I see lots of postings here about people being offended by comments/compliments made by friends, family, co-workers and acquaintances - sometimes, it makes me scratch my head because I am totally not offended when people make positive comments about my weight loss, though I can definitely see the reasoning behind why some people do get offended by certain comments.

So my question is, what is a good way to compliment someone on a weight loss? What is the nicest compliment you've received? When I see someone who has lost weight, I love to give compliments, as I know they make me, personally, feel great and help keep me motivated! But I sincerely don't want to offend anyone!

For me, I think the compliment I liked best was a neighbor who saw me outside walking my dogs, he was out biking and he stopped, came back to meet up with me to say, "I just wanted to congratulate you on your weight loss! You look great, it really suits you!" - I didn't take it to mean that I looked horrible before (even though I thought I did, hah!) - but him saying, "it suits me" really made me feel great.

What about you?

I have an older coworker (she's post-menopausal; I'm 39) who I discuss weight loss issues with pretty regularly. She calls me her inspiration; that always feels pretty good.

A guy who Ive always had a crush on told me once that everytime he sees me I'm skinnier (maybe see him once every few months) and now everytime he sees me he calls me Skinny. haha! I'm so not skinny, but hearing that is pretty good Also after Halloween (I wore a pretty snug gangster costume) he texted me a few days later to tell me that he just wanted to tell me how great I looked and I should be proud all my hard work has paid off

My closest friend who I have a crush on, didn't know me when I was at my heaviest, and met me when I was only chubby. The first time I've shown him an older pic his reaction was so positive. He told me how proud of me and how he thinks i'm amazing for accomplishing what I have. His comments are still one of the reasons i'm motivated to lose the rest ^_^

The most rewarding thing i received were not words maybe, but when i started my journey one year and a half ago, everyone was very supportive, and one year later most of my friends who had a weight problem, try to take care of themselves and their food habits better, cause they say "i thought i need to starve to do what is healthy, but you showed me that this is a lie". So i guess being an inspiration for people around me to treat themselves better is kinda cool

My partner said I no longer have boobs in my back! LOL I love her honesty! I'm glad I don't need a bra for my back boobs now! LOL

The most valuable compliment is the one which i give it to myself. Everytime i look at mirror, i feel i am beautiful at sixty.

This may be TMI BUT my husband says my butt is less square

I carry my weight in my mid section; I see my belly; he sees the fat above my buttocks

I really love this and I'm going to steal it.

When weight loss is obvious, I say you look GREAT!

My best compliment is from a girlfriend who is 13 years younger than me, she told me she hopes she will look as good as me when she is in her mid 40's!
Lol- gotta love that & I did!

When I went to my reunion in October I was about 60 pounds less than I was in my senior year of high school, probably 70-80lbs lighter than my highest weight.

The best thing was that nobody ever said I lost weight or asked me anything about it. They just said: "You look great!" or "You look fabulous!"

That I think was great

One comment I received would probably offend many people but I took it as one of the best compliments ever. An older woman whom I adore and admire told me that my body finally matched my ability. When I asked her what she meant she smiled and simply said, "You know what I mean."

I'm one of those people who hates weight related comments/compliments, because I get self-conscious about it. But I do notice I get called beautiful a lot more when I'm at the lowest end of the "healthy BMI" than when I'm at the mid range of it. I like being called beautiful, I don't mind being called tiny, but I absolutely can't stand being compared to how I used to look, be it larger or smaller.

Of course, I'm a recovering ED case, so I still sometimes struggle with the upside-down logic that "too thin" is a compliment and "healthy" is an insult... lol. Someday I'll get it right.

I'm probably the only person around here who *hates* being called "skinny". *L* I can't stand it! I'm not really sure why, but it really bothers me.

Anyway! The compliments I enjoy most are when people simply say, "You look really good" or "Wow, you look awesome! Keep it up" or "Holy crap, I don't know what you're doing, but it's working!" Just, you know...compliments without any modifiers.

The one that really made me feel great was the one where someone said I look a lot happier now because she was right.

Another instance was how my mom responded when I told her I wanted to lose more. She said "Isn't that too much?" She spent my whole life critiquing my weight so this was a nice change of things