Lost 2 stone but it doesn't show! (lighthearted moan)

I agree that it doesn't matter who notices but you will feel lighter and walk with a lighter step.
I could never understand why older women grew top heavy. Bust and midriff large, hips smaller and skinny pin legs.
I guess its the loss of oestrogen. I have it now unfortunately. maybe not thin legs

Your shape changes as you know and it's difficult to lose weight from specific areas
I used to run until recently which gave me an adrenaline boost but I didn't lose any weight as I drank a lot of water

Sorry to go off at a tangent but I understood you to be in training for a marathon GabriellaG - has this now taken place and if so how did you get on?

I read (in a novel) that women either turn into 'buffaloes' ie top heavy or 'men' ie skinny after the menopause. It was just the writer's thought on the subject but it piqued my interest and I reckon its quite likely. I'm a buffalo ?

If you lost it slowly (sensibly), it may be that people who see you often have never noticed a big change. I have to say I never really look at friends and family to assess if they've lost weight.

It sounds like you made some difficult changes in your diet for health reasons, well done. I hope you're feeling the benefit. That's far more important than your dress size. I hope your GP, who can see the evidence on the scales, is pleased with you.

Well done for losing 2 stones that is brilliant and your heart and kidneys will be thankful for it. Like you I’ve recently lost 31lbs, it’s taken me 54 weeks and now I’ve just got to maintain it. However, I am wearing a smaller bra and for some clothes a size smaller and the scales confirm the loss but when I look at myself I can’t really see a difference. I think it’s because I lost it so gradually, it’s a bit like seeing a child you’ve not seen for ages, you comment on how they’ve grown but the parents don’t see it as they’re used to seeing the child every day. I’m doing my best to stick to a healthy eating regime and trying not to focus on my looks. Shall we wish each other good luck with our quest!

Did you measure yourself before and after? Inches can disappear from places you don’t notice.

I ran today for the first time in a couple of weeks which felt good.
No, the marathon has not yet taken place but I had to remove myself from the accepted runners as I wasn't sure I could take part and get fit in time.
Let's leave it at that MawB
I will, however, apply for the 2020 run.

It doesn't vanish from the places you want it to! I lost two stone also but it didn't give me back a waist - now I just look "triangle-shaped".

Most frustrating.

Well done on losing the weight and don't give up!

Well done ! I yoyo and sometimes when I am at my lower weight no-one notices. But I am doing it for me and my health and well being and a feel good factor.

I'm the same . 6 foot plus tall so my excess weight doesnt show as much , though I know it's there.
I have to lose at least 2 stone before anyone notices at all and before I need a smaller size in pants !!!
It's always a bit galling when other members of WW lose half a stone and drop 2 sizes and every one is congratulating them .
I suppose being tall has its advantages. The other thing is that , as soon as I reach the upper end of my BMI range I begin to look like a stick insect , all gangly arms and legs . Not great look at 63 !

Huge weight loss - so I just cannot fathom how it does not show. How frustrating.

Buy yourself some new clothes and you'll feel better about your weight loss. Have you noticed that women can be a size 12 when they weigh around 11 stone. I was a size 12 when I weighted 8 stone in the seventies!

I keep being advised that using light weights etc and toning up will make a difference.

It's a good theory.

I lost a stone from last July till this February and want to lose another stone and a half but the scales have stopped stubbornly at 10 and a half stone since February. I seem to be stuck on a plateau but I can't rest on my one stone laurels for ever!

I lost weight doing the 5:2 diet, and realised how much more I could eat on fast days if I didn’t eat starchy foods. So when I was diagnosed with Type2 diabetes, I was keen to try a low carb diet and to delay taking medication until three was no evidence of improvement. But it worked, and the diabetes has retreated - a big incentive for me to continue. I have lost a further 8kg since my diagnosis. I’m also delighted to find that I no longer have IBS., which has troubled me since my teens (I’m 69 now). But since mid-August I’ve been in hospital recovering from a broken ankle (I’m disabled and don’t have the strength to use crutches) ... and despite all the comfort food designed to build up frail elderly people, who make up much of this little hospital’s patient population and/or actually to comfort patients who are feeling unwell or miserable, I have lost another kg. Since moist of the food is high carb (macaroni cheese, meat pie, loads of potatoes, sponge puddings, custard, ice cream and jelly as well as biscuits and cake at coffee and tea time, and the same plus sandwiches if liked with the mid evening drink, I have had to pick my way carefully through the menu, choosing mostly plain meat and vegetables, and relying on choosing small portions of the ‘comforting’ main courses and only strawberries and blueberry my husband brings from home, along with the occasional satsuma. I’m delighted to find that this has worked - even if only because it has proved to me that portion control is worth it. I feel really well. But I never look much thinner because my hips will never be narrow - bone structure doesn’t change

I wonder if men go through the same angst and do you nag encourage those DH/OH who carry extra, to trim down a bit...or just accept them as they are?

That's a great story petalmoore and I wish you well in your recovery from the ankle injury
BTW, blancmange...I love it. ??Tesco here I come....?‍♀️?

Thanks to so many of you for your encouragement.

On the positive side, I have noticed that the less red meat I eat the less I want it. Alo, I was pleasantly surprised by how easy I found it to drop alcohol! I was a habitual G/T person. I also enjoyed making wicked cocktails for my guests and was quite famous for them. Now the only alcohol I even wish to drink is half a glass of good wine once a day (I live in Italy so it is the norm here). I had thought maybe I was hooked but it seems not.

I'm the other way round I'm 5ft 3 and all my life have been over weight
In the past few years what ever I do I cant put weight on , and believe me I've tried I'm a size 8/10 and am forever been told how ill I look , I have had every test going and all come back normal, and I have kept food diaries and seen dieticians, and they cant find a reason either, I'm depressed every time I look in the mirror and hate buying clothes,
I'm not trying to be boastful I just want people who have weight problems to realise it works both ways If anyone else calls me " skinny minnie" as my elderly mother does all the time or tells me to have a few good meals and it must be my fault I will scream
I've never been conscious of my weight till now , I'm sick of looking haggard and ill

Unfortunately I think I am slimmer then I really am

Years ago I was diagnosed with 3 herniated discs...the pain was sometimes mind-boggling. I was 11st 10 lbs....I was offered an operation ...or advised to lose some weight to see if that helped first. I lost a stone and the pain diminished to the point where I could come off a lot of my meds. Since then I’ve always tried to maintain a reasonable weight and at the moment come in at 10st. I feel so much better for keeping that extra weight off! Well worth the ‘calorie-counting’ effort involved .

Don't be either disappointed or frustrated giulia. You've done brilliantly. One of the benefits of losing weight gradually (I did 1lb a week for a year) is that people don't tend to notice and therefore it doesn't become a topic of conversation. No doubt about it, your general health will have benefitted either seen or unseen. Enjoy. I've read that weight lost slowly has more chance of staying off. Don't know the logic of that but it has certainly been so in my case. My resolve is certainly stronger because of the personal advantages I've found. I wish you every future success with this and say again a huge well done for what you've already achieved. Bravo!

After wearing a pair of non-elasticated waist trousers and spending the day yanking them up I found that 2.5 stones had disappeared. Hadn't noticed a thing and wore the same clothes! When I mentioned the weight loss to family they just kind of shrugged???
Anyway, more pounds were lost so had to go get some bloods done and it turns out to be a severe case of diabetes so mystery solved. I do wear a size smaller in clothes but still have far too much flab around the tummy and it doesn't seem to want to go, annoyingly!

I find it very difficult to lose weight - every single lb is a massive achievement but - on the good side - any loss does show immediately. My face looks thinner and my tummy looks smaller even after only losing a couple of lbs.
Losing just 3lb takes me from a tight size 12 to a 'comfortable' size 10.
Strange isn't it?