im 154lbs and a size 14.
I think this is partly due to the fact my remaining weight seems to be on my bottom half.
When I stand naturally, you can see my ribs and bones in my top half.
Its the love handles and legs that really irritate me.
Hey! Well done on your size 12 - I really hope I'll be there soon.
Way to go. You should be so proud of yourself. I can't wait to get into size 12. I have already bought them but I can't fit into them yet.
You did well......Be proud of you! Sometimes when I am feeling bad I go to the grocery store. It started when I had first lost weight. I carried around the jug of milk and realized those three pounds I had lost did matter. Then after I had lost 10 pounds I carried around a ten pound bag of potatoes and saw that it was an accomplishment losing those ten pounds. Once I lost 25 pounds, I saw a 25 pound bag of dog food and thought, I don't need to carry it around to realize it. My long winded point is you have done awesome and be proud. I know sometimes friends are jealous and some mean well. It is all about how we are feeling about ourselves. It is funny because I was feeling discouraged and when I read you post I realized that I need to stay focused and try to listen to the good things people say not the negative. I too will one day fit into a size 12 and I can't wait......
This strikes such a chord with me! People who you thought wanted the best for you, don't even seem to want to acknowledge that you've lost a lot of weight.
One particular friend told me not to bother when I started shedding pounds because "I had other things going for me" she got totally weird, and stopped wanting to out.
Oh well, it says more about them, than it does about you.
Well done on the size 12 jeans i bought my first pair of size 12 jeans a few weeks ago in about 10 years!!! I thought it was a mistake, I had to check a dozen times.
I can't imagine ever being a size 12 again - but I weigh almost the same as SlimmingWorldChick now, so it might happen one day.
Bigbonedlass - the biggest problems I've had have been with larger 'friends'. Its like they think I've betrayed them by having lost weight. I had one 'friend' who told me that she doesn't feel she and I have got anything in common any more which was strange because I don't recall being fat ever being a topic of conversation - and another acquaintance asked me how I'd lost the weight and then, after I'd answered her, she told me that I had turned in to a diet bore! Huh? Why ask the question if you don't want the answer??
Last summer I got so upset by the way people behaved towards me that I stopped talking about it completely. Nowadays when people ask me about it I just change the subject.
Sarah,
Aren't people strange!
You really have to be strong for yourself. If all you've got in common with someone is that you're both fat, it's really not worth it. I suspect she just felt upset, I hesitate to say jealous, and has more issues with herself, that with you.
I never assume somebody overweight, wants to lose weight, but it sounds like if she was really happy there'd be no problem. As for being a diet bore, some people might be, but real friends let you be yourself and should be encouraging you every step of the way.
My bloody broadband keeps cutting out so I apologise if 10 people have replied and said the same thing before i could post this!
you'll def make make it we all will
Onwards and upwards.......
