So, I've lost almost 20 pounds since I found out I was lactose intolerant and stopped eating dairy...and now I've cut out eggs and honey as well... And now people are noticing that I"ve lost weight..."Wow, Annie, you've lost a lot of weight!" or "Wow, you look great!" So...now it makes me think...wow, did I not look great before? Was I really that heavy? Maybe I'm looking way too much into it. I don't ever notice when people lose weight or get a hair cut or get a new shirt...so I have a hard time understanding people that do...
Oh my goodness, do I know what you mean! I'm not sure how much weight I've actually lost recently, but I definitely have because I'm back in my size 6 jeans, and I was in a size 10 a year ago. Woohoo! Anyway, I get people saying the same thing, and my mind's first reaction is always well geez, did I look like total crap before or what, did I really look that bad?! But then I realize people are just complimenting you, basically congratulating you on your "new look". Besides, I figure I've worked hard to get my figure back after having three kids, so if someone takes notice, it makes me feel good, that my all my work and dedication is showing! So yeah, just take it as a compliment.
Compliments can be really backhanded and annoying... I've never been one to take a compliment gracefully.
you probably carry yourself a bit differently than before - could be various things: standing up straighter, smiling more, seem to have more energy, etc.... my friends all noticed i lost weight - none of my clothes fit at all, even with a belt. i've gotten the "you look good" "you look sexy" etc...the best compliment so far has been "your confidence lights up the room" i wasn't happy with how much i weighed before...i'm still not where i want to be, but i'm much happier now than i was a few months ago in terms of my weight
That's true Fitz. I feel much better now that I've lost weight...I didn't even become vegan to lose weight...and apparently my body didn't want that dairy anyway because it carried some extra weight with it. I am happier about how my body is looking and that probably makes a difference too. Thanks for that bit of insight
Yeah, I know what you mean. My MIL recently said to me "have you lost some weight?" to which I said yes. Then she says "you're finally back to your prepregnancy size! It sure took a long time!" I must have given her a "look" and my husband had this horrified look on his face like "holy crap, she's going to loose it" but I bit my tongue and said "yes, it did take a while, didn't it?" and then I walked out of the room and cursed her under my breath. The evil me was really thinking "well I had three children in 3.5 years, two of which were twins and you were sure pretty ballooned out in your bathing suit pictures on the beach not all that long ago. So what was your excuse?" She's just really, really blunt like that. She doesn't mean it in a rude way (well, sometimes she does, and that particular day she was ready to get into a fight with both my husband and my brother-in-law so who knows), but sometimes it comes out like that. Just like when I was pregnant with the twins, and I had gotten all dolled up to go out on me and hubby's anniversary. I thought I looked really good that night. And what does she say to me? "Oh, you can tell you're putting on weight now, your face is looking a lot rounder". Gee thanks.
yea, its probably more of a subconcious thing - i didn't actively try to change myself other than to lose weight...the rest followed
Yeah, I wanted to lose weight because I was continously bombarded by pictures on the constant slideshow we have going on our computer, and I'd see pictures of me when I was so tiny, and I'd think, man I want to look like that again. So, I got myself back on track. But come to realize that I'm never going to be the same shape as I was when I was 23 years old, even if I weigh the same. My body has just...changed. I guess kids and age do that to you, huh? Anyway, now I'm just doing what I do for my health, not weight loss, because I feel like where I'm at is just fine.
I never thought I was OVERWEIGHT...above average in weight...MAYBE...but it's just weird to hear people make comments about my weight when in my opinion, my body hasn't really changed all that much...that I've noticed.
I agree ~ the comment 'you look so great!' after loosing weight is a bit of a weird thing to say. I'm sure it's not meant that you were hideous or anything before.... But I suppose them saying that you look great is better than saying 'huh, you look... different.'
