Does this make me look fat?

[elligirl]

I'm seriously wondering! I've noticed over the past two years that certain people I meet have a default compliment when they see me: "Have you lost weight? You look great!" On the face of it, this seems to be a lovely thing to say to someone. But the truth of the matter is that, other than a brief stint when my running and swimming was actually

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[kcram3500]

I agree. From last July until this past February, I lost 55 pounds - the only person from whom I wanted a compliment on my weight loss was my doctor (and she did just that - she figured I'd be able to lose 25). Everyone else gave varying opinions from "you looked just fine before" to "you look great" to "you look too thin now". I like the way I look, my doctor likes the way I look, and right now, those are the only two opinions that matter about my physique.

[elligirl]

Great work on the weight loss! See? That is something big! Not just the weight loss, but the dedication and hard work that leads to it. In contrast, I don't think I look like I've lost weight at all. So what are people seeing that I'm not? it's so confusing!