Hit 50lbs (50.8lbs actually!) lost today, basically my goal weight. I was ecstatic and shared the news with a few people. Some responded by saying that it sounds unhealthy and that they’re worried about me. Frustrated and seconding guessing myself.

29F 5’9” weighed in at 140.2lbs this morning. I was originally 191. I’m essentially one pee away from my goal weight of 140. I lost by doing 90% CICO sticking to an average of 1400-1500 calories with mostly good months, kind of plateaued over the summer bc of a lot of cheating. I don’t work out currently, I only got in the gym for a total of 3 months out of this time because [insert shitty excuse here]. I do have a job that keeps me on my feet all day long which I think helps a lot.

So yeah.

I have this weight loss poster on my wall that keeps track of how much I lost with index cards. I took a Snapchat of it since I’m “done” and shared it with a handful of friends. Before that the only people to see it were my boyfriend and my sister.

My literal best friend (I don’t get to see her too often) wrote back instantly asking if I was alive and said “squishypants, that seems like healthy. You weigh significantly less than me.” For reference she is around 5’1”.

Another person took a screen shot so I jokingly was like hey why’d you do that. She responded by saying because she’s jealous since apparently I also weigh less than her and she’s short as well. She then proceeded to say that this was a lot of weight loss and that she’s “worried about me.” I gave this long response about how my BMI is normal and what not and that she’s probably a lot more muscular than me (she works out) but she never responded.

I guess today I learned that I can’t share my current weight with these people...

I can’t help but feel down now. Is there truth to what they are saying? My BMI is 20.7, underweight would be around 18.5 or 125lbs for me which is 15lbs less than my current weight. I lost most of this weight (38.6lbs of it) since November 28, 2017. That’s an average of about 1lb/week (technically a little less). So in one moment I tell myself I had a normal weight loss journey but their voices just keep ringing in my head. Do I seriously need to worry about being “too skinny” when all of my adult life I was too fat? What the hell man.

Idk. Anyone go through something similar? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

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