Working from home in the spring and summer with a mindset of fat acceptance led me to gaining 15 pounds over just a couple of months. Once I realized the damage I had done, I started CICO and IF in June. It was a rocky start--I've always been overweight and have never been able to lose weight--but I'm officially back to the weight I was in February before all this started! Also, I'm not stopping here; now that I know that I can lose weight, I'm going to try to get to that "healthy" BMI range.
However, my family hasn't been much help. Even though they are also all overweight, they are hyperfocused on what each other gains/loses. Sometimes they are nice enough to keep their opinions to themselves, but when they noticed how much I had lost in the last few months, they then went into their backlog of insults, showing me selfies I had sent them in the summer that they said made me look "huge."
I'm losing weight for me, not for them, but their rude comments sometimes act like reverse psychology where I want to gain weight back just to spite them, to say, "Hey, I don't care what you think of my body." Almost as if me losing weight would justify their behavior.
I've tried to be honest and say that their comments hurt me, but then they turn and make a joke about it. We are a very close family, always laughing and making jokes, so any attempt at honesty just breeds more [good-humored? maybe in their eyes] jabbing.
I'm excited about my weight loss so far, and I'm going to try not to let my family get to me.
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