I've been a member at my gym for about a year and a half... In fact, I first joined when I first started to seriously get myself into weight loss mode. In my first 6 months at this gym, I lost about 20-25 lbs and then didn't lose anything for about another 6 months.

Anyway, there is this woman who is there EVERYDAY. She's one of those incredibly chatty women who will chat with just about anyone who will stop and listen to her. I tend to be more of the quiet-keep-to-myself types so she's never bothered trying to chat with me before.

She's also one of those chatty NOSY women who pokes her nose in other peoples' business.

I've seen her lately looking at me and I could tell she's been dying to say something to me about my weight.

Well, today was the day. She finally said something.

I've been nervous about this day because I wasn't sure how I would react - but she was very kind about it so I took it quite graciously.

She said "I've been meaning to tell you for a while that I've seen you since you joined the gym and you've really lost a lot of weight. And you're looking really great! I mean, not that you didn't before, but you've got a really great shape now. It's about the shape, you can tell that you've been working hard on it".

I smiled and thanked her and could tell she was just dying for a number and relieved her by saying "oh yes, it's been quite a bit of weight loss, I suppose folks can't help but notice now. Since joining I guess I've lost around 75 lbs."

And she smiled and said "well you look great." and that was it.

Although I don't always like it when strangers comment because I really don't know how to react - this was ok. She was really sensitive and kind about it which made all the difference.