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Well, it took almost 50 pounds post-op and almost 75 pounds total, but I just got my first comment from a coworker on my weight loss. Someone who just got back from a two week vacation just commented told me "you're melting" and said that my pants might end up on the floor while I'm walking down the hallway soon.

I wonder if being away for a couple of weeks and then coming back caused her to see me with fresh eyes for the first time in a while. My weight loss has been pretty slow and gradual (1 to 1.5 pounds most weeks), so I don't think the people that see me every day have really noticed. I have started running in the past 4 weeks and she was gone for 2 of those, so maybe the running is helping to shift things around an make me look a bit "leaner" even though I've only actually lost maybe 2.5 pounds since the last time I saw her?

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I don't know why...but I'd take it :)

I am a librarian, so my coworkers see me when they periodically need something. I hear, "every time I see you, you're shrinking!" a lot. But most recently I hear, "When are you going to stop?" This recent question throws me because I'm 20 pounds from the goal of having a healthy BMI...

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Take it…The first time my mate saw me she has now dubbed me the skinny gal…lol

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I'm 10 months out and I'm in shock everyday when my coworkers tell me that I'm melting away, shrinking, they call me Skinny Minnie! GASP! It's so surreal to hear this. I honestly don't see it, I mean, I know 75 lbs is a lot but I don't see the extreme of it so those comments shock me but it does feel nice... Keep it up (or should I say down lol) peeps, this is not the easy way out by no means but it's so worth it, right? I love it! Good Luck to us all....

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Well things that are hot usually do melt! Boom! :)

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My brother in law told me I was skin and bones (not true) I have heard skinny mini, long and lean, and your wasting way. What does that supposed to mean anyway? The comments don't bother me. I am 5'9 and 146 pounds. I feel great. Yesterday at the Buckle I was trying on jeans. The sales girl bright me a 27 waist. Lol. I said nope wrong size! She says Really?? I asked her how much my husband gave her to bring me those jeans. Lol

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ProjectMe: I honestly think most folks haven't the slightest notion of what a healthy BMI actually looks like.

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@@MsAlaineus That would definitely seem to be the case at my work.

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I asked her how much my husband gave her to bring me those jeans. Lol

Ha!

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