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I love people and realize (for the most part) their intentions are good but some of the things people say to me now that I've lost the weight make me giggle. Here's some frequent fliers:

I didn't realize you had THAT much weight to lose.

I never thought you were heavy. (really!!??)

Why didn't you just exercise? (Wow....never considered that....LOL)

Do you miss eating? (Hahaha)

Don't you feel so much better? (No, nothing says comfort like an extra 120 lbs to carry around)

(My nail lady to another customer) Look at her! I've done her nail long time and she used to be so fat!!! Hee hee. Bless her heart.

AND MY ALL TIME FAVORITE

You've always been pretty but now.......

I say this very lighthearted....but GEEZ

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Too funny. I especially love the "bless her heart." Are you in TX? We say that all the time, and it's always prefaced by something negative LOL.

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Enjoyed your post..!!

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Haha! I'm in Seattle but I went to college in Kansas and held on to many of their mannerisms. I love it too.

Seattle native here! Born and raised!!! Gooooo Hawks!!!!!!!! 12,12,12,12,......lol

Shelby

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Lol i'm glad you're taking it so well. People say all sorts of weird/inappropuate stuff. A guy at work told me I'm gettimg skinny like my Mommy and that's good. A woman who hasn't spoken a word to me in the four years we worked together approached me in the copy room and says in one irritated breath " so how much weight have u lost anyway?!". Someone else called me a shadow of my former self. Another coworker (an older female) tells me I look beautiful every time she sees me and i'm so thin now (then she proceeds to list all the improvements to my physical appearance). Crazy!

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Too funny. I especially love the "bless her heart." Are you in TX? We say that all the time, and it's always prefaced by something negative LOL.

I think that was Stephannie saying 'bless her heart' about the person who made a comment to her. Maybe I read it wrong. But, funny stuff.

As I posted yesterday, folks are saying my face is "too thin" but I'm still 218 pounds and am just getting started. They'll just have to get used to not seeing a basketball face and blubber body. Oh yeah!

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Working in a jail you can never really be surprised by what comes out of an Inmate's mouth, however I have gotten so many comments from current and returning inmates regarding my weight loss it makes me laugh almost every day. My favorite ones are the ones who were released prior to my surgery and are now back in for whatever...and they say "Damn, you have lost a lot of weight, you were really fat before. You look good now." Too funny. Nothing like a guy in jail for shooting up pet meds judging me!! :P

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My favorite (and one I get on a regular basis): Wow! Your husband must love you now!

~Why, yes...because he could not possibly have loved me before??? Really...

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Great post! I swear some folks are just uncomfortable with change. As you get smaller their world gets rocked. Keep up the good work and the good sense of humor.

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The newest one I got was "you don't look like you used to be fat". Uh what?

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Had a co-worker tell me yesterday that I was too skinny and needed to stop losing wight and start eating. (Little does she know I have 40 more lbs to go and I'm far from skinny).

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