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    Posts: 428 Member
    edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
    I think I may be the most awkward person in the universe.

    Person: woah have you lost weight?!
    Me: What? noooo
    Person: You sure you look tiny!
    Me: Pfftt I wish I eat like a pig... *head goes down and I start fiddling with something*
    Person: Well you look good
    Me: *Changes subject as quick as possible*...

    And yesterday someone greeted me with Hi Kim, aw looking good! .. and I just completely ignored the comment and was awkward again. -.-

    I dismiss any and all hard work I put in to losing weight. I need to learn to just say "aw thanks yeah I have" :D

    How do you react?

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    • Posts: 7
      LMAO!

      I am pretty much the same.

      If someone says I look small I am more likely going to get out the belly and say oh yeah sooo tiny and start wiggling it around lol
    • Posts: 208
      say "thanks, I guess the hard works is finally paying off"
    • Posts: 428 Member
      LMAO!

      I am pretty much the same.

      If someone says I look small I am more likely going to get out the belly and say oh yeah sooo tiny and start wiggling it around lol

      Lol I have done that too!!
    • Posts: 74 Member
      I have learned to say, "yes I have, thanks for noticing" ( when asked if I have lost weight). Before that I gave dumb responses or denied losing..... Not sure why:/
    • Posts: 514 Member
      lmao sounds like me

      fiddles with the waist of my pants...No I really havent lost weight a lot of weight

      Thinking to myself...yes someone noticed, doing the happy dance
    • Posts: 337
      It makes me feel proud when someone comments on my weight loss.
      I just thank them and smile or say, Yeah and I feel much better or something, depends on who it is or where I am.
    • Posts: 428 Member
      say "thanks, I guess the hard works is finally paying off"

      That would be the perfect response. But when the moment comes, it catches me off guard and I feel like grabbing the nearest bit of cake to prove im not . Have no idea why lol
    • Posts: 556 Member
      How do you react when someone notices you have lost weight? usually i make bow chicka wow wow noises then gyrate in a circle around them and yeah it seems alittle awkward for them but hey thats just how i roll
    • Posts: 1,012 Member
      I was so like this, lol. But now I just smile, blush a little and say "thank you" and carry on.
    • Posts: 1,012 Member
      How do you react when someone notices you have lost weight? usually i make bow chicka wow wow noises then gyrate in a circle around them and yeah it seems alittle awkward for them but hey thats just how i roll

      LOL!! I love this.....going to have to try it....
    • Posts: 995 Member
      I think I may be the most awkward person in the universe.

      Person: woah have you lost weight?!
      Me: What? noooo
      Person: You sure you look tiny!
      Me: Pfftt I wish I eat like a pig... *head goes down and I start fiddling with something*
      Person: Well you look good
      Me: *Changes subject as quick as possible*...

      And yesterday someone greeted me with Hi Kim, aw looking good! .. and I just completely ignored the comment and was awkward again. -.-

      I dismiss any and all hard work I put in to losing weight. I need to learn to just say "aw thanks yeah I have" :D

      How do you react?

      LMAO I pretty much react the same!
    • Posts: 428 Member
      How do you react when someone notices you have lost weight? usually i make bow chicka wow wow noises then gyrate in a circle around them and yeah it seems alittle awkward for them but hey thats just how i roll

      Hahah! Love it
    • Posts: 1,030 Member
      How do you react when someone notices you have lost weight? usually i make bow chicka wow wow noises then gyrate in a circle around them and yeah it seems alittle awkward for them but hey thats just how i roll

      :heart: Love it!! Wish I had the confidence!!

      Me, i try and change the topic as quickly as possible. It's scary-weird for me that people are noticing my weight loss. That and the fact that I can now walk into most high street shops in the UK and buy clothes, where before I was limited to only those that stocked plus sizes (UK size 18 and above)
    • Posts: 802 Member
      I have two different reactions... for people I barely know and haven't seen in a while, I do seemingly the most grossly condescending/sarcastic thing ever and say, "have I?"

      I don't mean it that way, though... I'd never really paid attention to my body shape before I started losing weight and had a serious lack of mirrors all over my house (I've only JUST recently bought a full-length mirror), so aside from the odd photo I've been horrified with, I hadn't ever really grasped just how I looked from head-to-toe.

      For friends, I tend to get embarrassed that they've noticed, smile, nod and then tell them how far I've got to go. The reaction from that is usually, "but you're tiny!" or "you can't lose MUCH more."

      My reply is always the same; you haven't seen me without any clothes on. I look relatively slim in clothes, but I'm still around 25lbs over my 'ideal' weight for my height & frame.
    • Posts: 514 Member
      How do you react when someone notices you have lost weight? usually i make bow chicka wow wow noises then gyrate in a circle around them and yeah it seems alittle awkward for them but hey thats just how i roll

      lmao I want to see videos of this! :bigsmile:
    • Posts: 72 Member
      depends who says it really
      There's one person in particular if they said it i would feel like they are calling me fat despite the phrase used
      if that makes sense
      Anyone else and I'm usually quite dismissive and just smile
    • Posts: 1,351 Member
      I hadn't seen a lot of my family for a long time, and I lost 4 stone or 56 pounds between January and April. My fiance died in April and when the people who hadn't seen me in a long time saw me at the funeral, all I heard was you've lost too much weight you need to eat more blah blah (my bmi is still overweight, and I still have about 17 pounds to reach my target)

      I had no idea what to reply to them so I just didn't
    • Posts: 282
      My doctor asked me " Do you know you have lost over 50 lbs? "
      Me " Oh, I was wearing my winter coat when the nurse weighed me"

      I usually just smile and say I haven't lost any weight.

      @ op
      I not sure if your pictures are right on your profile. I don't see any belly there. Great job young lady! :)
    • Posts: 120 Member
      I used to be really big (250 on a 5'4/5'5 frame) and I get compliments on my size now (137/140) all the time. I like the compliments cause I KNOW how different I look and I know how much effort I have put into my weight lose but...
      I still get very insecure about it....
      I am planning a trip back home to Alaska in a week (I moved with my husband to IL almost two years ago) and I have lost about 30 pounds since Ive been here (came here weighing around 165). I KNOW PEOPLE WILL MENTION MY WEIGHT! and even though I am proud and happy with myself and how heathly I live now I still get occward and wanna talk about something else when people metion it.
      You aint alone lady lol
    • Posts: 1,263 Member
      Ask if they want to help me look for it. That's what you do when you lose things, right?
    • Posts: 105 Member
      How do you react when someone notices you have lost weight? usually i make bow chicka wow wow noises then gyrate in a circle around them and yeah it seems alittle awkward for them but hey thats just how i roll

      I'm so gona do this next time around! :laugh:
    • Posts: 296 Member
      Ask if they want to help me look for it. That's what you do when you lose things, right?

      bahahaha... love it.

      the only person who has told me i've lost weight is my husband (because i've only lost a couple pounds)

      in the past i've said, "Really?? Thanks!! I've been trying to eat better and exercise.. I use this site called My Fitness Pal... etc etc"
    • Posts: 492 Member
      I'm like "Oh Pssshhhhhhh"...and then usually when they ask, they are like, "you're gonna stop losing weight now, right?" or "you're getting too skinny"..... it gets irritating...I usually just say I'm not really trying to lose weight to keep them off my back.
    • Posts: 3,150 Member
      I punch them in the stomach and yell "How dare you!"

      I really just smile and say thanks.
    • Posts: 428 Member
      My doctor asked me " Do you know you have lost over 50 lbs? "
      Me " Oh, I was wearing my winter coat when the nurse weighed me"

      I usually just smile and say I haven't lost any weight.

      @ op
      I not sure if your pictures are right on your profile. I don't see any belly there. Great job young lady! :)

      Aw :D thank you haha
      I'm holding off right now saying a comment like " if only you could see it when I sit down" or something lol
    • Posts: 113 Member
      How do you react when someone notices you have lost weight? usually i make bow chicka wow wow noises then gyrate in a circle around them and yeah it seems alittle awkward for them but hey thats just how i roll

      Love it! My NEW response will be this! :D

      When people comment on how small I've become I usually say thanks, but then follow it with telling them it is a work in progress!
    • Posts: 548 Member
      I had someone this week at work comment on my weight loss and I thanked them- then they announced they had also lost 25 lbs which I had not noticed but could see once they pointed it out. That was a little awkward.
    • Posts: 428 Member
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      Love it! My NEW response will be this! :D

      When people comment on how small I've become I usually say thanks, but then follow it with telling them it is a work in progress!

      woah well done on the 141lb loss! You must get lots of comments as you look amazing!
    • Posts: 55 Member
      I lost about 15lbs in 2009-2010, and I've been much the same weight since then, but I think my mum remembers me fat - every time I go home to visit she says 'oh, you've lost weight again, how much do you weigh now?' I'm like - 'um, the same as last time you saw me...' I think she has a mental image of me as heavier that she hasn't managed to change so it's just annoying now!
    • Posts: 2,917 Member
      depending on how it's said ( and assessment of any underlying sarcasm), I smile and accept the compliment graciously...after all, it's hard work that got me here.
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