I just got off of Skyping with a friend in the good ole USA.

She just asked me if I was planning on losing anymore weight...I said sure I am not at goal yet..Which she then replied are you crazy...You have no double chin anymore..you need to really examine what your doing and stop this ridiculous notion of losing more weight

I laughed and said that I would think about it.....I was joking...She said think hard!

Yikes!!!!!!

Edited December 17, 201312 yr by RJ'S/beginning

I get this everyday at work. Since they don't understand I just try to ignore them. I said I'd tell that one person that I'm still consider overweight but got too busy at work. It's hard to let it go. But, My nutritionist told me early on that people will say theses things but don't listen to it. Keep going on it your Journey beside you Doing Fabulous even in tough times. You inspire and encourage me!

Edited December 17, 201312 yr by Ballermom

People are used to seeing us obese and have a sort of dismorphia going on. i have gotten same thing from my sister, but i know I am at a very healthy weight.

I think it was the double chin thing that got her as she said she still had one......I should have said yah but look at all the loose skin..that might have made her feel better!!! No/yes

Nay sayers! They mean well, but actually, we (our bodies) do know when to stop.....I lost a friend because she couldn't handle my skinniness........ So I named myself Miss Skinniness! Yep, that's me....

O wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!

From To A Louse by Robert Burns.

In this poem the narrator notices an upper class lady in church, with a louse that is roving, unnoticed by her, around in her bonnet. The poet chastises the louse for not realising how important his host is, and then reflects that, to a louse, we are all equal prey, and that we would be disabused of our pretensions if we were to see ourselves through each other's eyes.

Through her eyes you are oblivious of the danger of wasting away, through your eyes she is a well intentioned but uninformed, alarmist buttinski.

I think you have it right but that is through my eyes.

Nay sayers! They mean well, but actually, we (our bodies) do know when to stop.....I lost a friend because she couldn't handle my skinniness........ So I named myself Miss Skinniness! Yep, that's me....

LOL..You got this for sure girl!

O wad some Power the giftie gie us

To see oursels as ithers see us!

From To A Louse by Robert Burns.

In this poem the narrator notices an upper class lady in church, with a louse that is roving, unnoticed by her, around in her bonnet. The poet chastises the louse for not realising how important his host is, and then reflects that, to a louse, we are all equal prey, and that we would be disabused of our pretensions if we were to see ourselves through each other's eyes.

Through her eyes you are oblivious of the danger of wasting away, through your eyes she is a well intentioned but uninformed, alarmist buttinski.

I think you have it right but that is through my eyes.

Robert Burns eh..well aren't we the romantic....Thank you..you made me smile!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Funny, I was just texting my cousin and she was saying the same thing to me -that I don't need to lose anymore. I wish it were true!

I got this same attitude from my mother when I told her my surgeon's goal is 127 (the heaviest I can weigh and still have a healthy BMI)....She means well, but she was not a happy camper, thinks I'll be underweight....she forgets I used to weight 110 throughout my teens and as a young adult-----and back then my doctor felt 110 was too heavy for my frame

that being said, I feel like a hypocrite.....met up with the person who introduced me to VSG a year ago, and I think she is now too thin......and no, I didn't share my opinion with her.

The " official charts" are a joke.

I am a 5' 10" man with a large frame.

The " charts" say I should be between 130-160 pounds. Have you ever seen a normal 5' 10" man that was 130 pounds.

Hw= 285

Cw= 223

Goal weight. 185-200. By Spring 2014.

If I lose 85-100 pounds, I'll be a normal healthy man.

The " official charts" are a joke. I am a 5' 10" man with a large frame. The " charts" say I should be between 130-160 pounds. Have you ever seen a normal 5' 10" man that was 130 pounds. Hw= 285 Cw= 223 Goal weight. 185-200. By Spring 2014. If I lose 85-100 pounds, I'll be a normal healthy man.

They really say you should be 130-160?! Holy crap! That's what my goal is and I'm 5'3 woman lol! My husband is 5'10 190lbs and looks "thin". My chart says I should be 117. I think I'd be just bones!