April Fools

Here's to all the April fools (who are pretty much fools any time of the year)...

People who assume because I lost a lot of weight in what appeared to be a short time (but was in fact more than a year), I must have had weight loss surgery.

People who consider anyone bigger than a size 4-6 "fat."

People who think they are too busy to exercise.

People who drink soda pop with sugar and whole milk coffee drinks, and wonder why they can't lose weight.

People who don't put the free weights back on the racks where they belong at the gym.

People who hog the weight machines doing multiple sets, when the weight room guidelines clearly say one set at a time.

People who say "you can really see it in your face" when you've lost quite a bit of weight and obviously you don't care whether it shows in your face, you want it to show in your body! (Why not just say, "your hands look really thin" or something equally unhelpful! Although it's true, weight loss usually shows up first in the face.)

People who demand to know how much weight you've lost.

People who say "you've lost a ton of weight." (Yeah, I know I was a whale, but do you need to rub in in?)

People who try to be sensitive and instead of saying "You look great" say "How do you feel?" I know this is a controversial opinion, because apparently the polite thing to do is in fact, ask how the weight lossee feels, rather than comment on how she looks. But from my perspective, I'd rather get a sincere compliment on how great I look. Because everyone, fat or thin, is insecure about her looks, and a compliment is always welcome. When you ask how I feel, that implies that I felt bad before--and I didn't. I've always felt pretty good, I had no bad knees or bad back or high blood pressure or health problems. So yeah, I feel great and I know it, but I want to hear that I look great!