Things people say when you lose weight

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  • LauriePar
    LauriePar Posts: 257 Member
    ceiswyn wrote: »
    What I'm finding interesting these days is talking to people who didn't know me in the 'before' days. They all assume that I can't understand the trials and tribulations of dieting, on the grounds that I'm 'lovely and slim'. Even when I tell them I used to be very fat, they tend to assume I mean a few vanity pounds.

    There does seem to be a general unconscious assumption in society that those who are slim have always been and will always be so, and those who are fat have always been and will always be so. This strikes me as... unhelpful.

    Oh, yes!! People never believe me that I used to be almost 60 lbs heavier. ESPECIALLY because I'm blessed with awesome genetics and have no loose skin to speak of, just stretch marks.

    I'll show them old pictures and they just squint at it and say, "That's not even you, that doesn't look like you."

    Well, no kidding. Lose over 50 lbs and someone's face is DEFINITELY not going to look the same 😂

  • Lizeth_Chavez_10
    Lizeth_Chavez_10 Posts: 2 Member
    A couple years ago I dropped some weight and people started telling me I was looking sick. It really pissed me off at that time but now I gained back some weight and I see my old picks and wow I really looked sick lol.

    PS: would you mind sending me a friend request? I can't find the way to add friends
  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,244 Member
    @Lizeth_Chavez_10 - to add friends on a PC, click on a user's icon/name/image. A window will pop up. Click on the person's name. Their profile will come up, and there will be three buttons -- Send Message, Add as Friend, and View Diary (if that person's diary is public). You can guess which button to click.

    Add a little message to the person explaining why you'd like to add them as a friend.

    Glad you don't look sick anymore. I got pretty trim last summer, but never looked sick.
  • Katmary71
    Katmary71 Posts: 7,078 Member
    I've had both good and not-so-good responses. One I get the most is that I'm skinny now and need to stop losing weight. I'm down to the last 10lbs, 90lbs down. My uncle recently told me I'm wasting away. I didn't appreciate that though I think he may have meant it in the right spirit. The skinny comment drives me nuts as I want to be slender, but would rather hear I have good muscle tone vs. being too thin.

  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
    bump
  • pro31wahine
    pro31wahine Posts: 62 Member
    You look awesome! Hey skinny.

    You're disappearing.I'm glad to see you eat food.
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