has anyone said to you...

I had a professor tell me that if I lost any more weight I'd disappear. I told him thank you and decided to take it as a compliment. I also had a classmate ask if I have been sick due to all my weight loss. I was like "no I worked really hard for this!" I'm just trying to take it in stride. I'm barely within a healthy weight range and not at all too skinny.

All. The. Time. All the time. Seriously... did I say all the time? LOL

It is normal and accepted to be fat and unhealthy.

It is abnormal and unaccepted to be fit and healthy.

This world has a skewed view. Don't let others' negative attitudes stop you from reaching your goals.

Yup, my husband has had a few "you look wonderful now, you don't NEED to lose any more weight, I don't want you to end up with other problems". I'm not quite sure what other problems he is imagining - eating disorder maybe, or perhaps it is just making him feel bad about his little beer belly.....
And my dad keeps saying things like "I hope you aren't fading away" when I tell him that I've been for a long run.
They can see that I'm eating plenty of healthy food and am not starving and have no prospects that I can invisage of developing any kind of eating disorder.
I could be developing a bit of an obsession with counting calories, but I'm not too bothered because I think it's a really useful skill and it's not taking away from anything else I'm doing.

Hang in there with what you know is right, perhaps ask a girlfriend or someone else that you trust "am I looking too thin?" if you aren't sure. That's what I'm planning when I get to my current goal weight (which I have revised UP a few kg now I'm close).

Yep, and I haven't even lost that much yet! Now when people say it, I just reply that I'm not really paying attention to the weight, I'm working on getting stronger and more fit, which is true. I've had friends roll they're eyes at that one, and to tell you the truth, it hurts. At times I find myself wishing I could get them interested in getting fit so they can see how amazing it feels, but it hasn't worked so far.

I think a lot of it has to do with them knowing me before hand, and being so used to the (slightly) bigger and lazier me. It's a bit different with people I just meet b/c they didn't know the older side of me, and, well...I don't know.

I could be developing a bit of an obsession with counting calories, but I'm not too bothered because I think it's a really useful skill and it's not taking away from anything else I'm doing.

Yep, same here. I do it for myself though, because I like knowing what goes in my mouth now, whereas before I had absolutely no idea. A lot of the time counting calories won't stop me from having something though, it'll just make me have less of it.

It really bothers my mom when she sees me looking at a label, and it bothers me that it bothers her. It's a label for crying out loud! It's meant to be looked at, that's why it's there! And I don't do the whole "OMG THIS HAS SO MANY CALORIES/FAT/WHATEVER, IT'S SO BAD FOR YOU" bit. My cousin used to do that and I HATED it, totally ruined the mood at the table and appetites and all that. Look at it for yourself, decide for yourself, and be quiet about it! Don't scream it out to the whole freaking table!

Sorry, got carried away. End of rant, thanks for reading.

I've had that happen recently. I'm not at my goal weight yet but when I tell people that I have about 20 more lbs they are like "you'll look anorexic" but I've been at my goal weight before and I didn't look that anorexic or scary. Sometimes you just have to ignore the comments. When I was skinnier people who were overweight used to tease me for being skinny. Sometime people just don't like seeing other people doing what they wish they could.

But I've seen your pics and you look great! Congrats on your hard work and those last 9 lbs!

all the time. "your getting skinny"... i just take that as a compliment and keep soing what im doing. most of the time i think there just mad cause they dont have the will power to do it. i have freinds tell me, so-in-so asked them "how did he loose all that weight?". They really look at you crazy when i tell them i did a life-style change im not on any diet. So dont let them bother you keep on doing what you are till YOU decide your where you wanna be.

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i think it's a little bit jealousy... but people also get "used" to seeing you a certain way. any time you 'change' that, you are changing the norm that they have established for you... if they can't accept that, then they see it as a negative. if they are truly happy for you, then they would see it as a positive, unless you've gone off the deep end and really ARE anorexic! You did what you've done so far for yourself.... if you are happy and comfortable, keep going.

i think it's a little bit jealousy... but people also get "used" to seeing you a certain way. any time you 'change' that, you are changing the norm that they have established for you...

I think that's exactly it. Skewed sense of health/beauty doesn't take into account the fact that a lot of people think fashion models are beautiful. Often, it's not that they think skinny is ugly; it's just that they're not used to seeing YOU that way.

My dad always said that he knew he needed to lose weight when his aunts told him that he looked healthy.

I get the you are so skinny all the time. Very irritating. I am not skinny! I have hips and boobs! I still want to lose a little more weight. I am I obsessed with it? Maybe but hey it's my life lol.

Congrats on all your hard work-you look fabulous! I've been big my whole life & dealt with my insecurities behind a mask most times. Over the last few years I've learned to care less about other people's negative perceptions as they don't walk in my shoes (still a work in progress but my inside voice reassures me to not lose my self-worth on this journey). Most people would never be so rude as to say "Don't eat that, I'm worried you're going to get morbidly obese" , but they never think that working out in a healthy/structured way deserves the same consideration. You've worked your butt off to become healthy & happy and that's all that should matter-to you and anyone who cares about you.

I haven't lost as much weight as you have but I think if people have become "used to" seeing you as one size for a long time, then being a HEALTHY size just looks so different to them. (IMO) Depending on how big a person was before, if they work hard and ultimately end up at a healthy BMI it may be perceived as "unhealthy" - even if it's a standard/healthy weight for someone of their height and lifestyle. Sounds crazy, but I guess that's THEIR issue, not yours, right?

Continue to be proud of yourself b/c you've earned it! Don't listen to the "white noise" of negativity and remember: People only rain on your parade because they're jealous of your sun and sick of their shade. (sorry for the rant!)

My mom actually told me that if I lost anymore weight that I would look disgusting! Really!? Why didn't she think that I looked disgusting when I was 30 lbs overweight, ate fast food everyday, and smoked a pack a cigarettes a day. To me that was disgusting. Now I workout 6 days a week, actually eat fruits & veggies and make healthy meals, quit smoking and just in overall a lot healthier than I used to be, so how is that consider disgusting. I just ignore it and do what I feel is best for me.

ok just have to say i can't wait till people say that to me.. but honestly i think it depends whose saying some people might be genuinly worried but more than likely they don't understand that your loosing weight healthiy.. invite these people around for a healthy dinner and show then that diet food is not the same as a nice healthy diet x

YES!! To be quite honest... it is because we are SO fabulous now, and they are jealous. Forget them! Damnit, be proud!! No one should rain on our hot tamale train!!!