I was fat since age 22 and I'm 27 now. I hated it. I hated my body and I hated being perceived how I was, especially when I knew what it was like to be attractive and fit.
I started losing weight 8 months ago and I've lost 9 stone 3 lbs. Don't ask me how I did it because it wasn't the recommended method, but luckily I didn't suffer too many health side effects and I'm working on improving my health now. I feel MUCH better physically and mentally so it was all worth it.
At first comments were positive but after I lost around 4 stone the comments started getting negative and concerned to the point where people think I'm on drugs or have anorexia.
The thing is – I'm a perfectly healthy weight! I'm 11 stone 7lbs and 6'1. I don't intend on losing any more but I want to lower my body fat percentage, so I'm still exercising a lot and on a slight deficit.
So many people are concerned about me I'm starting to wonder if they're right and it's depressing. I think my face looks drawn because I've lost all the fat there, but I still have a bit of a belly. I worry that something is seriously wrong with my self perception, because I apparently look thin to other people but all I see is my fat belly with all the loose skin.
My friends are quite brutal to each other and used to roast me for being fat, at some point in the last few months the jokes shifted to concentration camp victim, drug addict etc. They joke about me being anorexic but I think a couple of them genuinely believe it, just because I told them a bit about fasting and I don't eat junk with them anymore.
I will say though, people who didn't know me when I was big don't comment on my weight. So maybe it's just that they aren't used to it and maybe some people are jealous.
How do I know who's right? And what do I say when people tell me I'm too thin? At the moment I just tell them I'm a healthy weight but it doesn't really work.
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