Seriously?

I met a lady who used to work at my workplace at Walmart. She looked at me and said, "Wow! You've lost a lot of weight. Are you sick?" I could have slapped her right then and there in the grocery aisle at Walmart! LOL!!

I just thought that that was a very bizarre thing to say to someone. No I am not a sicko, just a big LOSER!  Then yesterday, another woman from work tells me that since I've lost weight, she finds me more approachable; I guess the ice lady is melting. Just a couple of off the wall things people have said to me that I thought I would share with yall for a chuckle.

Over all I am getting more positive feedback though. Every week at work someone tells me that I am fading away, so I guess they're not all a bunch of whack jobs. Right Rachel? LOL!!

I have increased my exercise time and am now running on the treadmill regularly. That is definitely a NSV for me. I hope to run in the rub for the cure; my couisin died of breast cancer last month.

Keep on keepin on everyone. Giddy up!


Jet

I used to read a book to my son that quoted "Peoples is peoples" and as I age I find that to be so true. People, some of them, just don't think.  Why should loosing weight be associated with sickness! And because we are thinner, does that make us more "approachable" or friendly. Those things say more about the person saying them than the loosers themselves. I have to think about this for a moment and try to come up with something clever to say in response when I am lucky enough to loose enough weight that someone will notice. Hmmmmm, something to work on now.

You are doing so well and I'll bet these lame statements must give you a chuckle.
Keep on laughing.....

Cheers, Sugarbear

I suppose people wonder if you are sick because people whho have cancer, aids, IBS,kidney disease, liver disease, endocrine disease and about a hundred other diseases the first symptom is weightloss. I guess there is the association with weight loss and illness. They may have not been trying to offend you, they may have expressed a genuine concern about wheather or not you were ill. As for being approchable, I know from previous experence with 100 pound weight loss that when your face is fat it is harder to have a smile on your face so I suppose I had a constant frown or scowl on my face and that made people think I was mad or something and they did not feel they could talk to me. When I was 293 ppounds, I was miserable and I suppose that feeling showed on my face. When I lost weight before and someone commented about how much weight I had lost, I used to reply, "thank you, yeah, it's been hard but I'm getting there" That seem to satisfy all concerned.
 
Congrats on your weight loss, jet. With or without our "tools" it is still a hard constant work.. After all it is just a tool, not a magic wand.