How long for others to notice your weight loss?

[TalcumPowder]

Just that really. I've lost about two stone, and no one, apart from my husband and my mother, has noticed. I'm still plump, and less than half way, so it's no magical transformation...

I lost three and a half stone before anyone mentioned it.

That's a fabulous loss, trikken. How much did you have to lose in total? It's not that I expect to walk into a room to a chorus of 'Wow!'s, but I thought two stone might show... oh well, onward to 3.5!

I have lost 5 stone 6 pounds roughly. This is what I want to stay at. I was 15 stone 8 to start with ar 5'10 and a size 20ish so going down to a size 12 was quite noticeable but it took ages until I was blatantly completely different in shape and my face, only then I think people felt they could say anything. Its now just over a year since I began losing weight.

Have lost 2 stone too (four yet to go) no fucker has noticed yet. Grrrr. Feel ya pain.

It depends if it is people you see every day or not. Someone you have not seen for a while is much more likely to notice. Some people might think its rude to comment. Well done on the 2 stone.

Do you see these people regularly? Just wondering because weight loss often has more of an impact when you haven't seen someone for a few weeks or months.
It is discouraging though isn't it? You can see the changes but people don't acknowledge them.

Keep going though OP.

That's the thing. I hadn't seen these people (former colleagues) in getting on for three years. Muddling the issue, however, may be the fact that I was heavily pregnant when I last saw most of them... They are not to know that I put on quite a bit of weight after my son was born, and am now losing it gradually.

Trikken, that's fabulous. I was 15 10 lb to start with, but inches shorter than you!

I meant to say losing two stone is brilliant. I bet some people have actually noticed but don't know how to go about saying so.

After I lost about 2 stone and my collar bones started sticking out, people noticed

People might have noticed but not said anything. I make it a policy never to comment on anyone else's weight loss unless they're a very close friend or they've made it quite clear it's deliberate and they want to discuss the matter. Two reasons. 1) Suppose they've lost weight because they've been unwell, or stressed, or some other bad reason? Me saying, 'You look fantastic, congratulations' would probably not be what they wanted to hear. 2) They may not like talking about their weight. It's a topic I wouldn't broach with anyone I wasn't close to, in case they have issues about weight/eating that they don't want to have to keep talking about.

If someone makes a comment such as, 'I wish I could go to restaurant x or eat treat y but I can't because I'm being really careful about what I eat and I don't want to slip off the wagon' then I know it's up for discussion. Maybe there are some little hints you can throw into conversations to give people permission to comment? But don't get despondent if their responses show they haven't noticed - most of us are far more observant of our own weight than other people's and it can take longer than we think.

You're quite right, morning. I never comment on anyone else's weight gain or loss, and it's probably only because many people have been quick to comment on my gains in the past, that I half-expected comments, only, for once, 'positive' ones.