Why Oh Why

[Zino 39]

Sleeved May 1st and I have already lost 75 pounds. SW 315 CW 240 GW 215. I have started getting the comments " dude you need to stop loosing weight" never thought I would ever here those words. Sometimes it feels good to hear, and sometimes I feel like saying " how could you say something like that?" it is amazing to me how some people don't understand how difficult this journey is to start and how hard it is to reach your goals. I would like to encourage everyone to keep fighting and reach your goals regardless of what everyone else is telling you. Live healthy.

[JDHenin 165]

People are just silly with their silly comments. Keep doing what you're doing and congrats on the awesome weight loss !!!

[SML1997 308]

Sleeved May 1st and I have already lost 75 pounds. SW 315 CW 240 GW 215. I have started getting the comments " dude you need to stop loosing weight" never thought I would ever here those words. Sometimes it feels good to hear, and sometimes I feel like saying " how could you say something like that?" it is amazing to me how some people don't understand how difficult this journey is to start and how hard it is to reach your goals. I would like to encourage everyone to keep fighting and reach your goals regardless of what everyone else is telling you. Live healthy.

Well, I definitely would have to agree with you. We all have to life our lives to the fullest and make the best of it that we can. People will talk about you when you lose weight, or if you're big. You just can't win with some people. Anyhow, congrats on your weight loss. That's awesome

[dooter55 35]

Wow! Congrats! You must feel so proud of yourself and all of your effort!

[Chimera 644]

My husband - who was sleeved two weeks before I was, keeps getting the same thing at work. He works with a lot of big guys, they are aerospace engineers and keep poking fun at him that he is wasting away to nothing lol. He looks fantastic and light years healthtier than he did 3 months ago - people are goofy.

[bakawaka 59]

In the US we really do not have a proper concept of a healthy body weight. When I lost weight in the past, I got comments at work such as "you have lost too much" or "you look sick". It does take time for people to adjust. I am 90 pounds overweight and know that I will face such comments. So I told the most gossipy people in the office that I am having surgery. The gossip network will be useful in managing perceptions.

[Parker's Dad 50]

A couple quick thoughts on this....

I have always been overweight. I have been at my current job for a little over 6 years so overweight is all they have ever seen from me. I got down to about 315 about 4 years ago and I got a lot of the "wow I can really tell you have lost some weight comments." It was good. I got kinda lazy and got back up to about 335 to 340. I have gotten my butt back in gear and am now back down to probably less than that 315 and I get the same comments again. I will know how much when I weigh in on Wednesday. People that are around you a lot notice quickly with a rapid loss.

Another thought on it is that people get used to seeing a bigger you and it's a little shock sometimes. Some people do look kinda sickly when they loose too much **(not saying you do)** but some do. To add to that, it really all depends on your height and build and how much you had to lose and how fasy you lost it, IMHO. I don't honestly put a whole lot of faith into the BMI stuff anyway. You look at people that they consider normal and a lot of those people truely do look sickly. The average person, not being built or ripped, can look to be in very poor condition.

Moral of my little rant is just get where you are comfortable and want to be and you will be happy. People will accept that when they see it and it's not gonna matter.