While I'm only 6 1/2 weeks out and I've only lost 18 lbs, I've gone from 174 to 156 and down from a 10 to a 6 (in the bottom at least!) and not one person has even noticed. While I'm open about what I've done (everyone knew my lapband had slipped and I was getting it revised to a new surgery), I'm wondering if thats the reason. Like they're expecting me to lose faster and be skinnier faster. Hubby and I play poker 3 nites a week with about 30 other people, some of whom I'm pretty close with and no one has said a word.

Whats the deal? When I had my lapband almost 4 yrs ago, People gasped at 20 lbs (at 250 lbs, 20 lbs is nothing compared to 18 on a 174 lb person, in my opinion). I even wore my size 6 (couldn't believe they fit. Must've been mismarked or something) skinny jeans last nite, was feeling pretty good about myself and no one said anything.

At what point did people start noticing that you're losin weight? Or is it that I see these people 3x a week and they don't notice (like I don't notice seeing myself in the mirror everyday). Hubby is back to calling me "Skinny Minnie" - what he used to call me when my lapband was premium and I lost 104 lbs. He quit calling me that about 18 mths ago when I started gaining the 30 lbs I gained. He says he can tell. How? He sees me everyday?

I think it depends on where you lose the weight - Iost weight off my face and neck early on and people notice that. Your bottom half is something you probably notice more than other people do - really, how often do you stare at another woman's butt? Only if it's remarkable, I imagine - fantastic or has got a loooot bigger of late.

The other thing is that the first time you lost weight - particularly if it was after holding weight for a long time or even gaining steadily over the years - is something distinctive about you. I think. It's not so much the amount but a change in your usual "trend".

It also depends on what you are wearing.

People used to say how much they loved my hair, lol, for the first 40 pounds.I think people knew something was different and couldn't out their finger on it. I also think some knew but didn't know if they should say anything. (I didn't tell anyone I had surgery). After about 60 pounds someone said something every day. I recently went to a new job, and no one there knows I was ever so heavy, so I don't have to tell anyone the "secret to success" anymore, which I love! Honestly, the compliments are nice but it's nice not to have to discuss my weight on a daily basis with my co-workers.

I didn't hear anything from co-workers until I'd lost about 40 pounds and that was from just a few. It wasn't until I'd lost around 70 that I REALLY heard comments. I don't hear it as much now, which is okay too.

Because you started smaller going smaller the weight loss probably doesn't appear as drastic or as fast as the first time around. Obviously you have lost weight and are a size six! You'll probably be a zero by the end I had some comments around 3 months and then 4 months is when they really started noticing. I'm down 70 and can probably fit into a 16W but I haven't gone shopping LOL