Whoa. This just happened to me. In front of a group of family and friends. My husband...who is a brilliant man but might be clueless in social situations...over dinner...asked his obese sister and other friends..."how many pounds do you think nods has lost? go ahead...guess! really! guess!" He wouldn't let it go. I asked him twice nicely to let it go. I finally snapped at him. What did he say when we got home? "You didn't have to snap at me in front of everyone."
Really...like turning my wieghtloss in the jelly bean guessing game or a superbowl pool is totally fine.
How would he like if I would have asked with the same enthusiasm, "Guess how much my husband spent of PTSD therapy this year? Guess? Really!"
I will never understand why some one's changes in weight, particularly downward, become public discussion. When you gain weight, people whisper behind your back that you've let yourself go...and you become and object of shame. But when you loose weight, all you healthy food choices and hours of sweat at the gym become public property for some reason!
I know people are 'trying' to be nice and supportive and encouraging, but really. Its my body. I don't talk about your body's challenges in open forum, unless I have real, factual, supportive information to share (like, if you like your aerobics class, sign up for kickboxing) and I'm perfectly comfortable from the context of the conversation and your body language that you are accepting of this information and not annoyed.