Are You Eye Candy Now?

Wookinpanub

So who is getting checked out more now that they have dropped some lbs? Getting hit on? Do you like the new attention?

I seem to have a noticed a few more "looks" but maybe that is just my increase in confidence helping my ego.

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discretekim

I feel like I've become invisible. But I'm putting it on my engagement ring lol. Still I remember I got so much attention at my thinnest. But I'm much happier now.

Wookinpanub

discretekim wrote: »

I feel like I've become invisible. But I'm putting it on my engagement ring lol.

I didn't wear my wedding ring at my heaviest (didn't fit) and I never got any looks not wearing it I am sure. I wear it a bit more but not a whole lot of looks. But who really checks out men in their mid-40s?

4mricandy

Not sure! A triple pack twinkie or a piece of celery? Which one you lookin' at??

vixtris

asflatasapancake wrote: »

Mainly I think I get looks because I am so pasty white or I have a big booger hanging off my nose. But I'll pretend that it's because I'm in better shape. That sounds better.

Hahahahaha

crazyjerseygirl

People seem friendlier, buuut, I'm also in a much better mood now!

shadow2soul

I'm pretty sure the only reason people look at me is because I do stuff like dance and mouth the words to the songs I'm listening to in between sets at the gym (I also do stuff like that when I take walks around town). I also get strange looks when I decide to walk to the store for stuff.

Elise4270

Ya, I think guys at work are creepin on me. Come quitting time when I schuck my Nomex they are peering around the corner snickering.

But, if I'm clothes shopping, I feel like a whale.

cuckoo_jenibeth

crazyjerseygirl wrote: »

People seem friendlier, buuut, I'm also in a much better mood now!

I had this discussion with my husband recently. He thinks that I am imaging things, but I am treated so much better! It is nonsensical and wrong, but people are kinder, more polite by far, and random strangers smile and approach me! I dont know that I would classify it as flirtatious, but it is a world of difference! I am in my 40's now, so kind of out of the flirty stages....
It is sad to know that, even though I am the exact same person, so many people never bothered to get to know "fat me"...

Timshel_

Here and there. Not a ton, but I don't have that vibe methinks.

colls0325

jenibethbu wrote: »

crazyjerseygirl wrote: »

People seem friendlier, buuut, I'm also in a much better mood now!

I had this discussion with my husband recently. He thinks that I am imaging things, but I am treated so much better! It is nonsensical and wrong, but people are kinder, more polite by far, and random strangers smile and approach me! I dont know that I would classify it as flirtatious, but it is a world of difference! I am in my 40's now, so kind of out of the flirty stages....
It is sad to know that, even though I am the exact same person, so many people never bothered to get to know "fat me"...

I totally agree!!

dawniemate

Funny really men notice you but now my female colleagues are very 'off' with me now I've lost the weight. ...

jer1993

It's mad how different you're treated after losing 167 pounds!! People open doors for you instead of slamming them in your face! And walking down the street and only having good attention instead of people sniggering at you is the best feeling in the world!! Xx

Emmatyan

I didn't notice more attention than usual, but then I suddenly start getting messages from my ex's and other guys who knew me "before", telling me what great shape I am in now. It's probably due to numerous gym pics I post on instagram

sbantonio

Eye candy? Not sure. Before and after shots. The second is a little easier to look at than the first... Lol

KANGOOJUMPS

hell yeah

mockchoc

^ trust you kangoo but yeah you do look great sbantonio

zyxst

Eye candy? Me?

unrelentingminx

People at work have commented on my weight loss but since I'm still wearing the same size clothes (but baggier) I'm far from eye candy. I've always been hourglass curvy but my waist is tiny now and have been checked a couple of times when I'm wearing my closer fitting gym clothes.

wildflowerherbal

Totally. Even my ex husband who demanded I lose weight (right before I dumped his *kitten*) is now checking me out. Haha

NotAResolution

I am training for a big race. I bike, swim and ride 6 days a week. I shave my legs once a week as well. Ladies, you know that reaction men give you when you catch them checking out your breasts? I caught a lady checking out my legs. I know she was checking them out cause she gave me that same reaction that men give ladies. It was funny. I work my *kitten* off to make those legs strong and efficient, it doesn't bother me one bit if folks check them out.

Wookinpanub

unrelentingminx wrote: »

People at work have commented on my weight loss but since I'm still wearing the same size clothes (but baggier) I'm far from eye candy. I've always been hourglass curvy but my waist is tiny now and have been checked a couple of times when I'm wearing my closer fitting gym clothes.

I didn't get comments about weight loss until I bought new clothes. Sad but when I wear one of my old bigger shirts I still look somewhat "huge" and not in shape but when I wear a more fitting shirt, I look so much better int he mirror imo but maybe it's a self-confidence thing. I bought two new fitted suits for work and when I wear them is when I get the most comments about weight loss and just two weeks ago while in a suit I got my first - "have you been working out comment".

kshadows

Yeah....I'd say so. I'm conceited, what can I say. :P

Wookinpanub

Chaelaz wrote: »

Here and there. Not a ton, but I don't have that vibe methinks.

Maybe I just don't have the confidence yet but I don't have that vibe either as I think I have a "plain" look to me. Do middle aged accountants like me really give off a sexual vibe?

But I have noticed a look here and there and ladies being a little more friendly in random conversations around town, work, etc but maybe I just have a little more confidence than in the past. I still battle social anxiety so not one to strike up conversation with strangers.

MsHulkMN

i'd say not me...

melimomTARDIS

I think I get hit on as much as I was when I was fat, but I have noticed that overall, people treat me better. I have gotten job offers (out of no-where) better customer service etc....

bennettinfinity

Wookinpanub wrote: »

So who is getting checked out more now that they have dropped some lbs? Getting hit on? Do you like the new attention?

I seem to have a noticed a few more "looks" but maybe that is just my increase in confidence helping my ego.

I'd say the same thing... I notice more looks, but I think it's because now that I'm more confident, I'm not looking at the floor all the time. So it's very difficult to say a) that I'm getting checked out at all or b) that if I am, that it's more... It *seems* like more - so I'll take that and feel good about it.

jemhh

I've never gotten hit on in my life (other than by my husband), thin or fat or thin again so nothing has changed there.

In general, I feel like I have friendlier interactions when I am out and about but a big part of that is probably because I am more apt to smile and be friendly myself now. Now that I am thinking about it, I am probably more apt to say "hi" or smile at people who are out of shape or a bit overweight and maybe middle aged or older. Hopefully that doesn't mean that they all think I am flirting with them.

gothchiq

yes... but honestly the dudes did hit on me when I was thick, too. I get compliments from women now also, usually on my tattoos or how my clothes look. Which, my tattoos are currently being shown completely because finally I can wear a bikini to the pool! On the other hand, sometimes women in the gym give me the stinkeye. No need, I am married. Not gonna take anyone's man (or woman.) On the other hand I know I look my age more because the skin where my jaw and neck meet is a bit loose, in the way it only does at middle age and up.

jemhh

gothchiq wrote: »

yes... but honestly the dudes did hit on me when I was thick, too. I get compliments from women now also, usually on my tattoos or how my clothes look. Which, my tattoos are currently being shown completely because finally I can wear a bikini to the pool! On the other hand, sometimes women in the gym give me the stinkeye. No need, I am married. Not gonna take anyone's man (or woman.) On the other hand I know I look my age more because the skin where my jaw and neck meet is a bit loose, in the way it only does at middle age and up.

I was looking at my profile in the mirror the other day and noticed the same thing with my jaw/neck. I was wondering if maybe that skin would tighten up a bit or if it was just a sign of middle age.