Goal reached. Family horrified.

This is ridiculous. You are happy, healthy, in a medically recommended weight range, and after looking at your "after" photo, you look perfectly healthy to me. I respect the education and experience your family members have, period. I think they may be letting emotions influence tier reaction to your altered appearance. If you've been overweight for a long time, they are used to seeing you like that and THEY may need tome to adjust. The wording of your sisters response "ew" is also indicative of an emotional response.

Stand up for yourself and the hard work you've done to improve your health, your life, and your future. You worked very hard for this. Your are healthy and probably feel better than you have in years. Enjoy it and don't let others spoil your success. Congratulations on reaching your goal!!!

First of all - you look fantastic! I heard the same thing from my family. When I sent a selfie to them they asked was I sick because I looked so bad. Went to a conference and everyone was looking at me the same way - as if something was wrong with me. After a while I was asking myself the same thing. What I finally figured out is that people are used to seeing you a certain way and some people are going to complain whether you are too big or what they consider too small. They may never be satisfied (and as someone told me some folks are just plain jealous). How do you feel? You look great. Unless the doctor has told you something is wrong with you don't listen to negative people - do you!

You look fantastic. I'm so sorry your family said those things. Any doctor would tell you that you are at an ideal weight, being as you are in the middle of the normal weight range, so if they ever say anything again, just say "My doctor says this a good weight for me."

I think you look fantastic!

First of all - you look good. Your face is not sagging and there are no wrinkles. The bottom-line is it is about good health. Your family is not use to seeing you thin so it doesn't look right to them.

I am sure all families talk about each other but for them to say those things to your face that is a bit much. No body likes it when they know that they are being talked about no matter who the messenger is. Do what is best for you!

You look great!!!! Don't let them talk you into thinking you don't!
You look healthy and not at all too thin. Let them get used to it, they will come around.

Your family is high.

Oh my gosh. They're crazy. You look fantastic. Don't listen to them. How sad is it that families often are the biggest roadblock in a journey to being healthy and fit. Ignore them the best you can. It's hard when the ones who are supposed to love and support you hurt your feelings. Keep it up because you look awesome!

Feel free to take this with a grain of salt, because I'm a strange man on the internet ...

But, wtf is wrong with your family? You look amazing! Seriously. And not in a "We're all beautiful, yeah!" way. You legit look fantastic.

That said, please, for the love of all that is holy to you, never take the opinion of someone that says "Your face, ew!!" seriously. Because family or not, that person is an *kitten*.

I think you look great. Your body is so much more toned and your face is not "EW" as your family says. I think they have their own issues and usually the people closest to us can be the meanest. I get rude comments from my mother all the time. I used to let it affect me, but not anymore because I know that I just want to be healthy. It's your life, you live it the way you want. If you were heading a bad road, then sure family could chime in, but you're not. So to answer your question.. you're not the one with issues. You look great and you're healthy. As long as you're happy that's all that matters. Great job btw! :happy:

Tell your family to go kick rocks!! You look great!:flowerforyou:

There is some hating going on. You look fantastic!

You look incredible!

You look great, not too thin at all! I get that too, that my face is so "skinny" (not the rest of me, just my face) and I have 66 pounds to get to goal and my goal is still in the overweight range (goal given to me by my surgeon who says 160 is my ideal weight for 5'7" and 58 years old). I will stop losing when I am happy with my weight, not when someone else says I'm done. You are at a healthy weight and it sounds to me like your family is either jealous of your success or they are just the kind of people that must have something to criticize. Either way you go, you have done the right thing and you look great!

Families gonna Fam