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katey2020 · 18/09/2020 09:32

I've lost 23 pounds (1stone and 9lb) and cant seem a different that I've lost it I feel healthy than I use to feel but that's about it. I were 18stone 9lb now I'm 17stone 2 i lost 14 pounds in first week as you do wen you first start dieting. ?

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DianaT1969 · 18/09/2020 09:42

Are you asking when you can expect to feel different? Well done on your loss. I think when you get to around 13st you will feel very different. You'll have a much wider choice in clothes shops, more energy, and improved muscle tone using weight machines/doing toning exercises will be visible on the body, rather than concealed.
Get £30 Renpho scales to track body fat and muscle. It will be a great motivator.

FatGirlShrinking · 18/09/2020 09:51

I've lost the same amount going from 16st 9lb to 15st no one has noticed and I don't see a difference in the mirror.

I have taken 1 set of photos at the beginning of August and again at the beginning of September, will keep doing it each month. When I look at the photos I can see my face is a little slimmer.

I also use an app called meepl which takes photos of you front and side on and gives your measurements. From that I can see I've lost inches on waist, hips and bust.

When you look at yourself daily it's really hard to spot a difference you just get used to it because the changes are so incrementally small day on day.

I also live in jersey and stretchy stuff so my clothes adjust to my size.

katey2020 · 18/09/2020 10:18

Yeah wen can u tell a different. 13stone that's a long way I've lost 23 pounds in 4 weeks. My aim is to get to 11 stone. Be happy with that but one day at a time x

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katey2020 · 18/09/2020 10:19

I've took measure from bust waste and hips but no change yet. I've been told I'm glowing haha

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FatGirlShrinking · 18/09/2020 10:48

Back in 2013 I was 18st 3lb, lost about 2 stone then got pregnant and it all went to hell 🤣

That 2 stone did not change my clothes size, but did slim out my double chin.

Bodies are weird, you may not lose weight evenly across your whole body, you may start with getting slimmer thighs and then only lose from belly once you hit 2.5 stones or more. Or you may lose very evenly so that it's only small amounts from legs, arms, belly, back, neck, chin, cheeks...... so it's harder to see where it's gone.

No matter how you lose it or where from, you have lost 23lb. An average 3 month old baby weighs about 10lb, you've lost 2 and a bit babies off your body!

katey2020 · 18/09/2020 10:51

I work out twice a day 30mins each time. And ino I will see a different but waiting game isn't it my belly is the worse needs to lose it then tone it up x

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Kakiweewee · 18/09/2020 11:07

I've lost 60lbs (about four and a half stone) now (from 19 stone) and can see a huge difference. Down three sizes, lost several inches. It's only taken six months, so keep going.

katey2020 · 18/09/2020 12:24

That's really good 60 well done well worth it wen u see your self getting fitter and u see a different

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