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Yeah. IT's mostly water..

Posts: 428 Member
edited December 2024 in Motivation and Support
When asked by a co-worker a few days ago, how much weight I had lost, I told her i was just shy of 50 pounds. She asked how long it took - I said about 5.5 months..

She said, "wow, that's kind of fast, huh." I said "not really - around or less than 10 lbs a month" she said - "Well, yeah, it's mostly water in the beginning anyhow"...

eh?

I said "um. well yeah, but it's not like I lost 50 pounds of WATER" I think I embarrassed her a bit. She said, "well - the first few weeks anyhow"..

Finally, we agreed that the first 5 or so pounds might be water. Seriously.

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  • Posts: 282 Member
    To be honest, I can't stand individuals like this. Water weight or not...She should have just congratulated you! Congrats! You've done a great job! :D
  • Posts: 1,326 Member
    She's jealous! But well done on your loss
  • Posts: 996 Member
    That would have made me angry. I feel like she was minimizing your loss. Some people are just jealous.

    Congrats on your loss! :flowerforyou:
  • Congrats!! :) & My first ten pounds were just lost because I stopped eating so much garbage.

    50 pounds is INCREDIBLE!! I'll congratulate you. :D CONGRATULATIONS!! :)
  • Posts: 62 Member
    Why is it so hard for people to believe that hard work and dedication can lead to weight loss like yours?

    As a society we all want a quick solution to loosing weight fast, but yet if someone looses as much weight as you have in what they consider a short amount of time then people get suspicious. It leads to uneducated comments like the one you were on the receiving end of, or people assuming that you're going to one of those awful weight loss places, or had surgery.

    Nope. no quick fix. No pills No surgery. Just hard work!

    I hope you're very proud of your progress - you should be!
  • Sounds like she was SO jealous lol. Anyway, congrats! ^-^
  • Posts: 30 Member
    Way to go on your "water weight loss!" I can only hope that in nearly 6 mo I can lose that much "water"!!!
  • Congratulations! A pound is a pound. Keep up the good work.
  • Posts: 128 Member
    When asked by a co-worker a few days ago, how much weight I had lost, I told her i was just shy of 50 pounds. She asked how long it took - I said about 5.5 months..

    She said, "wow, that's kind of fast, huh." I said "not really - around or less than 10 lbs a month" she said - "Well, yeah, it's mostly water in the beginning anyhow"...

    eh?

    I said "um. well yeah, but it's not like I lost 50 pounds of WATER" I think I embarrassed her a bit. She said, "well - the first few weeks anyhow"..

    Finally, we agreed that the first 5 or so pounds might be water. Seriously.

    Congrats to you! Like the rest say you don't need people like that and when you do get them just try and laugh at them! You have great. Keep it going!
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