Enough Already With The Compliments And Questions

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The good news s that eventually it settles down. After more than a year and a half at goal, people rarely comment. I still get an occasional comment or zinger but for the mist part, people have moved on.

Lynda

I find this to be true for me also. It was definitely more noticeable during the "losing" phase and people weren't used to seeing me as a smaller person. Then when things sort of leveled out at about 18 months, the compliments tend to fade away.

I get one occasionally now from someone who hasn't seen me in a long time. Thankfully, I don't have to jump into a long diatribe about where I was, what I did to get where I am, and everything in between, because I just say thank you and move on. Mostly, people will say "wow, you look great" which could be my hair, my outfit, or my sparkling personality ...but usually the thinly veiled compliment IS in regards to my WEIGHT. I do suppose that it's possible that someone is complimenting me without being able to actually put their finger on WHY I look great, etc. but I think mostly they know I've lost weight, I know I've lost weight, and unless I choose to wander down the path and get into the specifics, it basically becomes a non-issue.

[7 Bites_Jen 479]

There are times people complement me and sometime I wonder if it's sincere. I totally feel this post.