The most annoying 'compliment'?

mine was "you dont look too bad considering youve had a child..."

I hate that!!! Ive had 4 kids and its no excuse to look bad, but then after my last I got severe hypothyroidism ( hashimoto's disease) so actually it has kind of prevented me to lose the way I used to , but Im looking better slowly!
"you dont need to lose weight you look good, remember you just had a baby!" I say yeah a year ago!

My mother-in -law was like " you need to get off that crazy diet your on"- I guess being vegetarian , eating fruits, veggies, and basically healthy is "Crazy"?? sometimes Ill eat Pizza so its not like Im being extreme

"All my other girlfriends were blonde and skinny. But you have such a big heart!"

you are losing weight.. you must be planning on having a baby. cause every time i lose weight i have a baby LOLOLOLOLOL

"You're going to become a stick"
"You're too small"
"You're going to blow away in the wind"

I'm smaller yes but I'm still kinda on the higher side of my healthy bmi. I just want to lose some fat. I eat enough and I don't ever want to be underweight. If anything I want to gain some muscle later.

"You look good for your age." Or "You look good for having had three kids." Just leave it at "You look good." period. Thanks.

"You got small!....you're boobs are gone!"

Because that's what everyone girl wants to hear. It's not like I lost weight around my stomach, thighs or arms...ALL 20 something pounds fell right off my boobs!

hahaha! I've gotten that one and the person proceeded to stare at my boobs and almost reached out to grab them. I was like seriously I have lost my boobs, but I've gained some muscle don't make me put them to good use, by kickin' your *kitten*.

I have a few passive/agressive people in my life sometimes I'm blunt with them and say "I'm really not sure why my weight loss is important to you" and sometimes I just smile, nod my head, turn around and roll my eyes. In the long run who really cares.

Hahaha when it happened to me the girl reached out and poked one! And the sad thing is I've only gone from a 36D to a 34D...they still exist haha

I had a baby in December and I still have people come up to me and say....."you look a lot different since the last time I seen you"......so I am left hanging wondering if the last time they seen me I was pregnant or if the last time they seen me I was just post partum and fatter. I guess I am suppose to guess and ask if I was pregnant or just fatter the last time they seen me?

Then I start thinking I never had anyone say that with my first which I only gained 30 pounds with and on this one I gained nearly 50 pounds with. So then I realize I must have been the talk of the town on how fat I got.

One that I like at first but not so much now......I started to get carded ALL the time when I buy alcohol. I am 32 and at first and was flattering but now it is really annoying. I have had my 6 year old girl with me before and they have still carded me. I hate it!

you are losing weight.. you must be planning on having a baby. cause every time i lose weight i have a baby LOLOLOLOLOL

It never failed... in my other life, every time I'd loose weight, within a year I'd be preggers again :explode:
So glad that's done and over with:bigsmile:

Now I get the inevitable, "Wow! You look great even for someone who has 4 kids :grumble:
Puh-lease... I'm at the prime of my life and fittest/smallest I've been in 35 years. Chances are I can outrun and outlast most of those giving me these two edge sword compliments :laugh:

I've been surrounded by naturally thin, GORGEOUS girlfriends my entire life. I have always always always been known to my face (which makes me assume that it was probably worse behind my back) as some variation of "the fun chubby chick" or "the fat feminist one" or "the big girl with tattoos and glasses" or my absolute favorite of all time-- "the fat twin". Since I'm a twin, people like to play the "let's spot the differences between you two" game when they first meet us. There were COUNTLESS comments from people who were practically strangers that went like this, "Well she's taller and you're uh... well your face is rounder."
So all the compliments I've been getting lately, even the backhanded ones... they don't bother me too much. The only ones that do are the ones that imply I didn't work really hard to lose the weight... any comment that implies I just woke up one morning and dropped 40 lbs cause I felt like it definitely irks me a little.

I hate being called skinny. HATE it. To me it sounds unhealthy, lie i am starving myself.

I don't get too many compliments that actually offend me. I am just trying to figure out how to deal with the coworker/friend who constantly tries to sabotage my weight loss. She will come into the office first thing in the A.M. and set a McDonalds sandwich on my desk and tell me she brought me breakfast!! Or she will order pizza to the office and set a slice right by my keyboard. She knows I am watching what I put in my mouth! Anyone ever deal with a similar situation? How did you get them to back off?

Just saw this. It's a great question. How about bringing some really healthy snacks and putting them on her desk? Maybe some carrot sticks and low fat hummus in the afternoon? As far as what she brings you, I'd give it away (although that'sno favour to the person you give it to). Or, if you're strong enough, just let it sit at your desk all day so that she can see that it's going to waste. It would bug her but probably get the point across without being confrontational.

"oh i couldnt do what you do i like food too much. but if it works for you...."

i still love food and eat it every single day believe it or not. thank you very much

I love the "you've lost a TON of weight" - I want to respond, 'yes that's it 2,000 pounds of weight gone!"

My biggest irretant is the, "you can really tell in your face" - To that I would like to say, 'yes, my butt is still the biggest part of my body and I'm still working on it. But seriously, 50 pounds didn't all come from my face'

The other one that gets me is "I can't beliee how pretty you are!" - To that I would like to say, 'I'm sorry you're an idiot!'

Or how about, "Wow, what does your husband think?" - To that one, I only wish it was appropriate to say, 'you know I used to really gross him out, but we mate all the time, in fact, that's what we're headed to do now!'

Ok, I'l stop!

I hate being called skinny. HATE it. To me it sounds unhealthy, like I am starving myself.

^^THIS!!! I am not skinny~I am strong and lean!!

or

You have lost weight, are you sick?

What have you been doing~HCG, I have a friend that lost a bunch of weight that way TOO.

You don't look like a girl that would eat chocolate.

Are you sure you are eating enough?

It can't just be yoga, jogging and cutting down on portions~What are you taking, what have you stopped eating?

I think that sometimes people in our lives are used to seeing us one way, as overweight. Those who are also overweight might feel threatened because they realize that with hard work they could lose weight too. Those who are at or close to their optimal weight feel threatened because they want to be the "thin" friend/sister/cousin/co-worker, etc. So it's fine for them to be "thin", but they want us to be heavier so they can feel good about themselves.