Losing weight but possibly not looking like it...?

[EarthyGoalie 253]

There are good and bad sides to it. When I was 240, whenever I'd ask someone to guess my weight, 205 was the most I ever got. People don't know how much weight looks like what. Also, some people are just not observant. I asked someone to guess how much weight i lost overall and he said 40 pounds, when it is actually 95 pounds.

Don't worry about these people. Pat yourself in the back and admire those lost pounds on the scale. Congrats! :-)

[mochax 50]

That's true Earthly people don't know what weight looks like. I for one didn't/don't. My friend look to be around 170 so I thought, but she's actually 201. I said no way I wouldn't have thought that at all.

[Darianna75 131]

I've lost 70lbs since January and gone from a 28 to a 20 in jeans and no one has said anything to me yet except my husband !! People have commented however on how little I eat and why aren't I hungry all the time.

[Comfy_Blue 285]

It wasn't until I was about 35 lbs down that people started to notice me losing weight. (I started at 245 lbs) and even then they weren't really sure. The few people who said anything were like, *quiet, uncertain voice* "So, um, hey...have you lost a little weight?"

I think sometimes people see it but they're not 100% sure how to say it. Another time, probably when I was down closer to 40 lbs and standing with a group of co-workers, another teacher walked by and commented on my weight. Immediately there was kind of a sign of relief amongst the group and they all said they noticed too but they felt weird saying something.

I know you won't believe me or want to hear this (because when I freshly post-opted I would've been annoyed by this comment) but try to enjoy this time because soon you'll be at the point that you've lost so much weight that EVERYONE will notice and won't shut up about it.

When you're still in the earlier stages of weight loss, it sounds like "good problems" and at first I didn't mind the extra attention, but after awhile it can get very annoying. Take for instance today, I was having a conversation about my student's progress in reading, when the Reading Specialist suddenly goes, "So how'd you lose so much weight? Are you taking something?" Instantly I had to hide my irritation because I was thinking, "WTH?! How about you focus on what we can do to help the struggling readers in my class instead of my waist size?"

I've also had a few people yell down the hall, "HEY SKINNY!" and "You better be careful, you get any skinnier you're gonna blow away!" and things like that.

Some days you feel like playing around and being silly, and others it's kinda like, "ARGH, I'm just here at work minding my business and not at all in the mood to mess around, so SHUT UP ALREADY!" But I feel like i have to play back because if I show my true annoyance it'll be like, "Oh, so now that you're skinny you think you're too good for us?" *sigh*

Edited May 20, 2014 by Comfy_Blue