Strange weight loss comments...

DaveHuby

Today I visited my old office, first time since September.

I was greeted by the receptionist with the question "didn't you used to be Dave Huby?"

Quickly followed by "my goodness you've lost weight"

Not sure which flattered most.

What's the weirdest you have had?

SerenaFisher

Honestly I could throw out tons of good, bad, and innapropriate weight loss/and gain compliments (or back handed compliments) I have gotten. I think the most annoying are when people insist that you are "too thin" in ways that are usually not just "Wow, you're too thin" but more like "When was the last time you ate?"

Though with what you experienced I did experience that with some of my ex high school class mates and that was a good feeling. However that was more about personal changes than weight loss. I can definitely get the good feeling of change though. Congrats to your weight loss, may you get many more comments that are in turn compliments.

acogg

My hairdresser asked me why I was so dressed up! I had to EXPLAIN that I wasn't dressed up, I had lost weight. lol

Congrats on your success!

jynxxxed

I've had someone comment on my weight loss positively, then a month or however long later ask "Oh, did you give up working out?"

I was still actively losing weight, and I made sure they felt like a *kitten* for asking. Not really a 'strange' comment, but still caught me off guard!

elewellen

The comment I recieved was even your hair is prettier. The same cut and style 45 pounds heavier. Really

chapparra27

I get good ones and bad ones. The best come from ppl I haven't seen for years...Wow! you look amazing! And ppl at my gym....April you look great! You are truly inspiring! Love when those comments come from thin ppl that were never over weight
The worst come from family..if you get any smaller your gonna be a stick! No on realizes how hard we have worked for this!

PurpleTina

best one for me was the fact that someone actually walked past me in the gym because he didn't recognice me!!!!! He then spent ten minutes apologising to my DH and asking him to pass on the apologies, in case i thought he was being rude!! (I didn't notice him , I was head-down, working out).

KANGOOJUMPS

that is WEIRD!, but you should be proud.

Mr_Bad_Example

I once made a joke (to my wife while at a family event) that I'd lost so much weight that I could take off my jeans without unbuttoning them. Apparently my Mother overheard this and said, "Nu-uh! I want to see you do that!"

Cue awkward silence.

heatherloveslifting

From a trainer at my gym: "You were way hotter before you lost weight".

jakidb

The "strangest" weight loss comments...one girl cld not get it out of her mouth--she just kept saying, "OMG"
another would be a former co-worker who I ran into at the mall just kept saying OVER AND OVER AGAIN, "you've lost weight. a lot of weight. a lot of weight. a lot of weight..." LOL

Guamybear

after 30lbs weights loss, that I still look the same! Whatever!!

sarahrbraun

A couple days ago I saw my dad, mom and sister...I had seen my parents in November, hadn't seen my sister since June. My father told me I had lost weight, my sister agreed. Later I put on a pair of shorts to show my mom the changes in the backs of my legs ( no fat now!) and she confirmed the no fat...and told me my butt looks good

lewcompton

I get good ones and bad ones. The best come from ppl I haven't seen for years...Wow! you look amazing! And ppl at my gym....April you look great! You are truly inspiring! Love when those comments come from thin ppl that were never over weight
The worst come from family..if you get any smaller your gonna be a stick! No on realizes how hard we have worked for this!

Neighbor,
How much more are you planning to lose? I said 90 pounds and she said, "You don't want to get too thin..." People don't get that I'm still 301! They guess I'm between 220 and 240...

miracole

I once got "wow, you're shrinking away to nothing!" Which I found weird, is that a goal I should be pursuing?? I always thought that I was just working at becoming a better version of me...

I also had a cousin say "how are you losing so much weight? It's crack right?" (CLEARLY joking...)

RogerSmith12

About 4 years ago I lost 20 pounds (they are back now!). This guys told me..."you look sick, you should go see a Dr...I have this friend that started to lose weight too fast and she went to the Dr. and found out she has AIDS" (no kidding!). I will never forget his words. Ridiculous.

cwolfman13

I have a main office that I work at most of the time, and two other offices in two other towns that I'm only at occasionally. I hadn't been to the Rio Rancho office since early November (a bit unusual because I used to be there at least once every week or two). I don't have to go through the security point as I have a pass to get in through a private door. As I was walking down the hall to my office and started to put my key in the door, the door down the hall burst open with 3 of our security personnel coming quickly at me ...they were almost all the way to me (with my eyes bugging out) and they slowed up and the lead security said, "holy ****...Mr. Wolf, that you?" I was just glad they realized before slamming me to the ground. They saw me approaching my office on the security monitors and didn't recognize me without my fat suit on...or much less of a fat suit anyways.

lewcompton

From a trainer at my gym: "You were way hotter before you lost weight".

That hurt! Did you ask the trainer to go to...?

heatherloveslifting

From a trainer at my gym: "You were way hotter before you lost weight".

That hurt! Did you ask the trainer to go to...?

I *wish* I'd said "You were way hotter before you started talking!" :laugh: but in real life I just looked shocked and said "Really?!"

felice03

people asking if I am sick...I tell them yes...of being fat.

ChapinaGrande

After losing 25 lb, I saw a former female student who hadn't seen me thin. She said, "You've lost weight. Why? Are you sick? What's wrong?" Her face was very concerned and I told her no, I did it on purpose.

Another time, I saw a former male student who said, "Wow! Teacher! You have a good body now!" I wanted to tell him I traded up, but I'm an ESL teacher and I was worried that he wouldn't get it...

CorinneSharpe

I ran into a girl that I had gone to high school with... she went, "Hey!! When did you get cute!?!"

Uhm - thanks!? And she was so serious about it.

sevsmom

Last Spring, my husband and I had both lost about 30 lbs. (I started in Mar 11 and he started in Jan 12 ~ jerk only took 4 months!! LOL). . .this gal at our church comes up to us and said "I have started referring to you guys as the Incredible Shrinking Couple." All I could do was giggle as I figured that was the response she was looking for.

wendybird5

I have a lot of people doing double takes because they don't recognize me right away. But I also get people who know I've lost weight who will freak out if they see me eating a piece of cake or a grilled cheese sandwich and declare loudly that I'm going to get fat again as if all 80+ pounds are going to spontaneously appear overnight from one piece of cake. (And usually these are people who have no business judging MY food choices.)

Jribeiro86

I'm down 40 lbs now from what I was a year ago, and all any of my girlfriends seem to comment on is the fact that my chest looks considerably larger without quite as much belly fat. My guy friends all play it safe and just say that I look "healthier." lol. I love them.

gwenette

okay this come from my sisters boyfriend--a few years ago i had lost alot of weight which i gained back--thats why im here. But anyway two years after my weight loss we were going around the room saying what we were thankful for on thanksgiving he chimes in "im thankful angie gained some weight back she was starting too look like a crack ho!" I almost passed out!!!! looking back i did look bad i had gotten too thin but at the time i still thought i had about 15 to go..ooopsss

lilibean01

The weirdest was when I went to a Halloween party that a couple I know was throwing, after not having seen them for about 6 months. The husband passed me, then stopped, backtracked and said very seriously, "Whoa. I totally almost didn't recognize you. Where's the rest of you?.... I hope you didn't lose your sense of humor with the rest of you." And then he walked off.

Evachiquita

A guy I was seeing said that I looked like a banana (kind of relating it to my screen name). I wasn't really sure where he was going with that comment....he said that was a good thing I looked like a banana because it means I'm tall and thin! And so that if anyone ever says I look like a banana that they are complimenting me! I was shocked as hell....no one has EVER called me THIN. But hey, I was flattered! I still would not describe my body type as "banana". And at least he didn't call me an avocado or something ugly and unflattering! lol

FitGuyWillDoIt

"You don't need to workout." Um... right. I'll just sit on my couch all night and watch TV.

maggiemay22467

I was told you look so thin (are you sick).

wendybird5

Neighbor,
How much more are you planning to lose? I said 90 pounds and she said, "You don't want to get too thin..." People don't get that I'm still 301! They guess I'm between 220 and 240...

I can relate to your neighbor a bit on this one. My dad was always a big guy and when I got older, he was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and had to go on a strict diet. When I saw him six months later, I kind of freaked out because after being so used to him being so round, the sight of him so much thinner made him look almost sickly to me. I think it's just a matter of perspective because the difference can seem so drastic that you're certain that the amount lost is much more than it is.