I am "small" to new people :) (Share your stories too!)

One of my favorite things is when folks say, "How are you eating that much?! Where does it all go, you're so small." Haha usually it's at family gatherings so I go all out, they don't know what happens at home! :P

I love this!

I am not smaller yet, but it took me a long time when I got bigger to start picking up the bigger clothes. I would try on my old sizes and not realize I needed something bigger. I can't wait until it is that way in reverse since I have finally gotten used to XL and size 18. I want to be able to put them back and get something single digit.

Thank you all for inspiring us and seeing that it can be done!

Sounds silly but someone at work called me a 'skinny minny' the other day. I couldn't stop smiling allllllllllll day! :-D

Pretty much whenever I have freshy cleaned pants and hold them up I kind of get a mental panic that I won't be able to get them on because they look SO small (I am finally in a 10 - I can't even imagine what these 4s look like you guys speak of! LOL)

someone brought in some pastries to work the other day. I usually avoid all things like that at work, but I decided to have a peice - this guy comes shooting out of his office "Teresa is having some! I have to see this!" It wasn't in a snarky way, like those that new me before would say, but like he knew I always ate healthy and it must be something great if I was going to have a piece.

My husband gets so exasperated with me because whenever I take a picture with anyone, I always look at it and am genuienly surprised that I am "normal size" compared to everyone else. The last time I said "oh good, my face is just as small as Mary's!" he was like DUH! CRAZY!

My friend was talking about making plans to go the beach in a few months; and I told her that I would go but not get in the water since I don't have bathing suits that fit.

She offered one of hers for me to borrow and I weakly said "Yeah, like any of your suits would fit me."

Her response? "Hey!!! I'm not that much bigger than you. You're right though, mine will probably be too big on you"

I've always thought of her as really tiny and athletic so hearing her say she (indirectly) thinks of me as smaller than her was like....

"WHAT???? NOOOO THAT's NOT WHAT I MEANT!!!"

It's just weird to think that I am not overweight anymore. It'll take time to catch up to my brain.

I am so totally impressed with all of these positive stories and events you are telling about. I am a 65 year old 'fat kid' and loved the statement the gentlemen "headofphat" put that "It felt good to hear it but i shed a little tear because my credibility as a fat kid is gone."

I was that fat kid - 2nd fattest kid in 1st grade, 150# in 5th grade, 180# in 8th grade and 192# at graduation - 17 yr old! When I finally grasped the fact that although I'd never be a skinny, slinky, svelte knockout like my high school cheerleader friends and really didn't want to be I decided to get with it and be the best I could be. At age 26 yr, about 9 months after my first & only child was born, my OB/GYN helped me lose 42# the healthy way - basically 34 yr later I discovered it was basically the Weight Watchers healthy plan. I lost from 196# to 142# in a year and kept it within range for several years but over the next 30+ years I yo-yoed up & down hovering around 162# & up but never got above 186#. When life threw me a curve ball and hit me in the gut I consoled myself with food. In 2008, at 183#, a friend asked me if I would join with her because she needed a friend/confidant and needed to lose 90#. I had 40+ I could do without and said yes. In one year I lost 46.8# and made lifetime July 2009. Again life started kicking me around and I gained 25# back. Got back on track last year, got real serious and now am within 3# of my goal!

I know that wonderful, scary feeling when someone calls you skinny and tells you how wonderful you look. It is wonderful and I am so happy and proud of all of you young folk for getting into a healthy lifestyle and enjoying life. Going from 38 - 40" mens' jeans to size 4, 6, 8 ladies/girls jeans is a knockout feeling and still one hard to grasp. I've outgrown the 4s & 6s but still have them in my closet. Size 8s are getting a little loose again and it feels wonderful.

Take good care of yourselves and keep up the good work.

We don't know each other but that doesn't matter ~ I am so very proud of each and every one of you.

I lost 65lbs with the help of my Lapband and went for a body lift and brachioplasty last November to get rid of a lot of saggy skin. When I came back to work, my male coworkers called me "sexy" and it's an adjective I've never been called before. I was a little uneasy with that label, but now it's ok.
My female coworkers gasped at my skinny arms and very flat tummy and said they were so jealous. They kept asking what size I was and how much I weighed. I told them my surgeon only took off 15lbs of skin, but they didn't believe me. They said it looked like 40lbs gone. I had only dropped 1 size, from a 16 to a 14 and I was 185lbs post op. I never tell my coworkers my size or my exact weight, only that I am down 80lbs in total. When they keep insisting I tell them my size, I ask them "what size do I look?" They say "8". I say "thank you!" It's my own secret and I love it My goal is to be a 10-12 and when I have my thighs reduced, I'll be closer to my goal.

I was at Walmart last night to pick up a receipt in the optical department when I thought I'd stop into the ladies clothing to look at workout tops. Well on my way there I found a rack of Lee's capri stretch jeans that I had bought three pairs of last year (loved the fit). Last summer, I could barely squeeze into a size 12 but I bought them anyway. When I looked at the same pants on the rack last night, I thought maybe-just maybe-I could be a 10. But looking at the pants on the hanger, I just couldn't mentally see myself in them. I mean, I haven't been a size 10 in 15 years.

I was really surprised when the fitting room was my friend for a change. The pants fit great, though a bit of muffin top made me wince That's okay, I'll fix that in the next two months and shapewear will smooth that out until then.

I still gravitate toward XL and L sizes. It's hard to wrap your head around being a "smaller person". Feels so foreign but maybe in a year or two I'll be able to drop the big girl mentality.

I can remember going shopping with a friend about halfway through my current weight loss. She asked me what size dresses I wore and I told her a 14. So I picked out some things I liked and all of them ended being to big. Turns out I was about a size 10/12 at the time. She was so shocked that I didn't realize how much smaller I really was.

The mirror keeps me in check. I've lost 80lbs thus far, gone from size 20-6 jeans, XXL -M shirts, and DDD-C bras. I still think like the fat me and I still think of myself as overweight. Then I see my reflection and I stare in disbelieve, and then smile big at the skinny me. Also pictures, every time anyone snaps a new picture of me I'm just in disbelieve and awe of myself.

A recent story, I work in a daycare and the other day I was on my knees picking up the toys and the co-teacher was all, "Wow! you have like no back fat. How did you get rid of it?" I was caught off guard and said, "It just kinda went away, cause the only exercise I do is Zumba and lots of walking."

Another, my brother got married in December and I had several family members who hadn't seen me in awhile commit on how small/tiny I was. I was thrilled until, it turned into "you need to stop losing weight because I'm scrawny looking now". that pissed me off. lol

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My co worker asked me why I am looking dull I replied by saying I have a stomach flu which happens kind of often with me due to heat and season change. He looked a me and teased.. "but you are so tiny, do you even have a stomach?" I was like nobody has called me tiny before in my life :P LOL!

One of the girls at work was out on pregnancy leave so I have only seen her about three or four times since December and she asked if I got a haircut which I had and said "bangs make your face look so good" I didn't say anything but I am sure it is the disappearing double chin that made my "face look so good" I was happy for the rest of the day.

LOL- Same here! I git some bangs a couple months agp and now people at work are always telling me it must be my new haircut. Or perhaps that I lost a chin, half a belly, 3-4 sizes... and 50 pounds...But it's a fairly PC/conservative company, so if it's someone I don't know very well, I just say thanks! If its a friend or a woman whose sounds exasperated about her own weight and/or asks me about my weight loss, I will share the truth :happy: (Too bad no-one really wants to know the cold, hard truth re. deficits and exercise and stuff.)

nice work everyone. this is an inspirational thread for sure.

I have a new coworker, who didn't know me before my weight loss. I was discussing with her warm clothes for the North (we live in Northern Canada), and I was telling her different clothing that I've found that worked. She said "yeah, you must be cold all the time you are like what? 100lbs?" She is a small woman who I seen myself as being bigger then her. I have another new colleague who I just met as well, and he said I must be 100 lbs soaking wet. I don't think I look that small, but I'm still adjusting to my new body. It definitely boasted my self image to know that other people see me as small, even tho, most days I don't.