To ask if you can see a difference (weight loss)

[IsThisTheKrustyKrab]

Hi all. Name changed for this.

Following the birth of my DD 18 months ago I piled a fair bit of weight on. Two stone, to be exact. I actually didn't gain much weight during the pregnancy, most of that two stone came on after she was born! My own fault, eating rubbish and being lazy.

Finally in January I had had enough of my clothes not fitting and being unhappy, so I started trying to lose weight. Since then I've gone from 12 stone to 10 stone 5 and from a size 14 to a size 10/12. The weight loss has plateaued a little due to COVID and the gym being shut, but luckily I haven't gained any weight back!

I'm almost back to my pre pregnancy weight, and yet I still sometimes feel like I don't look that much different? I still think I could do with losing more off of my belly and I still worry my waist is too thick. I don't know if it's just low confidence and I'm being too hard on myself. I know that my body will never be quite the same as it was pre pregnancy, and I suppose most of us would like to be thinner!

Can any of you see a difference? The first pic was taken the day I started my new lifestyle. I was 12st exactly. The other pic was taken yesterday at 10st 5. I'm 5'7".

Thank you 😊

I can in the top pics, not so much in the side on ones, but honestly you look great!

Yes a big difference, your waist looks narrower and more defined in the front on shot and the profile shows that too.

You've done really really well.

Look great. Also, won't you have put heavy muscle on in the gym?

You look very different. You can see it's longterm weight loss as well, losing the dangerous bit from the waistline. But you still look healthy. Perfect!

How did you do it exactly?

There’s a huge difference, well done!

Thank you all

@WhenCoronaWasALager, unfortunately my gym shut due to COVID in March so I was only able to go for a short amount of time. Most of the weight loss has purely been through dieting and doing lots of walking (and chasing toddler DD ). I can't wait to get back into the gym though, once it's safe, as I actually quite enjoyed it after being an exercise-phobe most of my life!

@Lelophants I haven't done anything too crazy. I've been tracking my calories and sticking to a 1700 limit. Not cut any foods out though as I wanted to do something sustainable. Used to swim twice a week and go to the gym once a week but obviously not been able to do that since lockdown, so have been doing lots of walking (at least 30 minutes a day with DD in her pram).

Looking 👍good!

Brilliant, thank you

Welcome

Yes you can definitely see a difference!

You look great OP

Wow, well done op 👏🏽

Yes I can definitely see a difference!

Yes I can see, you've done so well!

Well done OP!

I can definitely see it OP -well done!

Sometimes, it's hard to see/feel weight loss on yourself so taking pics is a great idea.

Well done!

Yes the difference is clear and very visible.

Well done and keep being healthy and looking after yourself. Congratulations on your little one too!

Thank you all so much

You look great, well done!

Well done! You look fab!

Yes there is a marked difference, well done, you look great.

Absolutely you can see a difference, you have a waist!
Hat off to you that you have been losing whilst so many of us are putting on lock down pounds.

Yes I can see a difference. How is your posture? In the side on pictures you look really arched, and I think that’s making you look rounder than you really are. Maybe look at some posture exercises to see if that will make a difference. I think taking a selfie sideways angled is a tricky thing to do, so you have anyone who could take a picture of you with a straight back?

I can certainly see a difference, well done OP you've done great.

This has added to my determination to get back into the gym