handling compliments

Jerrypeoples

Im not sure if its just my mental makeup or just fatties in general. i get really weirded out by the compliments i have been receiving. not just the congrats on losing weight but in inspiring others.

im horrible at talking about myself and get very uncomfortable in doing so.

anyone else?

Qskim

The first time I lost weight ..about 32lbs n nowhere near goal I was like this...this time I lost weight I was different. I wonder at the difference between the two different periods.

The first time my effort wasn't as " whole" - I was still on shaky ground with focus and I think the compliments made me uneasy because I wasn't completely certain I'd embraced what I was doing. I couldn't see the end and felt like a fraud in some ways. But it's also because you are adjusting to you as well. How they see you, is different to how you see yourself..a work in progress. Sometimes too, compliments made me worry I'd rest on my laurels and decide that's it I'm done.

This time round..I was so naturally assured when I received my first compliment that I knew I was on track in myself. To a point to be honest..that while I love a compliment..I don't "need" them...I'm so certain of what I am doing I'll carry on til the woman in the mirror says she's done. I get a compliment..I'm gracious..I understand that my loss/difference inspires people and great! But what I am doing now is entirely for me and I've still got work to do I tell myself so don't rest on it.