I don't like telling people, it makes me uncomfortable. Last time I lost weight, I didn't own a scale and didn't know how much I lost. It was very convenient!
You could lie, saying you don't know, or you could just say "Enough for people to notice!" with a smile and a wink. Be a little saucy about it!
I don't specify weights or sizes or anything. People can be really intrusive about it especially since I've dropped a significant amount of weight. With my family I'm totally difference. My parents have been very supportive of my weight loss while never denigrating my previous heavier weight. I don't like giving numbers because regardless of my weight I am a loving, sexy, brilliant, talented person and I have value. I am not a *better* person because of my weight loss; just a *thinner* person.
I don't specify weights or sizes or anything. People can be really intrusive about it especially since I've dropped a significant amount of weight. With my family I'm totally difference. My parents have been very supportive of my weight loss while never denigrating my previous heavier weight. I don't like giving numbers because regardless of my weight I am a loving, sexy, brilliant, talented person and I have value. I am not a *better* person because of my weight loss; just a *thinner* person.
I try not to talk about it. i find if I tell people I'm trying or that I have lost weight-I suddenly feel all this pressure and totally fall off the wagon! Not sure why.
Here it's different becuase everyone is dealing with the same thing-I don't feel like a failure if I post I ate ice cream today-but I feel like one if I say I'm working to lose weight and then get caught eating something I shouldn't be!
I don't specify weights or sizes or anything. People can be really intrusive about it especially since I've dropped a significant amount of weight. With my family I'm totally difference. My parents have been very supportive of my weight loss while never denigrating my previous heavier weight. I don't like giving numbers because regardless of my weight I am a loving, sexy, brilliant, talented person and I have value. I am not a *better* person because of my weight loss; just a *thinner* person.
I love this post! so true! I am also a loving, sexy, brilliant, talented person-just one looking to be a bit thinner! Reading this helped me give myself a boost today! Thanks!
it really depends on the person and why they are asking for me. If i dont know them that well, and they think ive lost weight because of stress, then i'll say "oh only 2 kg or so". If its my close friends or family then i tell them exactly how much but like other people have said, i only tell them if they ask
I'm kinda straddling the fence on that as well. I love when someone notices, but I hate admitting how much I lost, and I never admit my actual weight, before or now. It sounds so horrible to me. I know I'm fooling myself, thinking other people can't see how fat I'd gotten or how much I've lost. To most people, just a vague "about 20 lbs. or so" does it.
My family: well, sometimes it pays to keep them a bit in the dark, as well, as I have a fair share of sabotagers there. Several will make me something I really wish they didn't, and say stuff like " oh go on, eating this whatever this once isn't going to make you gain it back on right away" or " just work out extra tomorrow" or something like that.
I try to downplay that I'm actively working to lose to a lot of them.
I definitely prefer to hear, "wow, you look great!" as apposed to "you're skinny", or "you've lost weight". However, I do like it when my friends and family ask me how I did it; it inspires them... and they start to make healthier choices for themselves.
im always asked how heavy i am and what i was when i started....
annoys the **** outta me....
family members are starting to lecture me on good foods to eat....
surely i must be doing something right tho to still be loosin the weight i am?!....
no, I've never told an aquaintace how much I've lost. For the most part, they dont ask the number. It's jsut a "you look great" kinda thing. Which I am greatfull for. I´d rather them not knowing.
They never told me before "how much" then again I think someone has....but I do get the "you lost weight?" lol I just rather not hear it from some people. =/
I have a habit of saying 'No I havent lost any' if people think say theyve notice I lost. No idea why - I guess I dont want to make a big deal out of it to people who dont know
I figure it was too da** obvious how much I had gained before to be shy about it now. Mostly, I think that if I'm sensitive about it, letting that alter what I say and do only keeps me that sensitive. But if I am open about it and just factual about it, it loses its power. It's no longer something festering inside that I'm ashamed and embarrassed about and trying to hide.
On the other hand, I'm human, and while I'm happy to say just how much I've lost, I'm less thrilled about saying how much I actually weighed at my highest. I still believe everything I said above, though, so I'm working on making that not a secret I'm ashamed and embarrassed about either.
