Have people told you that you're losing too much weight?

Mostly I get "Skinny girl"...I make sure to say that yeah I have lost weight, but I have also gained a lot of muscle and that my goal is to be fit and toned

Not in the same way I just got to my halfway point and someone was asking me about my weightloss and I was excited and made the comment that it was my halfway milestone and I till want to lose 50 more lbs and they said I would be too thin so I explained to them that the weight I want to be is right in the mid range for my height but they still acted as if it would be too thin so Im sure as I get closer Ill get more comments like that

I feel that people are supportive and happy until you're their size or smaller, then jealous comes into play.

my mom, she's very discouraging. I eat all my calories for the day, my BMI is in the normal range but my mom doesn't like the fact that I've lost 15 pounds. I want to continue to lose weight till I hit my goal, but she says she'll send me to therapy for anorexia if I lose more weight.

Yes- all the time!! But I think that because such a huge percentage of the population is now overweight or obese, being overweight to a certain degree has become the "new normal." I just ignore them, except if they are family members or close friends I tell them I am now working on building muscle. That makes them feel better- and it's true!

I agree with this totally! One of my best friends and I have run 3 marathons together. She is thin and very, very fit (5'7" and 110, about a size 2). I got down to my lowest weight ever this summer (I'm 5'5" and was 117) and we both said we got a lot of comments about being "too skinny" where in reality we are very fit/muscular and eat healthy and the right amounts. I think the "new normal" you refer to is right.

In MOST cases, people know you are healthy. They say things like this to make themselves not feel so bad about not having the motivation or willpower to do something about their own lives.

I usually tell them things like "I eat whatever I want, but shove my fingers down my throat afterwards. WIN-WIN!"

That shuts them up, usually.

(By the way, I don't actually do that. I just like to shock them into silence)

Yes, but I think most people don't understand that exercise is part of my life now. If I could stay this size no matter what and eat whatever I want and not exercise...then I would STILL choose to eat right and exercise. Those things are just what I consider to be part of a happy lifestyle. But most people just see a thin girl working out and think, "Oh, I bet she's insecure!"

Say-- "Yes I am losing weight, and I really appreciate all the support I've been getting." HINT HINT.

YES. since i'm kind of young to be doing this (18) i constantly have people calling me anorexic. i got no support from friends, only weird looks and constant offerings of cake and ice cream. it bothered me so much that i have started to binge eat and have gained a huge amount of weight back. its so frustrating!

Not yet. I do have a family member (in-law) who will say "what's up skinny?" or "don't turn sideways or I won't be able to see you" but I think it's his way of encouraging me or letting me know I'm doing good. These people have always known me as big so I'm sure someone might say something as I get skinnier, but I'm going to brush it off as jealousy, since most of them are unhealthy and overweight/obese.

When it comes down to it, it's your body and as long as your dr is okay with it and not worried, I wouldn't care what others say.

Yes yes. To many. But nobody ever told me
I was getting to fat. Ha. I used suppliments to help me loose some
Of my weight and have had to stop taking them because of lifestyle changes and I wanted to know I could go without a diet pill. It was very hard at first but I think maybe ones own "ideal weight" is where they feel comfortable. For example, when I was 16 lbs heavier I felt ugly and uncomfortable. I
Like the fact that my jeans fit better. My stomachs not flat an may never be but I do like that I feel better when I get dressed. It's how you feel really!

Yup, but whomever can shove it for all I care x3.

All the time, but I stay within guideline. As long as I'm eating healthy, exercising, losing less than 2lbs/wk, and am within healthy BMR range, what other people say don't really affect me.

A lot of the time I dnt think it is because you are too thin but because you are thinner than they are used to seeing you so you don't look like you

One of my male friends has lost a lot of weight. When I last saw him you could really tell. It didn't look like him , he looked too thin for how I perceive him to look and I did for a moment think to myself that he shouldmt really lose much more but then once I got used to the slimmer look I realised that he still had quite a bit to lose, he just didn't look quite right until I got used to the slimmer him. Of course I didn't say anything

^^^^ agree with this. I haven't had any comments about being too skinny and don't expect I will since everyone around me here in Asia is about toothpick thin, but my mom used to be very overweight, at about 180 for her 5'1'' tiny frame. She dropped a ton of weight dieting and hit about 110 and about a size 4. Completely healthy, perfectly fine, but everyone in the family was talking behind her back about how she must be anorexic and it was super unhealthy. Meanwhile my tiny 5'1'' (do you see a trend in this family!?), 95 pound cousin who has always been size 00 has never had any comments because everyone is used to her being so small.

When I finally got down to 190 lbs, my step mom was bragging on me in front of some other people. "Doesn't she look so good! This is the weight she is supposed to be at!" She has said that alot. That she thinks my body just naturally is supposed to be at 180. I am 5'6 and apple shaped. I am at 182 lbs now and have 28lbs to go to hit the top of the "normal" BMI. She thinks she is complementing me but really its like a slap to my face. Its almost like she is saying that I'm not meant to be slender or at a healthy fit weight b/c I've been chubby my whole life. I finally told her that even though she thinks I look good, my "doctor" wants me to lose until I'm in a "normal" BMI range. And that he also wants me to try to eliminate as much belly fat as possible b/c of the health risks associated with belly fat. My doctor didn't say that EXACTLY, but it seemed to make her understand.