Too Thin?

Some people just don't want others to succeed with controlling their weight. This may be part of what is happening.

What is your BMI? If you don't know, you can get a rough cut at it with the calculator on the tools page here. As long as you are over about 19 on your BMI, you are fine.

my friends [who happen to be heavier than me.] yell at me all the time about weight loss. i know i get a little crazy with it, but i am by no means too thin. im on the brink of being over weight again and my goal really is a healthy one for my height. i think they just get annoyed by me talking about health and working out and eating well too often. but DEF all the time i get nagged about it.

Whenever my sister, who was heavy most of her life, loses weight, my mom accuses her of being anorexic. She may think this is some kind of compliment, I don't know, but I think it's incredibly rude. She's a size 6 and looks fantastic.

I think most people who make comments like that are jealous, really. You don't sound like you are too thin - unless you're 7 feet tall or something.

It may also just be the shock of seeing the huge change in you. You could respond with something equally rude like "Uh, thanks! You look like you haven't slept in days!" Or something wittier...I'm still waking up :laugh:

Go by with how YOU feel. Also take into consideration what your height is, your body fat %, and your BMI.. if all of these are resonable and you want to still drop a few pounds, you have every right to do so.

I think people are just accustomed to you looking like you did before and wont think out of the box. You are almost 100lbs lighter then you were. I think it will just take them some time to get use to the new you. Congrats!!!

I agree. Congrats! That's a huge accomplishment and very inspiring.

This can be a touchy subject.

My fiance has similar issues. He's 6'3" and he's not small framed by any means. He's steady at 216 (which looks good on him), but he would like to get down to the 205-210 area. His mom is constantly telling him that he looks too skinny at that weight. He was 206 once before and all she can ever talk about is how horrible he looked. I've never seen him at his lowest weight. He's always been around his current weight or he's been up around 250 since we started dating. I can't tell him what I think because I haven't seen him at 205. I certainly don't want to tell him not to if he's happier at a lower weight. I want to be thin and healthy just as much as he does, and I wouldn't want him telling me to stop losing weight when I only want to lose 10 more lbs.

I think that people are afraid when you lose a lot of weight, because there are so many overweight people now that it looks abnormal to be thin. When you were heavier, people didn't think twice about it, but when you start losing they comment about "how tiny you are" or "how you'll look weird if you lose any more". But you know deep down that you would be happier a little lighter. You know your own limits and eventually everyone around you will get used to seeing your new leaner body and won't think twice about it.

My future brother in law told me that I shouldn't lose any more weight because I'd look weird. I was 152 for 8 years throughout high school and the first few years of college. I didn't look "weird". If I lose 5 more lbs and get down to that weight, I will be at my ideal weight. I won't "look weird". But since he met me at my heaviest (220), he just needs time to get used to the new me.

Lose the weight if it makes you happy. Just be healthy about it, and there's no reason that other people won't accept you once they see that you're happy and healthy.

Are you healthy? In a health weight range for your health? Are you eating properly and not starving yourself? If you answered, yes, yes, and yes, then I would not be concerned with what others think. For as much as it sucks, people do not like to see other people accomplish things they cannot do. You have lost an outstanding amount of weight, probably look FANTASTIC, and are happy. That sort of happiness and success is rough for other people to handle. In my opinion, rock on. Be healthy and fit and love yourself, because in the end, thats all that matters.

Don't worry about what other people think or say. Only you can decide if you are happy where you are, or if you feel you need to lose more weight. The most important thing above anything else is that you are getting fit and healthy. With such a large amount of weight lost, I'm sure you look very different to what people are used to so of course you will get a lot of comments, some of them negative. Stay focused and concentrate on what you know to be the right weight/fitness level for yourself and don't worry about what anyone else thinks!

How tall are you?

When older people i.e. 40-60's lose weight 90% of the time (depending on the amount of weight) their face does look more 'sickly' and there isn’t anything you can do about it.

At 29 that really should be a problem for you especially since you may have been overweight but not morbidly obese therefore it's not like you lost 10lbs from your face.

Without photos I really can’t tell you. Be confidant about your weight loss, that’s the most important part. A lot of people get comments no matter what the truth is b/c others are jealous and don’t have the same will power or dedication as you. As to looking too thin or sickly in the face, let us tell you that is false - but put a photo up to prove it

Sickly!