Friend losing weight in one week

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I’m probably gonna sound unreasonable but ive been on a diet since mid January, ive lost almost 3 stone but I’m still pretty big and got a lot more to lose. Anyway no one has really noticed but that’s fair enough. My friend has been on a diet for ONE week and apparently she’s lost “loads of weight” and everyone is saying shes lost weight? Aibu to think it’s not possible to lose a noticeable amount of weight in one week? She is saying it’s because she is smaller and that’s why it’s more noticeable but one week?

Congrats on your weight loss. I did go on some diets post baby where I lost a load of weight in one week. One diet was one used for heart operation patients - it included lots of cbeggies which you burn calouries digesting. At the time I probably weight 65 kilos and I would lose 4 kilos? Also, I find dairy makes my face puff up - being off diary for one week means my face immediately slims and its obvious to everyone.
Also, maybe people have noticed but they maybe think they don't want to bring it up as they are not sure how you feel about it. Unfort I have gotten very fat - if people start saying to me hey well done you you look a lot thinner - they are basically implying me I used to be fat. which I was - but they might be too polite to point it out.

It's not possible to lose a substantial amount of weight in a week in a healthy way that's likely to stay off. If you've improved your health you're doing yourself more favours long term. I wouldn't worry about her or other people's comments. Keep going!

It’s the same friends that have noticed her lost, I know I sound jealous but it isn’t that I’m just more struggling to stay motivated so I’m abit puzzled by it

Your friend is right to be honest. Three stones is a lot but if you have still a lot to lose it might not be noticeable. Plus if you're wearing baggy loose fitting clothes it might be disguising your weight loss.

And yes it can be noticeable in one week as she may have lost water weight which for me normally shows straightaway in my face.

I think if she has some water retention and bloating then is may be noticeable. Especially if she wears figure hugging clothes rather than covering up the weight iyswim.

But no it wouldn't be loads! Maybe she's going on about it a bit more to your friends so they have to say something about it?

Yeh she’s does wear more fitted clothes than me

Surely it wont be ‘loads’ - 3 lbs at most? That’s what I lost in my first week doing WW. Re: their lack of comments about your weight, do you see your friends a lot? Like every week? I think it is more difficult to see weight loss if you see someone regularly. If you dont see someone for a month and then see them you can spot the difference. It’s a bit mean of them not to congratulate you though - have you told them of your tremendous achievement?

It’s definitely possible to lose a noticeable amount of weight in a week. I’m just under 10 stone when I’m heavy and you can tell my clothes are getting tight and I get saddlebags. This happens a couple of times a year, then I do the 4,3 diet, lose 10 pounds in a week then spend the next 6 months putting it back on again.

I lost a half stone the week after my Dad died. I simply could not eat! All back on now happily!

I lost a stone in a week and a half doing the keto diet. It was all water weight but it was noticeable.

If I put in a few pounds I do a juice detox and lose 5lbs in 3 days. Maybe she did this? It’s not sustainable longer than 3 days though and I think it’s mainly fluid.

A friend lost 7lb on her first week of WW. She had about 4 or 5 stone to lose to get to her goal weight, but 7lb is a load of weight to lose in a week. I manage 2lb a week tops even when I am 100% on top of it. I have about 2 stone to lose to get to a BMI of about 22. I also find that I lose more weight in the winter! I think this may have something to do with my body burning more calories to keep me warm, but I may be way off the mark with that.

I do the 4,3 diet, lose 10 pounds in a week

To lose 10 pounds of fat in a week, you would need to consume 35,000 calories less than you normally would in a week.

How any calories do you normally consume in a week?

If someone told me they'd lost loads of weight, I's tell them that they look great even if I think they look the same or fatter, because it's the polite and expected response. I expect your friends are just responding to her comments. You've done really well to lose 3 stone and it will be showing, people might just not be sure if you want it mentioned. Hopefully you're growing muscle too so you get stronger as that will accelerate weight loss.

I don’t see the friends that often and I don’t mention that I am on a diet. Maybe you can then, just wondered why I’ve been on a diet for 5 months and it’s not noticeable in regards to weight lost yet friends is after one week

The point of all this seems to be what other people notice rather than the facts of the case. Fuck others' approval. Stop comparing.
Focus on your self and don't wait on others' observations.

For what it's worth, I never ever comment on weight loss or gain, unless the person specifically mentions it. The reasons behind either may well not be pleasant, e.g depression/cancer.

I'm afraid if you are larger, people don't tend to notice weight loss as much; sorry. There is a magical tipping point where people suddenly twig though, if that helps

People will definitely be noticing but maybe just aren’t saying anything. I’ve just lost 8kg and people are finally starting to say things. “You look lovely” have you lost weight etc. I probably have mother 10kg to lose.

What are Cbeggies??

Also, sometimes people don't acknowledge a person who they've always mentally classed as 'bigger than me' losing weight, because it unsettles their world view. That's a less pleasant view of it, I'm afraid - jealousy/fear of losing 'status', as they perceive it.

I say this as someone who has ranged from 65kg to 98kg, if that's relevant.

Maybe she's going on about it a bit more to your friends so they have to say something about it?
This ^^ There's a big difference between 'I'm on a diet this week and I've lost loads and feel great and don't great' to which people feel obliged to mumble 'yeah, great, look fab, blah, blah' and you rocking up after several months of steady weight loss in new more fitted clothes and people going 'wow, you look great, I've noticed you'd been losing weight and I wasn't sure whether to mention it but since you look so good I just have to!!!' Which one do you think is her and which one is going to be you in due course?!
(Well done on the 3 stone!)

Weight loss is like a toilet roll the less you have to start the more noticeable it is keep going for yourself not for praise of others and be happy your friend is getting well too.

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People are far more likely to 'notice' if she keeps telling them she's on a diet . Also, if you haven't told people you're dieting, they may not know whether to comment or not. I don't comment on the weight loss of people when I don't know they're dieting in case they're going through something traumatic!

And a £ says people are really thinking 'seriously? Where's she lost the weight from? Her wallet? Her little toe?'

Sounds like your friend has lost water weight, not fat.