Best/Worst Thing People Said on your Weight Loss Journey?

Best: You look amazing! How are you doing it?
Worst (from my mother!): You know, when you get too thin, it makes your face look older.

Best: A stranger came up to me yesterday and told me I should be a model!
I guess all that exercise and clean eating really worked!

Worst: Being told I looked pregnant and ugly by my friends (before weight loss).
OR "Do you even squat?".

Worst: Your nose looks really big now (after I had lost weight in my face) OR You're so uptight and no fun anymore (because I refused to gorge on huge bowls of pasta or get smashed on shots every weekend with my friends).

The same thing happened to me! I was out with my obese friend, who was on the "USANA" diet at the same time I was MFPing, and she was at the bar ordering sugar-free Red Bull with Vodka, while I was only letting myself have two shots of tequila (because I had run out of calories). She FREAKED OUT and told me I was being wayyyy too ridiculous and anal about my calorie counting, and to lighten up because it was the weekend.

Needless to say, she failed the diet one week in, and I'm still going.

Best 1: (From many people - friends, family, customers) Wow, you look amazing/great/fantastic!
Best 2: (From one of my best friends) B*tch, you've got better legs than me!

Worst: (Happened a couple of days ago by a customer, as they came into the shop) Oh, I didn't recognise you! Have you gained weight? (COW!)

Best: Nothing yet, nobody's really noticed.

Worst #1: It's about time you did something about this.

Worst #2: Oh, for all that work I don't see much difference.

Thank you, opinionated, unhelpful family members.

are they all fat and jealous or something?

Best: "You look great- I'm so proud of you!" (from my boss from my old dept)

Worst: "You should eat more- you don't know what you're doing" (from a colleague who is maybe 110lbs soaking wet, in front of everyone in my building eating in the lunch room.)

But I abruptly shut her up when I asked her how long she had been a practicing personal trainer, GP and nutritionist. Her response, "Oh I'm not, but I'm a mother you know." My response: "I already have a mother and she's proud of me. And my doctor and my trainer are the ones helping me so I'll stick to health professionals for my eating and exercise."

(cue the mouths dropping on everyone in the room, and my exit with a smile)

Best: Anytime someone says something nice and possitive to keep me feeling good and motivated.

Worst: A friend told me, "Yah, know there are a LOT of really nice veggies out there!" :grumble: No duh... Really? I eat healthier than her. UGH! lol

People are so rude sometimes...

Best: "We should eat better like Erica does so we can lose weight too..." Coworker, who is now on MFP because of me
(I had NO IDEA anyone had noticed what I was doing or that I had made progress at that point!)

Best #2: "I can tell you're doing some good work there...keep it up!" My HR Rep who I adore and who was MY inspiration to lose weight!

Worst (of all time!) "Don't lose too much cause I love how big and jiggly your *kitten* is." Boyfriend. To his credit, he realized VERY quickly that wasn't a compliment AT ALL.

Worst #2: "I noticed you lost weight. Are you doing this cause we are getting divorced finally? I"m going to join a gym now" EX-Husband. He's obviously an EX for a reason.

Worst #3: "You can go with us to eat out today and just not log it in your dumb thingy." My coworker who is quite overweight but is in great denial. She prefers company when she feasts on 1200 cal burgers...

Worst #4: "You are eating aren't you? Losing 5 pounds a month sure sounds like a lot. Don't quit eating..." My loving mother. She has never really successfulyly dieted and nor does she know much about eating healthy or exercising.

Best: "That's you? That's a picture of you? You were so fat!!!"

Worst: "You didn't need to lose weight, you were always beautiful." -_-

Best -" mummy your so beautiful " From my 9 year old son xox
Worst - 3 weeks after giving birth my brother in law says" oh wow you look different without the belly" and my hubby says " nah you shouldve seen her before"
that was 9 years ago but has stuck in my head since.
worst #2- 6 months ago a friend i hadnt seen in 2 years says " oh wow your pregnant again? " ummm no!
Just like to add i had lost all my weight from pregnancies, i have packed it all on in the last 2 years.

Best: "Damn,you get smaller every time I see you!" from the bouncer at a local bar

Some pretty funny worst's on here - ppl really are mean sometimes! Idk if I have a worst. Probably from my own mouth when I half-jokingly told one of my bigger friends "Dont worry - I'm still a member of the club" (referring to a fictitious club of fat people, haha)

Best: You look so pretty, the way your hair even looks, and attitude is your more happy, and the way you carry your self is so different you truly have changed.
Best: You look so pretty not to say you weren't then but you look prettier .




Worst: You looked so bad then don't ever let yourself look that way again.
Worst: You can lose weight easily NOW becuase you don't have a man, or kids wait until you get a boyfriend or get married then you will gain it all back becuase its easy to lose weight but maintaining is hard especialy when you will get comfortable, or you won't have anytime like you do now.
Worst: Now you will find a husband. Like implying back then that was out of reach.

Worst: (from my brother-in law) "You are getting skinny, like your on drugs or something...but mostly you've just lost you're A**, how does your husband feel now that his wife has no A**?"

Best: Anything that makes me feel like I'm inspiring others

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Quick fix
Best: Wow look at you - you look great
Worst: Looks at me (knows I have losted weight) says nothing just smiles

Since Mfp
Best: Your motivated again? I can see your body changing, looking good
Worst: (from same person 1st worst) Hahaha look at your bum its back to been fat again hahaha