How did you feel when someone mentioned your weightloss

Like most have said it depends on who says it to you. I have noticed that people I have not seen in a while are usually surprised, so whatever pops out of their mouth is an instant response. I have only felt uncomfortable when the fiancé of my sister in law went on and on about it almost every time I saw him (every couple months). Now that I look back I think he was just in aww and because I did not see him all the time he had a mental picture of me as "fat". I think this is true about many people we see. Some of us were "fat" for so long that they have that mental image ingrained in their brains. So when they see us after weight loss their brains react in shock.
On another note we all have friends and family that secretly are jealous/envious and they might not even realize it. Hence the reason some can't stop talking about it, encouraging you to eat something your turn down, or encourage you to gain even though your at a healthy weight.
Just never apologize for your weight loss! And learn the art of changing the subject.

I'm not at that point yet... 16lbs out of 140 doesn't show too much yet! Well, my mum says my face looks thinner about every 2 days, but I think she's just trying to be supportive but it makes me feel a bit uncomfortable as I know there isn't really any difference! (not being modest there, it's true)
So I am looking forward to the first time someone else says I look different (as I will be more likely to believe it then!) but I know I will feel awkward as I'm terrible at receiving compliments but will love it internally!

I love it! Makes me feel good that all my hard work is paying off!

I really like it when people notice - it gives me a "pick-me-up" and an encouragement to stick with it. I have gotten the "you don't need to lose anymore weight" line already. LOL. I just told them that my goal was a few vanity pounds lower and that I'd probably gain them back & that shut them up. :P They don't have to know the whole story.

I love when people notice. It reinforces the pride that I have in myself. What I find amusing is when people say "What's your secret" and my answer is I don't eat processed food and I exercise - It's that simple. What they really want to hear is that I took a magic pill that is doing it all for me so that I don't have to do it for myself. Obviously, that is not the case. The other side of this is that if you eat something that people perceive as "bad" and they tell you that "you can't eat that". Because clearly I don't know what I can eat if you JUST told me you noticed how much weight I've lost. I got this...don't worry. I guess what I am saying is - Be proud of your accomplishments. You've earned them!

I love it. I want to loose 100 lbs and I am down 19 now. Someone came up to me and asked what I as doing and was shocked they could see a 19 lbs loss. Hell yeah, hard work is already paying off!

It makes me feel good that the work I've done is visible to others. I smile and say thank you.

Recently in a social situation a casual friend introduced me to her friend with the comment that I've recently lost 30 pounds. The other woman responded, "Wow. You must have been really fat!" I immediately replied "what a tasteless thing to say." She then fell all over herself to apologize.

I have learned to handle the moment -- I don't do the girly thing of keeping quiet and having hurt feelings later. I call out bad behavior on the spot.

OTOH, when someone is genuinely happy for me that I've changed my lifestyle, I cut them some slack.

wow, how can people not notice you losing 15 kgs! maybe people don't know what to say so they don't say anything, i've found this more so when people know you may be sensitive about weight, well done!

I hate it when people mention it because it always seems so intrusive:

"It looks like you lost some weight. Keep it up". Bleh. I especially hate it from people at work because they are always so nosy... Even though it's a compliment, it always seems so back-handed.

If someone notices I lost weight, I want them to come up to me and say "Your *kitten* looks friggin' taut in those pants" and then walk away.

I think I'm only sensitive about work people though- I know that the ladies I work with are gossipy geese and I think it hurts my self esteem because I don't know what they'll say once I leave the room.

My son will come up to me and say things like "Your butt used to be thiiiiiiis big", holding out his hands, "but now it's only this big", making a shrinking motion. He'll also say that I'm "less squishy".

Since I've been chubby all my life, I hide weight loss from my family. My dad would always say things like "you are so pretty.... you just need to lose some weight". I've been avoiding them since I started dieting and I don't plan on going to visit until I make a more drastic weight change. I just don't want to hear anything besides "You look amazing".

I think I have a few issues....

Mostly, I like it.

Sometimes, I don't.

I feel like I am kinda "past" being annoyed and upset with people for insinuating (in my mind) that my weight was unacceptable in the past or I looked terrible before and am only acceptable now. That's stuff I dealt with in the beginning, but I'm 99% over it now. I accept that someone who has not seen me since I was a bloated size 22 is going to marvel over the sight of me wearing size 12 skinny jeans...I do. I was a lot heavier than this when I was 16 years old. I'd comment, too, if the same thing happened with a friend or family member.

Yesterday I went to a close friend's college graduation and I found myself having a total anxiety meltdown right before leaving the house. I was trying on lots of clothes and thinking "this makes me look fatter" (which I seriously NEVER think that even when I was 120 lb heavier) and wondering if people would see me and think I'd gained since posting a before-and-after photo set on Facebook a couple of months ago...even though I have lost weight since then. Then I'd put on a different outfit that was very flattering and think, "this looks like I'm trying to show off/get attention".

In the end, I wore a frumpy outfit to the graduation ceremony and then just wore a tie dye and jeans to the BBQ after...felt fine, and only 1 person (my friend's mom) called me "skinny girl" and I laughed and breezily said, "Oh thanks, I'm not skinny just not as fat as I used to be!" and that was that. They also didn't fuss about my husband and I eating very little (we had dinner plans and don't really do hot dogs or hamburgers anyway). So it was a lot of stress for nothing!!

I think whether you lose 10 lb or 150 lb it is a matter of becoming more comfortable with yourself and your body, and that takes time for most of us.

Spark notes version - When someone first mentioned something about my weightloss it was like I had run into Gloria Gaynor's ghost. At first, I was afraid; I was petrified.

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So, I started losing (unintentionally) in college. I lost 17 pounds without even trying (I was 18yo, 5'8", 200 lb female). I had seen both of my siblings go through the freshman 15 and was determined not to do the same. I didn't realize that I was walking about 4 miles a day across campus, but I was purposefully eating healthier meal options.

Half way through the first semester, I noticed it. A shirt I had purchased one month prior was too baggy. I thought the washer had stretched it or something at first....and then I started groping handfuls of fabric around my stomach. My roommate walked in and saw me (what she thought) was measuring my progress and made some comment about how everyone was so proud of my hard work and dedication to a healthier lifestyle....And then she saw the absolute look for horror on my face and realized that I hadn't been doing this intentionally, I had no idea what had just happened in the last month, and I didn't know what it meant (as ridiculous as that sounds).

Like most people have said, it's a mixed bag. It's great to have people notice my hard work and notice that I have been maintaining for a couple years. I know so many people who lose and gain the same 15-20 pounds and I am so glad I didn't fall into that pattern.

But I get tired of the question of what is my secret; because there isn't one. I say I started eating less and making better choices and exercising and no one wants to hear that. They want some magical way to love weight and keep it off. So I have quit talking about it.

I love it :happy: I have made it no secret that I need to lose weight so when people notice and say something then I get a real boost from it. Usually walk around with a grin on my face for a few hours.

When my coworkers mention it I kinda feel good about myself. A few of us started working together and holding each other accountable for our respective weight loss, so when they say I look good and they can tell I'm losing weight and to keep it up it makes me feel better... but then again we all have the same goal and they ALWAYS say it in a supporting way.

When other people say it though it almost sounds condescending... like I'm not losing quickly enough. I've lost 50+ pounds in the past year and a half through watching what I eat and exercise, and occasionally I do still yo-yo since I can't always make time for meals with my work schedule... but if they say it the right way and it sounds good or it sounds like I just surprised them, then i don't feel awkward, I just feel proud.