Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Attention after weight loss should I be flattered or Insulted?

Since losing over sixty pounds using HCG, I have been noticing that I am gaining a lot of attention both from the opposite sex and from other neighbors(most I don't even know) I was on my FB account and one of my HCG friends posted that she had received a compliment and she was not sure of whether to be flattered or insulted.  I have found myself pondering the same dilemma.

On one hand I believe that I should be flattered when people notice all of the hard work that I have put into this weight loss.  Teaching myself new habits and staying strong in the face of children friends and relatives who still eat and surround you with foods that you are trying to avoid is not easy. So when I go down the street and a neighbor tells me how good I look I am flattered. This weekend one of my girlfriends threw a birthday party for her son, so I went. Her husband told her later that I had lost a lot of weight. I was totally flattered that he noticed and this has raised him to BFF status. LOL

The other side of the coin is that I have noticed that a lot of guys who I have seen around in my neighborhood or at work have also noticed my weight loss. I suddenly have guys that paid me no attention when I was sixty pounds heavier, suddenly trying to holla. Personally I am a little it insulted. Am I not the same me that I was before I lost the weight? Should I now show interest in Men who looked right thru me when I was heavier, but now see me in a different light. My face has not changed, Still cute :), Ok the body has changed, but I still have the same personality.

Ok friends I challenge you to answer me this... Flattered or insulted... What has been your experience? Tell me your stories.


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