THANK YOU to everyone that replied. Feels so nice to know we are all in this together!!!

1) Dont listen to them

2) complain about it here

3) Most North Americans are used to looking at obese people. Obesity is the new "normal" so the fact that you are close to the healthy weight range suggests that you are indeed close to a health weight range.

4) Can you run farther than ever before? Exercise longer than every thought possible. Can you dance jump spin climb mountains? If so, point out all the healthy, yet strenuous activities you CAN do and make sure to point out that if you were frail and malnourished, you wouldnt be able to do that.

5) And use the Dr./Nutritionist comments. That is what I did. I told people I went to the nutritionist to get skinny for my wedding. The hungry bride is a classical stereotype and they took it hook, line, AND sinker!

This was very helpful - yes I can do things I never did before. Even crossing my legs is a fabulous "good job" in my mind. I feel the best I ever have in my life and even embracing the sagging skin because I know how hard I worked for it!

You've lost 99lbs in 11 months and you told them nothing about your surgery. They are trying to find out if you are ill.

The debate at the water cooler has been about you and your weight loss. They are wondering if it is cancer or something like that or if you just had WLS. And your answer of "being under a doctors care and at a healthy BMI" points them towards WLS but yet...under a docs care makes them still think maybe sick.

People talk. They talked about us when we were fat (not neccessairly because we were fat...people just talk) you've caught their intersest now that you are losing weight so quickly so they talk. You'll hit goal and they'll talk. Finally after a bit someone else will have something big happen and they will be the new talk. Or you'll move on and no one will know you use to be overweight and there will be no talk.

If it really bothers you turn the attention towards someone else. Start a rumor that some guy you work with wears women's underwear. Or some woman wears men's underwear.

Btw, anybody else wonder why it's so shocking for some to find a man wears lingerie but they really wouldn't be that troubled to find out a woman wore boxer shorts.

Seriously, they'll get bored and you'll be fine.