Posts Tagged ‘Overweight’
Why won’t anyone support my weight loss goals?
Anonymousgirl asked:
I am under 5′5″ and I weigh a heavy 150 lbs and I need to lose weight. I’ve been going to the gym more and have improved my lung and heart funcs., which my doctor is really impressed with- I’m motivated!. The trouble that I have is with eating, so I need to learn to eat less and new habits.
However I feel like the people close to me don’t want me to lose weight. I was once told that my weight gain (I used to be 125 lbs) was probably “natural and healthy”– gaining 30 pounds of fat is NOT natural OR healthy! I’m not losing weight to be the next Kate Moss, I am losing weight for me. But a lot of my friends and relatives tell me to not lose more than 5 pounds and so forth. At the same time, when I DID gain weight, they were always the ones to point it out and poke fun. What gives?
I plan on losing this weight over 6 or more months, so I’m not starving or anything. But I keep being told that I shouldn’t be thin because noone’s used to seeing me thin and other crap.
Yes, many of my family members are overweight– my mother is the only one who is a healthy thin body figure out of 9 kids.
I am under 5′5″ and I weigh a heavy 150 lbs and I need to lose weight. I’ve been going to the gym more and have improved my lung and heart funcs., which my doctor is really impressed with- I’m motivated!. The trouble that I have is with eating, so I need to learn to eat less and new habits.
However I feel like the people close to me don’t want me to lose weight. I was once told that my weight gain (I used to be 125 lbs) was probably “natural and healthy”– gaining 30 pounds of fat is NOT natural OR healthy! I’m not losing weight to be the next Kate Moss, I am losing weight for me. But a lot of my friends and relatives tell me to not lose more than 5 pounds and so forth. At the same time, when I DID gain weight, they were always the ones to point it out and poke fun. What gives?
I plan on losing this weight over 6 or more months, so I’m not starving or anything. But I keep being told that I shouldn’t be thin because noone’s used to seeing me thin and other crap.
Yes, many of my family members are overweight– my mother is the only one who is a healthy thin body figure out of 9 kids.
And sorry laura but I think “The Secret” is a bunch of bull.