please tell us about the comments you have recieved so far on your weight loss. When people really started noticing, or not. how did you handle them, or did you? W ho you told, and who you didnt.

i am down 38 pounds, someone finally asked me if i had lost "a little " weight...i told them....yes "just a little" .....people can be jerks!

I have lost 47 pounds, I am still in the Obese category according to the BMI, last week the CAO at my company asked me if I was going to the AnaMia websites to learn how to be anorexic, she said she was worried that I would become anorexic. This from a woman who is almost 5"10 and wears a size 6-8. Sheesh!!

I have .7 pounds to lose and then I am no longer obese, can't wait!

I've lost 70 pounds and a few people have asked me if I lost "some" weight. I say some??? I lost a small person!!!

I have lost 47 pounds, I am still in the Obese category according to the BMI, last week the CAO at my company asked me if I was going to the AnaMia websites to learn how to be anorexic, she said she was worried that I would become anorexic. This from a woman who is almost 5"10 and wears a size 6-8. Sheesh!!

Sorry for the comment from your CAO. Pretty rude...I would have wanted to smack her.

I was with a friend a week ago that has not seen me since I lost 48lbs. Spent six hours with her and not once did she mention my weight loss. (She knows I am close to getting banded and she knows what I have lost) I let it ride for a few days and then emailed her and asked if she had noticed at all that I had lost. Her answer was the strangest thing..she said "I would have said you looked like you lost but I would have also had to tell you that your stomach still looks big". WTF??????????????

I've been extremely private about my surgery. I've only told a few distant friends (meaning, they're far away from my every day friends, and won't blab), and, of course my family.

Anyway, my very close friend (best girl friend) now thinks I'm bulimic. UGH! We went on a short trip together last week, and I had to excuse myself EVERYTIME we ate. Sometimes it was jsut to get up and walk, others it was a quick trip to the ladies room. Regardless, she thinks I'm bulimic now (literally). I guess I need to come clean to her, she'll be watching me like a hawk now. She did comment on my weight loss - which made me feel GREAT, but, now her comment is tarnished by the bulimia thing. UUGGHHH!!

Actually my husband drives me crazy, he's always keeping the lingerie catalogues that come in the mail and hinting at me to buy stuff. But its shocking, cheap, slutty stuff that he wants me to buy. I didnt lose weight and suddenly become 20 again either, I have bosoms, not tits and they dont fit into those tiny little bits of nothing with one hook at the back and sides 1 inch thick. Any excess skin I do have seems to be in my armpits, lol, I need a solid bra to hold it in. I also need a good bra with nice foam lining and a bit of padding to give me a nice rounded shape after breastfeeding 3 children. I dont wnat a $19 crap bra thanks, no matter what he thinks of it, that looks like it came from a bad 80's porn film.

Nor do DD breasts fit into most of that stuff, a fact which he doesnt seem to appreciate.

Not to mention that if I actually spent MONEY on that he'd have a fit.

GRRRRRR.

And the other thing I'm particularly sensitive too happens here. The old, I dont want to get too thin, bones are ugly comments. I hate it. We all have bones, you are SUPPOSED to be able to see some of them. Seeing your collarbones does not mean you're anorexic dammit. Its a freaking stupid thing to say.

I have people say really mean and stupid things all the time...Like "hey skinny girl, pretty soon we wont beable to see you" .... COme on I am still a bit above 250, I am not dissappearing.... Some people are just rude!!

On the other hand, I have a few friends that are soooo supportive. When I get a new outfit, they simply say "looking good!" or "you are doing so well"

I think it all has to do with how secure the person is themselves... if they are not secure they cannot be happy for you...

Melissa