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You know, I am no expert on reading people but I tend to agree with bethie0828. But sometimes I think women just don't know how to give a compliment regarding that in some cases. Who knows why maybe jealousy that you have control finally. You should be so proud of yourself for being so disiplined (sp) and making healthier choices for yourself. Good Job and keep up the good work! It's hard to make changes but remember you are doing it for yourself not for others to validate you!

Bethie0828 has it right on. I myself would never comment on someones weight (unless they were a close friend) because I wouldn't want them to think that I thought they were fat before. A couple people have made comments at work, and my dad's girlfriend gushes all the time about how little I am getting. But my fiance's family has never said a word, and I sometimes wonder, do they notice? I am sure they do, but for the reason above don't want to unintentionally insult me or anything.

There's the other side of the coin too, where women are extremely jealous. I have heard through my "Grape Vine" at work, that I am either having an affair or I'm getting divorced. Neither of which are true. Some people just don't understand that we are doing this for health reasons with no other ulterior motive.

I found out that some people weren't saying anything to me about it because they were afraid to! Thought that I might have cancer or something that was causing me to "wither away" :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

jealousy is all I have to say!!! esp Women.... they don't want anyone else looking better than themself! You know you worked hard for this and thats all that needs to be important to you!! Good job!

I think sometimes your friends don't understand how much it means to you if they continue to compliment you on your weight loss. I know that when I first started losing weight, my friends would compliment me and tell me what a great job I was doing. Then after awhile they just stopped. I had reached the 75 pound mark and the change was very noticeable then and all of a sudden nobody was saying anything any more. When I mentioned it to one of my friends, she acted offended and said, "I've told you that you are looking good!" I guess I had just wanted to hear it again after losing more weight. I have found, though, that if you are on a long journey of weight loss, some of your friends will get tired of it. I have been accused of being "obsessed" because of my dedication to my diet and exercise program, so I think jealousy does play a part as well.

I also agree with the people on here that said its because women tend to be "jealous". A lot of the women that I work with who are older than me are the people that complement me. Most of the women who are my age tend to say nothing with the exception of one who works out at the same gym as me. Now that I think about it, I would say its that........although, I don't really like the word jealous, but I think they see you as competition now.

I found many tell me I look good, but don't comment on the weight specifically. It has died off now, I guess they are getting tired of it :laugh: :laugh:

I get compliments on my weight loss from females, especially those who see me in the gym all the time, but from guys, I think sometimes they mean to be good, but it just come out wrong. At 5.5 and 175 lbs, I wore most of my weight in my thighs and a little in my stomach, so after losing some weight and toning my legs and stomach, I ran into this Marine who was like "you are really slimming down, I mean when I first met you, you were thick and healthy." But what got to me, was the way he said it and made me feel so much larger than what I was at 175. So I started to defend how I looked back then and completely forgot about the compliment. Because I never felt big, I always thought that I wore my weight well and should tone a little. By the end of the conversation, I was more upset than happy about the compliment, besides the fact that the mosquitoes made a meal of my legs! :laugh: