10% loss is noticable, in my experience.

5'3" and no one but my husband has noticed 147 to 135. I'm down almost a full size.

I have lost 30 lbs and 2 people have noticed. I only have 10 more to go. Apparently, no one cared that I was fat. Or they don't see me.

I recently lost 10 and 2 co-workers noticed (on the same day so maybe it was the outfit?)

Anonymous wrote:I've lost 23 pounds in three months, and honestly, I can't even really tell myself in the mirror and am still in the same pants size. Very frustrating.

You've lost a lot of muscle, I bet. I would guess that you are doing a low calorie diet and you aren't strength training.

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Anonymous wrote:I lost 20 pounds and none of my friends said a thing. At first I thought no one noticed, then I realized that it would be super-rude to say something to me. I mean really, would you say to someone else, wow you lost a lot of weight?

You say, "you look great!" That's easy enough.

Around 5. I wear my pants fairly fitted, although not tight, and if I gain 5 pounds I don't like the way half of them fit anymore. Other people also notice at around 5 to 8 because it moves me from a little extra weight to looking much fitter.

But the weight doesn't really matter, right, it's how your clothes fit and how you feel.

I agree it does depend on where you start.

But for me, about 15 pounds is a clothing size. I have lost 12 and I can tell in my clothing (and my husband says he call tell), but I am still very overweight (190 lbs). I don't think anyone will say anything to me until I hit below 175, which puts me out of the obese category for the first time in 6 years.

For me, there are two people who notice even if it's only 5 pounds: my husband and my mother!

I would suspect 10?

I remember telling me that I looked like I lost about eight pounds. I thought that was such a strange comment ... and a strange amount to notice.

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I read somewhere:

10lbs for you to notice
15lbs for close friends/family to notice
20lbs for others to notice.

But this would all be relative to your size and amount needed to lose.

I've lost 23 pounds in three months, and honestly, I can't even really tell myself in the mirror and am still in the same pants size. Very frustrating.