How did you feel when someone mentioned your weightloss

I always feel uncomfortable when people point it out. Proud of my hardwork...But uncomfortable.

I feel extremely uncomfortable. Was really hard for me yesterday, went to a family do, and people kept talking about it, and commenting on my diet (also in the 'Don't eat that, I can see you are on a diet!'-way) and I hateeeeeeeeeeeeee it... I'm considering not going to the next family do, because it just drives me up the wall

Yeah I don't know why but it felt uncomfortable as well. I couldn't understand why though. As it felt nice, and made me happy as well

It depends on who's mentioning it. If its a close family member than I get happy that someone has noticed because sometimes I wonder if I'm making any progress that's noticeable. Some family members and just other people, I am happy but at the same uncomfortable because I still feel embarrassment of my starting weight and hope they don't keep on talking about my weight.

I feel embarrassed (I seem to get these comments on a weekly basis from people at work). Especially when people tell me I'm looking nice and slim now... back handed compliment! So I looked like crap before? (this is just how my head works and I realize that they don't mean it this way)

But then, there is no pleasing me. When meeting up with the BFs family (who I hadn't seen in a couple of months), not one of them mentioned it - which miffed me slightly.

it depends on who it is, if it's my family i'm ok with it, my supportive friends i'm ok with, my "you've lost too much, you look ill" friends i hate them mentioning it as it makes me feel like rubbish, i also hate strangers or casual acquaintances mentioning it

why is it socially acceptable for somebody to say "you've got thin" (or words to that effect) but not socially acceptable to say "haven't you got fat/put weight on". ok so i do realise that to say somebody has put weight on or is fat is rude, but unless they are family or a friend i find it equally rude to mention my weight loss.

a good example of this is.... my husband took me to one of his friends weddings, i don't really have much to do with his friends so they hadn't seen me in a couple of years, they were all full of compliments and kept telling me how good i looked, instead of making me happy, this made me paranoid that his friends had been pitying my husband for marrying the fat frump, when his usual type was dolly bird, that probably wasn't the case (although i genuinely think it was) and i felt uncomfortable for the rest of the night, didn't help that a couple of them kept coming up and repeating themselves over and over, i just wanted to hide

i also think the more i lose, the worse i actually handle people mentioning my weight loss, hopefully i will learn to deal with it better one day :sad:

Not very happy, they all said I look anorexic and need to bulk hard. The only people that said this are the ones that have belly fat and want to loose it. The others say, you do look quite slim now, but yeah as long as you know what you're doing and are bulking, then keep doing what your doing.

i m happy and proud of my hard work.

I appreciate that someone notices and thank them. Then I move on to something else. I get embarrassed if they won't leave the subject alone.

People started mentioning it once I hit around 16lb lost and now it happens a few times a week. I honestly really enjoy when it happens! I do get a bit awkward when they carry on with ''are you doing it on purpose?'' and a load of questions but just a quick mention is cool with me.

Its getting mentioned to me that much when I'm in the office at the moment, and the local shop for that matter (same owners) that its starting to get on my getting ever smaller tits.

I wish now that people would just be happy and not have to mention it to me all the time, I do eat crap sometimes and not done it as quick as some people on here, but I'm only 15lb from my goal now and its getting a bit boring talking to people about it, just let me get on with it.

If people want help, just ask me directly rather than asking other people what I'm eating and doing exercise wise to lose weight.

Daz

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My years ago when I had just left my job I lost around 90lbs (I put it all back on I'm afraid). When I went back to visit my old colleagues a couple of them walked past me completely because they didn't recognise me! People were complimentary but I did feel a bit uncomfortable that some people that didn't really take much notice of me when I worked there all of a sudden wanted to be friendly with me.

On another note I also noticed that I got much more attention from sales assistants in clothes stores! Whereas I used to be ignored and practically had to stalk a sales assistant to get any help before all of a sudden they were coming up to me and asking if they could help me. I should have felt delighted by this but in fact I felt really quite angry, I was still the same person as before but just wearing smaller clothing - it was almost like being fat meant I was a non-person which I think is a disgusting way to treat another human being. Having said all that it doesn't stop me wanting to lose the weight again as I want to be healthy.

Agreed, it's uncomfortable.. the more weight you lose the worst it gets. Not that thats a bad thing really, just uncomfortable. Then they ask you for tips, like you cheated or something.

i started a size 16 - 18 and now i'm a 10 - 12, my boss keeps telling me to stop losing weight and even though i am only 5'4" and do not mention my weight loss unless someone mentions it to me, i enjoy shopping now and my friends and other work pals have been lovely, so now i just smile at her and do not answer, good luck everyone, your doing great, dieting isn't easy but the result is fab!!!! i have 18 lbs to go and i'm going to make it there and be smiling inside and out!!!!