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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/what-do-you-say-when-people-ask-how-you-lost-weight/">“So…how did you lose the weight?”</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted June 4, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Martinique Haller</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">What should you say when people ask how you lost weight? I lost thirty pounds on Weight Watchers, but I didn’t really want to tell people that. I’ve discussed some of the associations I had with Weight Watchers. It seemed like a ‘diet’. Even worse, it seemed like a haven for self-obsessed suburban moms and perpetual dieters.&nbsp; I thought that only superficial people or insecure people were open about intentionally losing weight.&nbsp; I thought I should be happy with myself as is, or at least lose weight accidentally by eating healthy and exercising. The problem with that was that I was already eating healthy and exercising.&nbsp; I never ate like your average American; no soda, no big sweet tooth, no fast food, no penchant for potato chips or buttery popcorn at the movies. And…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/what-do-you-say-when-people-ask-how-you-lost-weight/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/what-do-you-say-when-people-ask-how-you-lost-weight/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/what-do-you-say-when-people-ask-how-you-lost-weight/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/what-do-you-say-when-people-ask-how-you-lost-weight/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/body-image/">body-image</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-nutrition/">her-nutrition</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/diet-myths/">diet-myths</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/healthy-eating/">healthy-eating</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/weight-control/">weight-control</a><br /><br /> </P>