I think they are just jealous and want to keep me fat so they look skinnier. It may seem paranoid, but it's true.

I get told I don't need to loose weight, but they are not the ones that have to see the extra jiggly blubber I'm hiding under my clothes. I stopped telling people that I'm on a diet, especially if they are a heavier person.

I also don't mention losing weight, I think it does make people uncomfortable if you are already at a healthy weight. If they comment on my exercise or refusal of junk food, I just say I am training for a race or Warrior Dash, or I'll say, I am trying not to eat refined sugar and flour, I have a beach vacation coming up.

I always say that I know I'm not fat but that I gained this weight by eating really badly and not exercising. If they push it I mention how I just want to feel better about myself.

I try not to discuss it with people who I don't consider a good friend because they don't know me well enough to comment on it. My friends are pretty good though, they either let me have a discussion about nutrition and exercise or they make a joke/ignore me and move on haha.

I always get the "you dont need to lose weight, you could just tone up" ... thing is, I could have abs of steel and killer biceps but you wouldn't be able to tell with the layer of fat I have covering it all, therefore I need to lose some weight. I just ignore the comments, and keep on doing what I'm doing.

I got a lot of those comments when I visited my friends and family. These are people who have always told me I didn't need to lose weight, but commented on how awesome I looked when they finally saw me and I was 15 pounds down (like a year ago, I've since gained a lot back). I don't like a lot of things that people offer me anyway, like sweets and sodas, so I've always been able to say no without people questioning. But when it comes to something like a bacon cheeseburger.... It's SO hard to pass it up when someone's saying "you can afford it, you're so little". So I'll take it and eat half of it, saying I'm full - which frankly, I probably am, since I never end up hungry later.

But if you say you're focusing on health instead of weight, it helps too I have a lot of family friends who are very overweight and they will go out to pizza for lunch and giggle at me for my little turkey sandwich. It stinks to be made fun of for something like that! But, in the long run, I'll probably outlive them all.

My fall-back response is that I'm not trying to lose weight, I'm trying to be healthy.

'I was just on vacation, staying at a friends house and this topic came up and I really wish it hadn't because everything i was eating was scrutinized. Then there were comments like, "eat some more cake you are on vacation" or " why are you eating diet food." People get really weird when others are eating healthy. I try to avoid those convo's at all cost.

Long story short, I cried after seeing a picture I took of myself the other day. I looked so much bigger than I remember being. I vented to my boyfriend, and he told me, "But you look just fine to me."

I told him, simply, "And I appreciate that, I do, but it doesn't matter. Even if Patrick Stump himself says I don't need to lose any weight, it doesn't matter because I don't look fine *to me*, and it's my opinion of my body that matters the very most."

So far, no one has told me I was wrong to think that.

I respond by agreeing with them, and saying I know I'm pretty much OK - but Ito stay like this and maintain how I look this is how I have to eat and exercise.
I go on to explain that I've lived like this for so long that if I stop and relax I'm terrified of ballooning in size and now I'm getting older it's getting harder and harder to stay at a weight I am happy with.

Next time you're at the doctor, talk to her/him about your plan. If she thinks what you're doing is healthy, you can always use, "My doctor agrees this is what's right for me." That quiets even the most persistent commenter.

Depends on WHO says it to me but...

My BFF when she says it I look at her and say.... Then neither do you. With a little wink. (She needs to lose about 50 lbs.)

When my Mom says it.... I say OH Mommy Dearest I love you but yes, I def do. This usually leads to a conversation about health weight and life style choices.

When my Daddy says it.... I say thank you. You've always been my biggest fan.

BF he just gets a little "I love you."

Anyone else gets my standard.... "Shows how much you know!" LOL

I hear this all the time. What's wrong with me wanting to be the best me? They know that deep down inside they want to be"skinny" like me and that is why they make their comments.

When people say this I either try to laugh it off and not comment or I say yeah I think I look great but I want to tone up or get my stomach a little flatter. They usually say me too and then we talk about how they can achieve this. I end up offering my support for them when they want to begin. It usually always turns around because it was their insecurities in the first place, not mine.

I have come to the point where I just never disclose any information about my eating habits. I never tell friends that I am watching my figure (bar a 2-3 people who know and understand my full story), because if I do mention anything about wanting to get into shape, I get soooo much abuse for it!
So it's come to the point where I just DON'T say I am on a diet, if someone says 'you've lost weight, have you been dieting?' I just reply with a simple no It's such a shame that I can't share my success with others but the jealousy that comes with it is just insane!
However I have got into situations where others have really pressured me into talking about my eating habits, so I try and explain that when I put on weight and reached 130 lbs, none of my clothes fit me anymore, I was still a healthy BMI but I was overweight for ME and for my usual figure. I usually question them, and say:
'if your jeans won't zip up anymore, would you be worried, or would you happily just buy a bigger size?'

and it usually shuts them up! But it's a shame that I have to talk through my whole body life story so they understand that I am not doing anything unhealthy, and I don't have an eating disorder, I just want to look as good as possible