Amazing things people say when you're losing weight

I like it when people make comments when I lose weight. I can't imagine someone that would be annoyed by it... They must be annoyed by a lot of things then.

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Totally agree. I'm always really flattered when people comment on my weight loss and don't get it when people ask "I hope you don't mind me saying......"

Mainly I get really nice compliments and it really helps :happy: however there have been 2 things said which really made me laugh (didnt get offended as who cares, I'm losing weight!)

My boyfriend said to me after about 10lbs "wow, your belly doesnt stick out further than your boobs anymore!" Uh thanks... going to delete every picture of myself from the last 4 years because I genuinely hadnt noticed that!

I get quite a lot "you're doing really well, which diet are you on? Weightwatchers? Slimming World?" Erm isnt it possible to lose weight without following a plan, can't I just eat healthy?

People mean well, and if they dont, I take it as a compliment anyway which will just annoy them further!

I was pregnant with twins last year. It was pretty freakin' awful x 1,00,000 lol. It WAS a miracle and I did think it was amazing but it's just one of those things that you pretty much **** 5 bricks when the OBGYN asks if you know how to count and then turns the monitor towards you and it's like...of course I know how to count? Wait... one.... tw - - -....wtf!

It was pretty funny to see the look on peoples faces when they asked when I was due and I said, "May." and it was, like, October. I looked probably 7 months along at 2 and I really wasn't all about the bed rest. I think the only time I ever got sensitive about it was when people would obviously sarcastically say, "Good luck with that." or would try to feel my tummy after I lost them because they 'forgot'. I was always like wtf are you doing?

That's terrible. I'm so sorry for your loss. We lost 5 babies and it just sucks.

Worse thing said to me: "Be careful don't lose too much weight... everybody doesn't look right skinny?"

Because I've never been overweight by much, and my weight loss has been very slow, I hardly ever get comments on it.

A couple months ago, I walked past this jock guy I went to high school with (I graduated 2010) who also goes to my college...
He double-taked and said loudly to his friends "Did she get skinny?! She got skinny!"

I don't know why, but that comment made me cry
On one hand I was happy because SOMEONE actually noticed my body had changed, but it also confirmed/brought back all my insecurities from my high school years. I've probably lost only about 10-15 pounds since high school, but I literally felt like a hideous blob back then. I still struggle with that mindset.

Oh I've had my fair share of idiotic comments. I was accused (at the gym ) of being bulimic. Yep thats how I did it. Where has bulimia been all my life? Then the other other day work I brought in a cake for my co worker because it was her birthday. Well my kids were with me because I was off that day. So anyway, I have this one co worker who is an insecure b**** and is always trying to sabotage my weight loss by trying to make me eat fast food. Well the birthday girl asked my daughter if she wanted a piece of cake and this ***** says outloud 'no she can't have any cake, her mom is probably counting her calories too'. Oh I was livid. I let it go but I'm still really mad

What a jealous b*tch! I'd be so angry! How dare she say that in front of your children and make out that your healthy lifestyle is a bad thing!! Ahe is an absolute ****!!!!

What I dislike is when people ask how much weight I want to lose and I say another 60lbs or so and I get " but you'll be sick looking!" "you're tall you can carry it!"

I'm 6' and 242lbs. My goal weight is 175lbs which means I'd be a UK size 12/14! I just tell them now I'm not weighing myself and I'm just trying to get fit! I feel like a fat mess, I'm not fit and I don't feel attractive at this size!

My parents tell me they're proud of me but follow it up with "don't give up, you've a long way to go!"

However I do like getting compliments because it motivates me to keep training and eating right. I just say thank you and one of the lads I work with told me that i've motivated him to start training again which I was really pleased with.

I *mostly* appreciate the comments and compliments. Although, There are times when I notice i am EXPECTING them because I hear them so often, which is sooo not good! Bad, bad me! Some of you may know what I am talking about

A few good ones are:
*My dad said, "When you turn sideways, you disappear!"
*Co-workers mainly try to tell me I shouldn't lose anymore and when I tell them my goal, they roll their eyes or give me more of their uninformed opinions. They do not know my weight, BMI, BFP, MM, or anything for that matter!!! They dont understand what "Training" is because most of them dont even exercise. EVER.
*Family and friends are jealous which is very hard for me. I love them and I have not changed. I want to encourage them in their aspirations and goals as well.


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Your face looks thinner!

oh i hate this one! what they mean to say is the rest of you is still fat.... lol

YES that is how I feel!

What I hate hearing the most is maybe you can get off of all your meds and you won't need your infusions after you lose all the weight. Really, because lower weight is the ultimate cure for rheumatoid arthritis? No, it isn't. Even when I was lighter before the steroids I still hurt like hell and I assume I will continue to do so.

Recently I lost 35 lbs in 35 days with the appropriate amount of food, calories, nutrition, and exercise... people noticed and said wow you must hurt a lot less... no actually I hurt really bad today and if anyone can remove my hands and feet I would feel much better and weigh even less.......

Okay, that was a rant. I understand totally where you are coming from though.

Theresa

Sorry to hear about your pain feel free to rant away...
One of my friends has RA and until the last year or so she was very slim and still in pain and on lots of meds (she had eating disorders in her past, so at some points she was very, very thin)

She has now put on weight due to changes in her medication and being unable to move about as much now (she used to be a very bouncy person who would be dancing the night away whenever possible, but the medication she was on was making her blood toxic so she had to come off it, and nothing else has worked to ease the pain for her - she actually has recently had to walk around with a stick to ease her worst ankle, although that hurts her wrist. Can't win, poor thing)

The worst thing about all of it was that at her recent birthday drinks, a person close to her said to me "Oh well, it's not *really* her birthday - maybe when she's lost a LOT of weight we can celebrate properly"
Like, because she's overweight we can't celebrate her birthday... Didn't you know that only skinny people are allowed birthdays!

This person has made comments about my friends weight before - such as "She's putting on weight - we can't have that now, can we?", never mind that she is in loads of pain and her immune system is shot so she's been in bed with a chest infection for 2 weeks, on top of the rest of what she has to deal with!

So yeah, people can be rude both ways!


Some of the stuff people are quoting is pretty rude, and sometimes it is the tone of voice which says it all, but I do agree that some of the things can be more hurtful depending on how we feel ourselves.

When I lost weight before, I personally didn't mind when people said I looked healthier, or better or fitter or any of those things, because I know that at my heaviest I did look pretty unfit, I was unhealthy and I am a happier, better person when I am not heavily obese.
I also know that when I was at my heaviest I didn't really want to go out and buy a new wardrobe of new clothes, so maybe I wasn't looking my best either!

However if anyone had said I looked prettier when I had lost weight, I might have felt a little differently; sure, if you gain weight around your face (I do!) then your features may be slightly less pronounced than when slim- but not to the point you look ugly!!

And no one actually came out and said "Yeah you looked awful before." or "Oh you were soooo fat!" I mean - I was, but it would be very rude of anyone to say so!

I think that in an odd way, the worst thing was from my mum - after I'd lost about 28lb (through which she had been very supportive and encouraging...), she said that she was glad I was now a healthier weight as "I was worried about you", but I don't see that as a rude thing, it was just bad that she hadn't said something before- my father has lots of heart problems so she was right to worry that I might end up like him if I hadn't lost weight.
I told her that if I got that large again to just come out and say something, and I promised not to be angry!
I did put a bit of the weight back on at Christmas and I did get a gentle reminder from her! Which may be why I haven't got quite that large again and am now trying to get back on track!

I was told these gems today

1. "It isn't worth changing your diet because the advice keeps changing all the time"

2. "You can eat as much chocolate as you like as long as you drink a lot of water to detoxify the fat"

Actually...

1. NO IT DOESN'T

2. NO YOU CAN'T

Idiots...

"You're wasting away"

Er...only when hell freezes over will there be any danger of that happening!

I wudnt know....I just get called fat so I wud love it if anyone said anything the least bit nice to me these days or gave me any credit for trying instead of telling me how selfish i am for wanting to take time out each evening to exercise...............

You ever notice when people gain weight everyone notices and some are negative about it; yet when people work their *kitten* off you have people that are negative about it. Like wow your too skinny, you need to eat. I think there are just some people that will not be satisfied with anything in life. Don't take it personally keep working hard!

I was told these gems today

1. "It isn't worth changing your diet because the advice keeps changing all the time"

2. "You can eat as much chocolate as you like as long as you drink a lot of water to detoxify the fat"

Actually...

1. NO IT DOESN'T

2. NO YOU CAN'T

Idiots...

Ever notice the people that know the least are the ones that talk the most?

I found it a little amusing when people decided to help me watch my diet after i lost 40 lbs without their help. "Should you be eating that"? - That's my all time favorite.

The other night at dinner my father-in-law embarrassed me so bad (although I know he wasn't trying to be a jerk) by offering all the guests gelato and then announcing "Erin, I am not offering you any b/c of your diet." Ummm, thanks. But since I am 38 I think I will decide what I eat. And, how do you know I don't have the calories left for gelato?