Am I being too sensitive?

[jenii]

People also need to take genetics into account. Some people do eat healthy, in small amounts, and are reasonably active, but they're still big.

It's not fair to assume that big = compulsive eater who is too lazy to exercise. Some of us have some seriously bad genes working against us, so that we can be healthy, but not exactly svelte.

 

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Originally Posted by choseck Now that I'm at around 115lbs I feel that people are constantly watching me. When people see me they always make a comment like 'you aren't still trying to lose are you?' or 'You're done trying to lose right?'

I can really relate but my story ends up unhappy. I had gotten so sick of people (my mother especially) "worrying" over my weightloss that i said f it and i went back to the way things were. Ive now gained back the weight plus 15 lbs. Im trying now to get back to my beginning mindset of eating healthy. Its really hard because the comments I heard, its hard to want to get that way again just to avoid them. I'm working on this. The advice I can give you is this ~ please look at old pictures and look at some now...keep feeling good about yourself and know that these people are very insecure to have to concentrate on you so they dont think about themselves. I'm proud that you have been able to lose so much and are keeping it off! Hopefully im on the way to getting back on that road.

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[choseck]

I noticed that this thread got pushed back up, I can't remember when i first posted it, but it seems like forever ago. Things have gotten so much better, people realize now how I am when it comes to my eating habits, they see that I'm very healthy and they see how much I eat. I get a lot of those comments now! 'I can't believe you EAT that much!!!' I truly think its a misconception that people have if you're thin you must not eat, therefore in order to be thin or lose weight, you don't eat.

Thanks for your support, I have learned to shrug off some of the comments I do hear, and I think about how far I've come and a lot of people are so impressed with how healthy I eat and tell me they wish they could be like that.

Anyway, just wanted to say thanks - and its sad how sometimes it seems like no matter what you do, you aren't going to make everyone happy. I'm still trying to figure that out.