose more weight.” comments regularly and it is annoying me. I still have weight to lose (I’m 5’6 and squarely in a normal BMI range). I also need to tone now!

Surely 130 must be perfect.

[Anonymous]

I went from 274 to 220 and literally no one noticed. Once I got to 200 a few people noticed, but apparently that’s still grotesque so not many comments.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve gone from 179 to 130. Around 150 people started to comment. Now I get “You shouldn’t lose more weight.” comments regularly and it is annoying me. I still have weight to lose (I’m 5’6 and squarely in a normal BMI range). I also need to tone now!

Well they are probably right. Going from overweight to underweight or close to it isn’t a good look. Don’t let your BMI go below 20

I’d have to get down to 114 to be considered underweight. There’s zero chance I’d make it that low or do I intend to, but I do intend to try to get to 125 which should take care of the remaining bit of weight I’m not happy about.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve gone from 179 to 130. Around 150 people started to comment. Now I get “You shouldn’t lose more weight.” comments regularly and it is annoying me. I still have weight to lose (I’m 5’6 and squarely in a normal BMI range). I also need to tone now!

Well they are probably right. Going from overweight to underweight or close to it isn’t a good look. Don’t let your BMI go below 20

I’d have to get down to 114 to be considered underweight. There’s zero chance I’d make it that low or do I intend to, but I do intend to try to get to 125 which should take care of the remaining bit of weight I’m not happy about.

What would your goal weight be if you were only 5 feet 4.25" tall?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve gone from 179 to 130. Around 150 people started to comment. Now I get “You shouldn’t lose more weight.” comments regularly and it is annoying me. I still have weight to lose (I’m 5’6 and squarely in a normal BMI range). I also need to tone now!

Well they are probably right. Going from overweight to underweight or close to it isn’t a good look. Don’t let your BMI go below 20

I’d have to get down to 114 to be considered underweight. There’s zero chance I’d make it that low or do I intend to, but I do intend to try to get to 125 which should take care of the remaining bit of weight I’m not happy about.

Just saying…if you started at 179 and weren’t pregnant at the time, going down to 125 at your height probably makes it look like you have an illness to most that know you and probably ages you a lot. That is pretty low considering where you started

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve gone from 179 to 130. Around 150 people started to comment. Now I get “You shouldn’t lose more weight.” comments regularly and it is annoying me. I still have weight to lose (I’m 5’6 and squarely in a normal BMI range). I also need to tone now!

Well they are probably right. Going from overweight to underweight or close to it isn’t a good look. Don’t let your BMI go below 20

I’d have to get down to 114 to be considered underweight. There’s zero chance I’d make it that low or do I intend to, but I do intend to try to get to 125 which should take care of the remaining bit of weight I’m not happy about.

Just saying…if you started at 179 and weren’t pregnant at the time, going down to 125 at your height probably makes it look like you have an illness to most that know you and probably ages you a lot. That is pretty low considering where you started

I hadn’t weighed 179 for long. I put on weight between when COVID started and when I decided I needed to deal with it last spring. My typical adult weight was almost always between 140-150, with a stint in the mid 130s around the years of my wedding. I was about 154 at the beginning of COVID. So I took off the COVID weight, some additional weight I’d let creep on via a couple pregnancies, and weight I’d always wanted to lose.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve gone from 179 to 130. Around 150 people started to comment. Now I get “You shouldn’t lose more weight.” comments regularly and it is annoying me. I still have weight to lose (I’m 5’6 and squarely in a normal BMI range). I also need to tone now!

Well they are probably right. Going from overweight to underweight or close to it isn’t a good look. Don’t let your BMI go below 20

I’d have to get down to 114 to be considered underweight. There’s zero chance I’d make it that low or do I intend to, but I do intend to try to get to 125 which should take care of the remaining bit of weight I’m not happy about.

What would your goal weight be if you were only 5 feet 4.25" tall?

Probably about the same? I’m not entirely sure 1.25 inches would make an enormous impact on how I carry my weight…kind of a strange question.