Compliments and Coworkers

Within the last 8 months I’ve lost 20 lbs; partly from stress (and stomach issues as a result of stress) and partly due to the fact that I loved the way shedding weight felt. I decided to continue on even after my stress had abated. Why not, right? Once you’re in the groove it doesn’t seem like a chore anymore. Might as well get rid of some unwanted poundage!

The point of this blog is not to entice compliments or be the recipient of ooo’s and ahhh’s; I’m definitely not the kind of person that needs a lot of pats on the back and most of my friends and family members have all said something anyway. However, I do find it strange that virtually nobody at my work has mentioned anything. I mean, for fucks sake, I went from a size 10 to a size 6! That is a huge difference on somebody who wasn’t big to begin with.

There are about 100 people in our SF office. You would think that at least a handful of people would have said something. Are people here really that busy and self involved that they don’t take notice of things like that? I can see it now, poor little Janey sits at her desk behind a wall of food wrappers as she binge eats, then runs to the bathroom to throw it all up. She continues to get skinnier and skinnier and all the company can say is, “Wow that free gym membership must really be paying off for people!”

I know, I know…I am not bulimic, nowhere near in fact. I’m completely healthy and am at a normal body weight. And I’m certainly not devastated at the lack of response. However, I do find it odd. Especially on days like today, where I’m feeling particularly slender in my new black slacks and form fitting cream turtle neck. I mean come on people! I look hot!

I’m going to give them the benefit of the doubt here. Perhaps it’s because they’ve seen me every day for the last year and therefore didn’t notice the gradual change? Or maybe they feel it’s inappropriate to comment on a coworker’s weight? That could definitely be it.

Well, whatever the reason is, I guess it doesn’t matter. I’m not even entirely sure why I’m writing about this. Maybe it IS an ego thing. Maybe I really do want people to shower me with compliments. Maybe I could use a few comments along the lines of, “Great job on that TPC Report! And btw, have you lost weight?”