Do Pounds Look Like More When You Weigh Less?

 When I was 260lbs + I didn't think that 5-10lbs up or down on the scale looked any different to me. I have read posts where the poster comments on how much an extra 10lbs makes a big different in appearence.   Does it when you weigh that little?

It looks so so so much different.

I am 160 lbs now -- and 150 looks entirely different.  It is really wild how that is -- and how fat distributes.

When I was 262 there wasn't much difference in an extra 20 lbs even.

Now 5 lbs makes a huge difference and is the difference in a pants size. I now weigh 145 but would like to weigh 140 so that I can wear all my pants.

~Becky

Yes, at 286, it would take 20-30 lb to go down from a 24 to 22. Now at 160, 5-10 lbs is a complete size of clothing like 10 to an 8.

Also, I noticed my sister gained some weight. Her breasts went up a cup size and it was at least a size in clothing, she actually told me she gained 5 lbs. I couldn't believe it was only 5 bc you could really tell but I guess when you are a 4, its like that.

I'd love to pick 5 lbs added to my boobs but I guess that's not how it works.

Thanks for the replies.

When I was 282 lbs it took a loss of nearly 70 lbs before anyone even NOTICED that I was losing ANY weight! Geesh!

Now at 150, yeah, even a 5 lb difference people see it in my face or arms and go "Did you lose weight?"

Funny how the body is like that! LOL!

Warmly,
Jackie

5 pounds as a pre-op I might not even notice - now it's entire pants size up or down.

Plus sized clothing is cut so that there is a 1.25 inch sizing difference between sizes. Regular sized clothing is cut so there is a 1 inch sizing difference. But the smaller sizes (4 and lower?) are cut with a .75 inch sizing difference.

So that alone is going to mean gaining a few pounds at a smaller size is more noticeable to you than at a larger size. People report losing 25 pounds or more and not going down a size when they are SMO for example. Well, my clothes get tight if I gain 3 pounds sometimes. (It depends on whether it's muscle or fat though.)