How do you deal with compliments?

I've lost about 45 lbs, and people at work have just really started noticing.  It's a good problem, but people make comments about how much weight I've lost, and I just never know how to respond.  I just get super flustered, and don't know what to do.

Any ideas?

say "yes, i have lost weight, thank you for noticing!" i get super flustered with compliments too... so i just try to say the same thing every time. "thank you!" and try not to look ridiculous!

Thank you !! (short but sweet)

Nieto

Thank you very much. I feel great.

I usually don't take compliments too well, so I'll just respond with "Thank you" until they stop talking and go away. :)

I have nothing new to add in terms of advice.  It's funny though how many of us aren't taught, at least not taught very well, how to accept a compliment.  I think most of us receive the message that a) it's immodest to accept a compliment or b) we shouldn't believe something nice someone says about us.  It was my college boyfriend who tired of me poo-pooing his compliments said to me, "I really do mean [insert compliment here].  I want you to believe that I mean it. Can you just say thank you."  It's one of the best pieces of advice I ever received.  

I just posted on this problem as well! lol.

At a social gathering, this girl said "damn! you got skinny!" really loudly, in a crowded room, and I really didn't know what to say... I did just smile and say thanks, but it was really awkward.

Usually, if its not that setting, I usually feel like I have to justify myself in some way, so I generally respond with a "thanks.  I've been working really hard" or "thanks. I've really been watching it", something like that.  That way, if they want to make conversation, it gives an opening, but if not, then the subject should naturally switch.

Good job and good luck!

You don't need any response except a big smile and a Thanks!

Smile,  look them in the eye and say  "thank you".  That's all you need to do.

 Ok, this may sound a little harsh...but seriously just talk to them about it! Trust me, everyone knew you were bigger before. If they notice, it's a good thing!! I had this problem too. Everytime someone complimented me, I always thought, wow....they must've thought i was really big before. This really bothered me, until one day my brother and I were looking at older pics. There was one of my fatter pictures and he looks at me and says "Wow you were really fat back then!" It was so to the point that I burst out laughing. I mean come on!! You lost 45 pounds!!! Be proud!! Say "Hells yeah i lost weight!!! I'm a skinny beyotch now!!!" hahaha

 Ok, this may sound a little harsh...but seriously just talk to them about it! Trust me, everyone knew you were bigger before. If they notice, it's a good thing!! I had this problem too. Everytime someone complimented me, I always thought, wow....they must've thought i was really big before. This really bothered me, until one day my brother and I were looking at older pics. There was one of my fatter pictures and he looks at me and says "Wow you were really fat back then!" It was so to the point that I burst out laughing. I mean come on!! You lost 45 pounds!!! Be proud!! Say "Hells yeah i lost weight!!! I'm a skinny beyotch now!!!" hahaha

I just say thanks.  I'll say this though - what I find amusing is if other people I work with every day are in earshot, they will come over and pile it on.

Like they "suddenly noticed" I've lost 65lbs.

I think part of it is that I'm so used to feeling like the fat girl amongst a SEA of thin pretty girls at work, and when they notice, I just don't know what to do!

Perhaps my body image hasn't fully caught up with reality.

I do think that it's interesting that we're not taught to take compliments well. I know I certainly wasn't taught what to do

Luckily, my parents *tried* to teach me how to take a compliment without belittling myself or making the compliment-giver feel awkward.   I say tried because even as an adult, I'm still a work in progress.  My dad always told me I could just say "Oh, that's nice of you to say," and leave it at that.  You're not rejecting the compliment, you're not bragging or even agreeing with it either (if you think they're way off base), and you're recognizing that they are trying to do something nice by pointing it out.

Every time I've used it, the conversation ends there, but neither of us are left feeling weird.  Saved me from blowing up every single time someone at work told me "you don't even look pregnant" long after I'd needed to switch to maternity clothes--when the only thing in my head besides the old standby was "So if I don't look pregnant are you saying I just look fat?"