What to say when people comment on your weight loss?

I am starting a journey of weight loss. My goal is to lose 20ish lbs.

I’m sure my family will comment on my weight loss, as many of them want to lose weight themselves. They see skinny as good and fat as bad. Ugh.

I had accidentally lost weight a couple years ago due to a physically demanding job and also probably due to my devastating break up, and got comments about my weight loss. “Have you lose weight?!” And “I can tell you’re losing weight.” Were things that were said. I didn’t know what to say because

I truly don’t view my worth by how much I weigh. I didn’t want to acknowledge their perception that, me being just barely overweight in the past was bad. We’re talking like 15 pounds overweight is all, at this time.

It showed me though, that the people who commented these things, do really value weight and possibly even value ME more if I weigh less.

So…..

I’m a bit unsure what to say when I start to lose weight this time around. The same comments will probably be said. By the same family members.

Again, I really don’t want to buy into their game of saying that there was anything wrong with how I looked or lived with a slightly overweight body.

I hope I’m making sense and that whoever reads this understands my point of view. Any ideas for what to respond with?

My ideas are: “Have you lost weight?!” —— “I’m not sure!” —— “I don’t know, it doesn’t really matter” —— “I don’t think so!” —— “Not trying to!”

These ideas need work but something like this…

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