Things people say when you lose weight
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'You used to be sooo scarily fat! Never return to that weight.' Sadly, I regained most of the weight and now feel even more miserable knowing what people must be thinking.
People sometimes get their feelings hurt when their friends and colleagues don't appear to notice their weight loss. I think that most do, just choose not to comment for this very reason. You say you lost lots and gained it back; and people commented on the loss with cautionary phrases. So it would have been better if they had never commented at all - although their word choices weren't great!4 -
You are going to be thinner than me soon. Response... "Ummn, No I cannot ever be as thin as you are. I do not have your bone structure".
Oh, you looked fine before, do you want to be a broomstick? Response... "Thank you, I only want to be healthy".
You are wearing leggings, are you going to the gym? Response... No, I just want to be comfy!
The worst.....
Should you be eating that, aren't you on a diet? Response... "No, I am not on a diet and can eat anything I want to eat in moderation. Thank you for your concern".
Oh, I can help you eat your lunch. Response... "No, thank you, I packed it because I wanted to eat it".16 -
I think best reaction was from my yoga students. They walked in, looked at me and walked right back out thinking they were in the wrong place. I had to run them down and say "hey, I know you haven't seen me in 6 months" - the looks of utter confusion was the BEST. Of course life happened, but now I know how to do it and where I went wrong, I'm no longer confused by my body.13
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From an obese loved one after I lost 70 lbs and went from a size 20 to a size 5:
Oh well you will always be bigger than your brothers and sisters.
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I hadn't seen my nephew or his wife in a while. They came into a family gathering. I was sitting with my back to them and was talking to my sister. My nephew's wife said something like "I heard your voice but I couldn't find you!" because I looked so different from the back (after a 60 pound weigh loss).16
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This one, all I could do is grin: "Are you sick?"9
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Someone was taking a group photo on a bike ride this week.
"Breathe in!... Except Helen, she doesn't need to"25 -
Saw a group of ladies I haven’t seen in a couple years… one in particular had no filter and you never know what might come out of her mouth
She saw me and her jaw dropped. She came up to me a couple of times reiterating how great I looked (the first was a bit awkward because I was talking with another lady and she gushed about me, turned to the other lady and said “you look great too! Buuuut…” and turned back to me.) I am normally one who is content to be a wall flower and go wholly unnoticed, but it was kinda fun ☺️10 -
The most annoying comment was someone who asked if I was planning on losing more weight and I said no (because I'm maintaining now) and then they said "you don't look that thin to me" like what. Seriously annoyed me. Like don't ask and then insult me.
That stinks! I am sure you look great!5 -
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'You're too skinny' or 'You don't need to lose weight' really peeves me off. I prefer when people say 'You're looking really fit!'10
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A colleague told me I looked better when I had more weight. I'm 1.63m (5'4?) and went from 84 kg to 54 kg over a year.
Kinda curious to see what my family will say when they finally see me again. I live in a different country and due to Corona, I haven't seen them in almost 2 years now. When I started my weightloss, I didn't say anything because I wanted to keep it to myself and kinda surprise them ... well, it's going to be a very late surprise now lol!12 -
I've gotten these:
"You've lost enough, don't lose anymore", , , hmmm seems like that oughta be my decision.
my favorite though:
"You look younger and fitter every time I see you", uh it's hard to be mad about that one!
Mostly, I try to display patience and gentleness and realize that I've commit so, so many faux pas in my time. I should be forgiving to others.18 -
At a funeral this past weekend, a lady that my family is acquainted with but neither my fiance or I know well (we're both in the process of losing weight before the wedding), gawked at us from across the room , and proceeded to walk up to us and say, "Y'all have lost A LOT of weight!" Big emphasis on "a lot".
I didn't realize me losing, like, 8 lbs and my fiance losing 17 lbs made such a big difference. From the look on her face, I swear she thought we were both huge before (My heaviest was around 158-160, my fiance's was around 215 I think). Which is kinda funny, because she's far from fit herself lol.7 -
Lately I had a lot of other moms ask me what my "secret" is, and when I tell them logging food and working it out they sort of tune out (I guess they are hoping for a secret pill). I have been working very hard on getting toned and lean and people comment on how good my arms look and when I tell them it's from doing weights, I have gotten "must be genetic" three times no
w . Nope, not genetic, hard work. 13 -
Don't get skinny and or I havent seen you this small in forever.
Same person Said both, Ive lost 42 lbs and 36 to go and I wont be skinny but who asked that persons permission geez.6 -
I saw a friend last weekend that I hadn't seen in 18 months.
The first thing out of her mouth, spotting me from afar, was "You've lost weight, no?!". And then other stuff like "I didn't realise you had a waist and nice straight shoulders, an hourglass figure! You used to be more of a rectangle." and how much my face has changed, much less round.
No complaints from me, I've had so few people notice/acknowledge my weight loss so far. It was also a nice change to have someone ask me how I did it and actually listen to the answer
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They say, "You lost a lot of weight. Are you sick."6
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I have had this weird thing where at 'still overweight but not by much' people wanted me to stop losing weight. At my current weight which is within a healthy BMI I am getting 'you have more to lose' from the same people.
a-) not their business but whatever
b-) what.10 -
Ok, I've got to get it off my chest. My MIL. Grr. Last year around this time she gave me an oh so helpful comment 'your face looks gaunt, you should stop losing weight'. Thanks MIL, thanks. She doesn't realize it but I gave her the silent treatment for the better part of 6 months after that comment.
Yesterday, 'You look great! You sure you're not sick?'
WTH. I freakin' can't stand her.
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