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That's what's kind of annoying me now! I want people to say that I've lost weight NOT that my hair looks great! Do you think they notice earlier and are just afraid to say something!

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I dont know... I think some people might have noticed and not said anything but not many. At about 70 or 80 lbs lost I finally took some photos, I think they are on my profile. I thought people must be blind if they couldnt see the loss. Hell, even I could see it. Sometime when you are big... People just see you as big. Now one or two people a day say something about my loss. It is nice to have it acknowledged but it is also a little awkward. :-). I guess I am never happy! It is also hard after a certain amount lost to own up to the amount. Yea... I lost 110 lbs but I am still pretty darn plump. I know people knew that I was fat... Maybe they didnt realize just how fat I was. All i can say is that I am happy to have theese kind of issues!

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I dont know... I think some people might have noticed and not said anything but not many. At about 70 or 80 lbs lost I finally took some photos' date=' I think they are on my profile. I thought people must be blind if they couldnt see the loss. Hell, even I could see it. Sometime when you are big... People just see you as big. Now one or two people a day say something about my loss. It is nice to have it acknowledged but it is also a little awkward. :-). I guess I am never happy! It is also hard after a certain amount lost to own up to the amount. Yea... I lost 110 lbs but I am still pretty darn plump. I know people knew that I was fat... Maybe they didnt realize just how fat I was. All i can say is that I am happy to have theese kind of issues![/quote']

Sometimes people don't know what to say because they don't want to offend u. I had a co-worker say to me in private when I ran into her at Walmart "have u lost weight". I answered yes. I am pre op and have lost 15lbs. She said she noticed it at work the other day but didn't want to mention it in front of 10 other people in the staff room.

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Wow.....thanks to everyone that responded....I really appreciate it. Oh yea thanks for the stats, and the explanations! I can calm down now, continue to do what I am doing, and I will be out of my old clothes in NEW ones! I am just esctatic that I am not GAINING! God is good and worthly to be PRAISED! Lets enjoy the journey!!

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You started out wearing a much smaller size then I was at that weight - and I am 5'5".

Clothing sizes are so inconsistent that I feel I can hardly use it as a "marker" of success.

What I am finding now is that the clothing is more fitted so it is more sensitive to smaller weight loss amounts. I have had slacks that I hardly used before they got baggie on me. Tops seem a bit more "forgiving"

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If you are walking that much, you are also probably replacing your big, fat behind with a slightly less big, muscular behind which would explain why the pants size isn't coming down as fast.

That's a good thing.

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