How did losing weight impact your social life?

luzdelua

I gained more confidence. Then I met an awesome guy, and got married. I used to have this problem where I was so insecure about myself that I would sell myself short. After I lost weight and became more confident everything changed. I stopped paying attention to *kitten*****s in my life, and followed what I thought I deserved. I felt more confident in my skin, which allowed me to put myself out there more than before. My friends were mostly incredibly supportive and inspired. It's been an awesome journey!

VeryKatie

fletwock wrote: »

Work has become harder for me. I work primarily with females and after I lost the first 30 pounds they immediately began commenting on my clearer skin, how thin I looked, and how much energy I had. They were all excited at first but now that I'm trying to work off this last 20 pounds (which will put me at roughly 115ish on my 5'2" frame) they are VERY hostile. The company I work for has quite a few employee lunches and every time someone has a birthday they are expected to bring treats of some sort. If someone catches me partaking in the goodies I immediately get: "Can you even eat? How many calories are in that? Aren't you going to have to run for, like, three hours just to burn that off?" It offended me at first but now I just shrug, smile sweetly, and say, "I don't know how many calories are in this but *takes a huge bite and continues with a full mouth* it's freakin' delicious!" More often than not this shuts them up. Lol.

My roommate also has become increasingly hostile because my weight loss journey coincided with her doctor telling her she was pre-diabetic and needed to lose weight. Now that I've lost weight she constantly talks about it in a negative tone and relentlessly grills me on how many calories are in each item she sees me eat. When I plateaued she saw me eat breakfast and pack my lunch and dinner for work (the sum of which was below 1100 calories) and quickly remarked "WOW. You sure do eat a lot, huh?" I did try to get her on the MFP site, spent hours setting up her profile, and politely explaining everything to her but she gave up the next morning because "that site is too hard to use."

The good out of all of this is that I am more apt to play with my son now (which he loves) and my husband takes great pleasure in picking me up. People can hate all they want but making my boys happy is all that matters to me.

I don't understand why your coworkers would pull the switch like that. It stinks!

The worst I get is when my two best friends/coworkers point at other women and say how much they hate their slim fit dress pants... while I am also wearing them. And then I always say "I'm wearing those" and they say "Well, not yours, they fit you differently". I really don't get what the big problem is. Material is the same. Legs are covered more than a skirt would. They still have the line pressed in the front. They're more work appropriate than jeans.. and less slim than the skinny jeans and leggings we all wear on Fridays.

Just bought another pair last night though, so I guess I don't care hahaha.

KANGOOJUMPS

I am thinking of gaining 100 pounds, I get way too much attention.

totaloblivia

Jruzer wrote: »

No social life before, no social life after.

is that through choice?