Rant about clothes during weight loss

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Okay, I'm going to try and make this a short & sweet rant so here goes:

I am so frustrated!!!! Every single day, people are commenting on my weight loss progress. This is awesome, of course. EXCEPT when the compliments are often backhanded. At first they were really nice like "wow, you're doing a great job!" and people would ask for tips and secrets. Now, it's a whole different ball game. I get comments like "Your clothes are too big" "you're too skinny" "why are you so obsessed with running/lifting/working out?" "when are you going to buy new clothes, you look like you're drowning?"

I don't know about anybody else, but I don't have the money to go out and buy a whole new wardrobe in one shopping trip. I was always the athletically fit girl in high school and didn't have to try this hard because I was so involved. Then, college happened. Now, a year out of college I'm down 37 pounds and FEEL better than I did in high school. Back then, my metabolism had my back so I could eat taco bell 3 times a week as long as I was still going to swim practice. Now, (I know I'm only 23) I have to eat right AND exercise. I feel sick if I even think about taco bell. I don't know how I ever lived like that!

Is it discouraging to anybody else when somebody says "you're too skinny" or "just have a piece of cake, it won't kill you" or "you're obsessed" ? Because to me, it makes me want to shut down and wear even baggier clothes so nobody can even tell what my body looks like. Some days I wear pants that are too large, then I'm gross because my clothes are huge. The next I can wear new jeans and I'm too skinny because they're tight and they can actually see my new body. I can never win.

I've talked to a few friends and they all say it's jealousy or lack of motivation. I'm not obsessed, I'm dedicated. And yes, I don't have thousands to drop on a new wardrobe AND regardless of what anybody thinks, I'm not done shaping to be how I'd like to be, so I'm not going to invest until I'm completely satisfied. And why should I? The only person I need to impress or be better than, is the person I was yesterday.

Does anybody else face this? I have a hard time not retracting with a mean comment because I don't think they understand how unsettling it is.

End rant.