I know I’ve probably babbled about this before but I just don’t understand it. I’ve been dieting and exercising since January. I’ve lost, on average, 7-8 lbs a month. There’s been no giant weight loss that suddenly happened overnight. Despite this, people have been commenting on my weight loss as if it’s something new – mostly over the past 2 months.

When I returned from our family vacation mid-June, many of my co-workers claimed to be astounded that I’d lost weight. By that point I’d already lost 45lbs and figured my lack of presence in the office must have triggered a mass realization that there’s less of me to go around once I’d returned. Oddly, this same reaction didn’t occur after returning to the office when I was away in NB for a week in May. I think there was a 5lb difference between my weight in May and June…

At the beginning of July I cut off all my hair. I’m loving it. I don’t know if I’ll feel the same way in winter but for now I’m basking in the freedom that short hair brings. Besides, after growing my hair for 3 years, I missed having cropped locks.

Chopping off my hair seems to have spurred another round of “Oh em gee! you’ve lost so much weight” around the office. It’s weird, since none of this has occurred overnight. It’s been (and still is) a lengthy process.

I’ll probably never understand it.

That said, I am a bit tired of people doubting me when they ask how I’ve lost weight. They all seem to expect me to tell them I’m on some sort of special diet or program. I’m not. I count calories. I weigh and measure my food. I do a little bit of exercise. That’s it. No magic formula. No pills. No special food.

Apparently that’s not a sexy very satisfying answer.

Those who appear to believe that I’m not lying or hiding super secret info from them tend to dismiss my plan as “too difficult” or as something they can’t possibly be successful on. I’m still not sure how that could be. There’s no bad foods in my world. Barring the obvious food allergies, there’s nothing I can’t or won’t eat due to my “diet”. If I want a chocolate bar or a beer, I have one. I just have to figure out how to fit in into my day.

I just don’t get it…

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