After 65 lb weight loss.. NOW being called fat?

Stephanie,
They are jealous that you are doing it the smart way, without fad diets , or pills! Hold your head up high ! You look amazing ! I'm so sorry about the remarks , but try to push it aside and think of the positives that your journey has given you! Everyone here on MFP loves you and will encourage you every step of the way ! DON' T give up ! You can message any of us I'm sure if you need to talk !
Hang in there kiddo .

You have done amazingly well and look fantastic. Hold your head up high and take a good look at your progress. It's worth it because you have more energy, have reduced your risk of chronic illnesses and you look brilliant too. Perhaps you're getting comments now that you didn't get before because you look more confident and people think you can 'take it'. Whatever reason, the people that make comments are not worth your self destruction. You have so much to gain by keeping going and what will it prove if you give up? Believe in yourself (you've got every good reason to) and be proud of how far you've come.

First of all, you look FABULOUS! Don't let some silly idiot girls keep you from using a gym. And don't let ANYONE else make you feel bad. Easier said than done-I've been there many times and it hurts. Haters gonna hate. There is nothing you can do to take away the mean comments, and it stings to hear them, but please realize that such petty, ignorant, hurtful behavior is so much more a reflection on THEM, not you. Also, I bet you those girls couldn't do what you were doing.

Don't give up. Keep kicking butt and hold your head up high!

Bless your soul for having so much patience with those two rats! I would've given them a well deserved punch in the faces. Congrats on the weight loss you look AMAZING!!!!

In my opinion you look great, honestly just ignore them. Get back in the game and use their stupidity to fuel your workouts, when you feel like giving up, just think of slamming your results in their ignorant faces. Please don't let others have an impact on you to the point you give up, your letting them win.

You've made amazing progress and you're going to let a few small-minded idiots keep you from doing even better?

Looking at the bright side, you've only gained back 10 lb. Compared to what you've lost, that's in the weeds. Get back with the program, back to the gym, and if people make remarks, strut your stuff with a little humor: "If you think I'm fat now, you shoulda seen me last year. I was as big as a HOUSE!" Being so open about it will probably put the haters off a bit, and for the genuinely curious (how can you do that?), it should inspire some admiration of them for you. You're doing something harder than they can even imagine. Know that, and take comfort in the fact that you've already accomplished a lot, and the best is yet to come.

Your pictures show such a wonderful change. Please do not let some ignorant comments derail you from achieving your goal. Young kids do not know better. Hopefully they will learn. If the girls are still at the gym, the next time I go I would probably approach them in a calm manner and tell the person that talked to you that her question was mean and hurt you, just in case she did not realize that. You hope, eventhough you are currently heavier than she is, that you are at least nicer to others, and when you reach your goal you hope to be even nicer to people. You hope then that she would have learned to be more sensitive and be nicer too. Smile and then just go on wih the workout....

It's really hard to read what you've had to deal with when I can't at least hug you or yell at some people, lol! In my opinion, you're never going to satisfy everyone... I've been underweight, healthy, overweight, and obese and for every person that thought I looked good, there was someone who disagreed. Now I don't worry about what anyone else thinks of my body and I work towards MY ideal body and what I feel most comfortable doing. It's made a world of difference. *hugs*

Wow! It sounds like you're surrounded by crappy people! It's easy to say IGNORE THEM! But it's hard to do. I would suggest finding more positive people to surround you. You don't need that negativity in your life what you're making such wonderful progress!

These girls were actually paying you a compliment in a really bad, ignorant, and politically incorrect way. I mean they were amazed at what you are doing because you don't see a lot of larger women putting their all into it. When I started my journey almost 60lbs ago I was the largest person in the gym most of the time when I went. I was very very self-conscious but knew I had to get over that to get over being obese. On the rare occasion I saw another larger person come into the gym it would generally be someone in a brand new workout outfit who would get on the treadmill/elliptical and go very slow for 15 minutes and then leave. Amazing that I never saw them there more then two or three times huh? So the question posed to you was actually a compliment to the fact that you give it your all and weren't giving up.

Don't let a few social morons discourage you. What worked best for me is finding a time that the gym is relatively empty. I found that after work the gym is full of ignorant gym bunnies but if I go during my lunch break there are only a few people there and they are all trying to get in and get out so they aren't hanging around socializing or paying attention to me.