Do people treat you differently as you lose weight?!
Question: Do you feel that since you have lost weight, or are losing weight (like me), people seem to treat you differently?
I am not just talking about people you know, I'm talking about strangers too.
People seem to say "hi", smile a lot more than usual, even strangers. Complete strangers will come up to me these days and talk to me.
I find this very, very weird. I am not saying I hate the attention, I'm just not used to it. And sometimes, to be honest, I don't want it. I mean who the heck wants to be called "princess"? That just pissed me right off the other day.
Btw, I am actually slightly overweight (about 10 stones 12 and 5'3 5'4 tall).
Answers: Do you feel that since you have lost weight, or are losing weight (like me), people seem to treat you differently?
I am not just talking about people you know, I'm talking about strangers too.
People seem to say "hi", smile a lot more than usual, even strangers. Complete strangers will come up to me these days and talk to me.
I find this very, very weird. I am not saying I hate the attention, I'm just not used to it. And sometimes, to be honest, I don't want it. I mean who the heck wants to be called "princess"? That just pissed me right off the other day.
Btw, I am actually slightly overweight (about 10 stones 12 and 5'3 5'4 tall).
Yeah, I know what you're going through. It's just weird because you realize how shallow some people are. They only say "hello" if they think you look pretty. But it might not just be your weight. Maybe since your weight loss you carry yourself better, you know, maybe you're more confident. Confidence is attractive and so maybe that's why people are suddenly more friendly. Just accept the attention, for whatever reason it's coming, and be happy in your own skin. You can't change the way strangers treat you, so be happy and take compliments like, "princess" (as annoying as they may be) as compliments. Congratulations on your weight loss, keep it up! :)
Maybe it isnt that there treating you differerntly because of your weight..maybe your portraying yourself more confidently and people like that..
Yes. i used to be 17st 6lbs, now im 14st 9lbs. lost quite a bit. people have been amazed by it. treated for the better. now its not look out for it coming, earthquake. hated that.
I don't often share this with people, but let me tell you I was 22 stone and now I'm 12 1/2 stone. I lost the vast majority of it in just over a year. I found an amazing difference in how people treated me, but also in how I treated myself. I could see the person I wanted to be, but had hidden behind who I had become. So, as my confidence grew so did other people's attitude to me. I am not judgmental about other people and their 'ideal' weight. All I know is I realistically knew what weight I needed to be to feel healthy, to be able to look at myself in a full length mirror and not be embarressed. I achieved that, but so in turn did other people learn who I really am and had hidden behind mmy weight! Good luck to you, but more than anything else do this for you!
There are probably 2 answers to this.
1. you look better and people pay attention to you now.
2. you carry yourself better now as you are starting to feel better about yourself