Friends comments on my weight loss

[jowly]

My closest friend and I have both struggled with our weight for as long as I've known her ... many years. At times she's been slim, while I've been overweight, and vice versa

I've recently lost quite a bit of weight and feel pretty good atm. However she's telling me I've gone too far, I can't be this slim when I'm 60. It's unlike her to be unkind, so now I'm wondering if she's right!

I'm 5'8", about 10 stones and in a size 12, sometimes a 10

Would you ignore her or take notice?

Ignore her! Look your best and to hell with the lot of them! These are our days, and we will enjoy them.

Is she jealous of your weight loss OP? You sound to be a healthy weight for your height, so quite possibly it's sour grapes. Focus on how you feel and if you're happy with your weight then I really wouldn't listen to her.

She sounds jealousy and bitchy. Ignore! Well done on the weight loss

Ignore her. Well done.

You're the same height and weight as me OP and I am certainly not underweight.

I have been 8 stone at this height and that was too far, but certainly not at 10.

I would say it is jealousy. Well done you.

I'd ignore her! Probably jealousy and it is rather an unkind thing to say. You sound perfect to me!

Do you mind me asking how you did it please? I am finding weight loss much harder in my late fifties than before.

@Bananawings

I'd ignore her! Probably jealousy and it is rather an unkind thing to say. You sound perfect to me!

Do you mind me asking how you did it please? I am finding weight loss much harder in my late fifties than before.

Hi

I really just stopped eating rubbish and ate only when I was hungry. When I did eat I only ate lean meat, fish, eggs. Lots of salad, veg. I gave up alcohol too, which probably helped more than anything.

I found I had to try really much harder than ever before, rarely any cheating and still only lost about a pound a week. If I do regain it (again) I doubt I could ever do it again.

Thanks very much for the info jowly; that's really impressive and obviously took a lot of discipline! I am embarking on a similar regime starting March. Good luck with your maintenance prog.

Definitely ignore op and well done you. Can I ask how long it took you?

Bananawings same here, 55 in May and having been slim all my life I find myself a good 2 stone over weight. Mostly on my middle and proper double chins too.

It took 8 months to lose about 3 stones. I lost more at the start, obviously, but as I said up thread towards to the end it was sooooo slow. I was just in the right frame of mind I think. I'd spent some years overweight and hated it, and I was having some health issues I knew would be helped by losing some weight. It was just my time to do it..

Keeping it off is a bugger though...

After all that hard work, don’t dream of allowing her to sabotage you! (People can do this unconsciously, she may not be doing it on purpose at all.) This is what the NHS says about 5’8” and 10 stone: bang in the middle of heathy weight.