The most annoying 'compliment'?

There's a Thai restaurant that I go to pretty frequently when I'm home from school, and I know one of the older Thai waiters pretty well because we've been going there for years. The other day when I was in for lunch, I was paying the bill and he walked by and stopped to stare at me. He said, "What have you been doing? You've lost a lot of weight!" I would have been happy with that compliment. However, he put his arms out to the side like an umbrella and waddled a little bit and said "before, you looked like this!".

Gee, thanks.

I'm 5'10'' and my highest weight was around 185, I'm currently down around 155. I know his intentions were good and I appreciate the fact that he noticed the weight loss, but he could have expressed it in a much more eloquent way...

I get the oh my god, you've lost a 'ton' of weight

thanks for noticing I lost, kick in the pants for thinking I've lost 2000 pounds

"Wow, you lost a lot of weight....are you sick?" wth lol

"Hey skinny girl"

I know its affectionate...but when it's said to me and innocent bystanders who don't know I am losing weight hear it,
it makes me look nuts when I smile about it or respond like normal.

Honestly, the most obnoxious compliment I got was BEFORE I lost 20lbs... I would mention I was going to the gym or trying to get in shape and people would immediately go "Oh, you're not overweight! You don't need to lose any weight!"

While I appreciate that they were saying I looked fine as I was (140-145lbs at 5'4" with a small bone structure), there was DEFINITELY room for improvement and I had a high body fat percentage since my body frame is on the small side. I look much better now as I maintain between 125-130.

"All that law school stress getting to you, huh! No time to eat, etc..."

No, I'm not losing weight because of law school stress!!!!! In fact, I am losing weight DESPITE law school stress.

I got compliments my whole life when my self-esteem was suffering. I was thin my whole life and was always given the: You're soooooo skinny/little/tiny blah blah blah... you need to eat... yadda yadda s***

Now that I've got confidence and don't seem to give a f*** no one seems to compliment me anymore. All I ever get are hair flips, a toss of the head, or some crap from someone in a grocery store... some off-handed comment within hearing range. Nice.

I find it a back handed compliment when someone tells me "You have lost weight, you are looking good" like I was not "looking good" before? I must have looked like S#it for the past several years.

these are funny, i just like for people to notice so nothing has annoyed me.

I have no problem with any compliments that I receive. There are a lot of people that don't know exactly what to say, but just the fact that they notice and want to let you know that you are doing a good job makes me feel great. The other day - I had a guy in the kitchen at work (whom I barely know) tell say "you've lost some weight haven't you?" (I've lost almost 50 lbs in the past year) That was all he said, but it made me feel great because I know that I'm making a difference and people are noticing. I get the "skinny girl" comments - I just say - "Skinny is my favorite word these days" I get the "you're wasting away" - I say "Thank you - I'm trying to clone myself with the weight I've lost" Etc.. Compliments are usually meant well - try not to be too sensititve about them, Appreciate them as they are meant. (Except the better in bed comment - I think I would've gotten out my steel toed boots for that one.)