Originally Posted by
Nachoman
Just tell them all your cycling friends still think you're fat and that you still have about ten to fifteen more pounds to lose.
I tried this (though I don't actually have any cycling friends), and the telling my SO I'm fat thing.
Neither went over well. Comments like 'gaunt' are thrown around a lot, since I'm still carrying fat around my waist but, of course, my face has lost most of it.
Oh well; at 30 I was 170, so I call myself heavy these days!