"You don't need to lose any more" - "You don't want to be too thin"

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  • Fivepts
    Fivepts Posts: 517 Member
    I am blaming it on my doctor and physical therapist. Once I start listing all the medical reasons that I need to lose a little more, they get bored and drop it.
  • sytchequeen
    sytchequeen Posts: 526 Member
    I've been in maintenance for about 8 months now, and only started getting comments about it in the last 3 months.

    I think it might be because when I found I was maintaining and not regaining I had the confidence to spend a bit of money on clothes and get rid of some poorly fitting items - therefore I suddenly look a lot slimmer than I did because I'm not in oversized stuff. It's odd to get "have you lost more weight!! You don't need to lose more" from someone you only saw in December and you are exactly the same weight. I just remember that the last time they saw me I was in a big jumper and jeans two sizes too big held up with a belt :D
  • sytchequeen
    sytchequeen Posts: 526 Member
    dragon_girl26 wrote: »
    "you don't need to lose any more weight. You'll blow away!" All righty then.

    True story... we had a storm the other month, and I nearly did blow away :D
    I'm so used to not worrying about gusts of wind I nearly had my legs out from under me on a station platform coming home from work :o

  • SCoil123
    SCoil123 Posts: 2,111 Member
    I’ve gotten the “you don’t need to lose any more weight because you are thin” but that’s it. It started when I was just above a healthy BMI and about 10lb from goal
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    Fivepts wrote: »
    I am blaming it on my doctor and physical therapist. Once I start listing all the medical reasons that I need to lose a little more, they get bored and drop it.

    Yes, I'd go with the Appeal to Authority as well ;)
  • Cahgetsfit
    Cahgetsfit Posts: 1,912 Member
    I find that I only get those comments from people who are overweight.
  • Monkeyfreck
    Monkeyfreck Posts: 65 Member
    Listen very, very carefully from 0:45

    https://youtu.be/ouPe97YS2vc?t=45
  • MindyG150
    MindyG150 Posts: 1,296 Member

    aes1219 wrote: »

    5'5 was 182 lbs right before delivering my son in December. Am now 138 lbs and I have been receiving these comments since I was around 150 lbs. I still am wanting to get down to 125-130 lbs.

    Im same height as you and 156 today. Once I hit the 150s I get comments how "thin" I look. I think it's how I am built. Maybe the same for you. I am very evenly distributed. I lose weight all over evenly. So yeah, I do look pretty ok at 150. And I can only imagine how I would look at 138

    I'm 5'6, 150 is my comfort zone but according to many web-pages I could go lower.
    Bottom line is I do look thinner...because I am!
  • kenyonhaff
    kenyonhaff Posts: 1,377 Member
    I didn't really get too many of these, but the go-to answer I would say was: "My doctor is aware of my goal and is very happy with my progress. Thanks for asking."

  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,622 Member
    Monkeyfreck wrote: »
    Listen very, very carefully from 0:45

    https://youtu.be/ouPe97YS2vc?t=45

    I'm gullible (plus curious), so I watched.

    If that seems inspirational or insightful . . . well, you do you, and more power to you, sincerely. (We're all different, when it comes to what moves us.)

    But who thinks it's a good idea (non-creepy) to name his channel "50 Shades of Gains", BTW? :lol:
  • JRSINAZ
    JRSINAZ Posts: 158 Member
    I'm at goal now and everybody saying stop losing but I kind of like to lose 10 more and buff up I've never had the opportunity to do that
  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
    I am getting these comments now a lot lately. I still have 10-15 lbs to goal and am not slim by any means. Maybe people are just used to seeing me a bit chubby. I am just under 130 lbs at 5'0" so I have some weight to lose.
  • JTGJTG
    JTGJTG Posts: 52 Member
    sharon8271 wrote: »
    So I just listen to my doctor rather than anyone else.

    That's the key. What does your doctor say? I'm 5'8", 155# and my doc says to stay there.

  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    msbridgetteanne wrote: »
    I started getting it a few months ago. I'm 5'2 and 160, with a goal weight of 125, so I still have quite a bit to go. For the most part, I understand that it's coming from a place of concern (the main person guilty of saying this is honestly concerned I'm a victim of low self esteem and an eating disorder). The thing that's most insane to me, though, is that while I've lost over 120 lbs, it was lost slowly over the course of, like, 10 years!! It's not like I suddenly dropped 100 lbs in a few months!

    Mostly I ignore these comments, but the main perpetrator is really getting to me. He has to say something literally every time he sees me, and I'm afraid I'm going to snap at him. I've tried calmly telling him please not to worry. I don't know what else to say at this point that won't come off as rude or overly defensive.

    Given that it’s repeated, he’s not likely to listen to anything you have to say. You might try appeal to authority: “Thanks, but my doctor would prefer I lose enough weight to be at a healthy BMI.”
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