"Next time I see you, I want you to have 5 less lbs on you."

See how they like it.

You sound fine.

They are looking at you through the lens of either jealousy or eyes that are simply accustomed to looking at overweight people and thinking they are "normaL".

I get the same crap from my family, all of whom are overweight. Ignore them.

I would take it as a compliment. I look forward to having this problem.

Next time I see you I want you to have 5 more lbs on you (and that was from my butcher)

Knee jerk responses off the top of my head:

"Ok, give me 5 lbs of free meat and I'll see what I can do."
"Why, do you have a fat fetish?"
...or just walk in with a 5 lb dumbbell around your neck.

CayLani--I am 5'2" also. When I'm being a good cavegirl, I weigh between 102 and 106 pounds. Everyone says all of those same things to me.

I think it is sad that people can no longer recognize normal as far as bodyweight is concerned. So many people are so overweight that normal has become the new "too thin". My shoulders are broad and muscled ( I wear a size 8 women's shirt) and my hips and butt are narrow and muscular (size two pants). I have a small tummy pooch, partly fat and partly skin from once having weighed 176 pounds. I am fifty years old and feel better than I did in my 20s. I will accept from no one that I am too thin. Love some of the retorts ("Really? You don't." is my favorite). Ignore these people, they are ignorant of true health and of social mores. I agree with the other posters--How do you look and feel to yourself?

By the way, I never have done a 12 step program, but I am told that it is common for addicts and alcoholics to have their recovery efforts sabotaged in this same way by well-meaning friends and family members. I find it interesting that recovering from a crappy diet shows the same dynamic, don't you?

Remember, the average size now is a 14 (in America). 5'2" 110# is definitely within healthy norms, depending on your frame. Take a picture of yourself. Compare your arms to a current picture of Angelina Jolie's... are your bones sticking out like hers? Really, honestly? No? You're probably fine. No need to be snarky in return, just smile and go about your business. If a particular person presses it too much, just ask why they're so invested in your weight. Personally, I think it's just because we're all used to people around us being.... padded. ^_^

You're at a BMI of 20 which is perfectly fine. Lower than 19 is when you get into danger territory. That being said, everyone has a different set point (or set range), so many women couldn't stay at 20 without starving themselves. But if you feel satisfied after your meals, aren't preoccupied with food, dreaming about it, constantly suppressing urges to eat or are cold all the time, if you have energy, are meeting your nutritional needs, and are still menstruating, then I think you're probably fine.

Do you feel healthy? Are you content with your appearance? Do you think you need to put on weight? Are the people who are saying these things overweight or out of shape? Were you previously heavier, and they're simply unused to seeing you thinner? Quite frequently people will say things like that to people who've lost weight, even if they're still significantly overweight, because they think it's something you need to hear for whatever reason. It has something to do, I think, with people associating any sort of diet with the desire to be thin for aesthetic reasons, or alternatively associating thinness with an obsession with body image and low self esteem.

If it ever feels insulting, spiteful, or you're simply getting tired of it, nothing works better than a well worded, if slightly passive-agressive retort. "You look too thin." Really? You don't.

If you feel good, are in good health and have no disordered views of yourself. I feel its more power to you. We have in todays society been conditioned to accept being large or larger is a norm. Your fit, beautiful and strong, people are going to be jealous.If we look back 100 years people were much smaller.