I went from 286 to 253, and I can't see a difference...

I still have a hard time seeing it for myself. This the silliest thing...I first noticed it with my necklace. It used to alway be right at my collar bone. It keeps getting lower. I can actually see it when I look down!

I know for me people were commenting after a month or two, and I did not really see it until 4-5 months. When clothes started falling off I took notice. However there are still days I do not recognize the reflection in the mirror.

I started feeling it in the way my clothes fit long before I saw it. It was about two-three months before customers in my bank noticed, probably because I'm a teller and I have a high counter in front of me (and I'm pretty short). One lady even asked me if I had cancer a couple weeks ago. Family members noticed around two months out. You'll get there.

Don't focus only on visible signs. Some big milestones for me were less obvious but made me very happy and I considered them successes worth celebrating. Things like when I stopped snoring, when my knees stopped hurting, when my back pain disappeared, when I could paint my toes, when I began sleeping better, when I came home from work and still had energy, when I had to have three links removed from my watch after I almost lost it, when my labs showed everything perfect and even my high cholesterol was gone, and on, and on. Since my surgery four months ago a lot of things have changed for the better - the fact that I look better is only frosting on the cake. :-)

I actually noticed it in my face at 2 weeks post-op, but everyone at work noticed it when I went backto work at two weeks. I had to buy new jeans because of the 15 lb weight loss, as what was fitting prior to surgery suddenly got baggy really fast, and everyone was telling me I needed to buy some new jeans, so I did. They feel a lot better also, or maybe it is because I feel so good now that I'm in onederland.

I actually noticed it in my face at 2 weeks post-op, but everyone at work noticed it when I went backto work at two weeks. I had to buy new jeans because of the 15 lb weight loss, as what was fitting prior to surgery suddenly got baggy really fast, and everyone was telling me I needed to buy some new jeans, so I did. They feel a lot better also, or maybe it is because I feel so good now that I'm in onederland.