Am I fat?

[Lotus266012]

Hi, I am a 28yr old female and I suffer from Hashimoto's Thyroiditis/autoimmune hypothyroidism.
I currently take medication for it, thyroxine 125mcg per day.

I've always been very slim/petite and because I had trouble swallowing in the past (due to the illness) my weight was quite bad. I'm 5'3" and in January this year my weight was 7.3 stone/101lbs/45.8kg. I was only just a size 6 (US size 2) and my clothes hung on me.

Now I weigh 7.13 stone/110lbs/50.3kg and a size 6/8 (US 2/4) so I've done quite well as I've been eating starchier food and stuff with more carbs and sugar. I was very pleased with my weight gain as I look a lot curvier however on two occasions I've been called "fat".

The first time was when I was walking down the road and a girl shouted out to me "lose some weight" when she was in the car with her boyfriend who was driving. I was the only person around outside in the road at the time.

The second time was yesterday when I went to drive up to my parents' place (they don't live too far, literally just down the road) and when I got out of my car a workmen looked at me and commented "too fat for my liking".

I don't get it. I know I'm short for my age as well as have small proportions but my BMI is well within the healthy range. More than anything my main concern was and always has been that the meds that I'm on would make me lose weight (hypo patients are classically overweight so I've read - but I'm not). When people say things like that it knocks my confidence right down again and I feel so depressed when I get comments like that. Am I really that bad?

Thanks for any support. xxx

[RockRose]

I don't think this is about being heavy,  there's something else going on here.

Are you dressing in a way that people feel invited to comment about your appearance?

[Lotus266012]

There is a picture of me taken today for this question. BMI is 19.5 (healthy range).