Hey gang.
I see all these wonderful success stories and I’m sure they are true achievements and milestones that ought to be applauded and I celebrate with you! But I also know the reality for some is anything but celebratory.
Friends of mine cling to their goal weight and are working like hell to keep themselves there, but at the expense of their health. Obsessing over calories, counting macros, and feeing trapped and unhappy in their body. Comparing to cultural and societal normals and ideals that are manufactured and filled with myths and false information. Like that skinny people are healthier than heavy people. There are many skinny people who have poor health and some heavy people who have great health!
I have a friend that lost 130lbs and she spends everyday feeling trapped in this “I have to stay at this weight” mantra. She is saddened by how she feels that once she arrived at this place that she would somehow feel better or have a better idea of her body but she just isn’t that.
I know this group is in support of healthy life styles and weight loss and I love it! However, for those who have lost their weight and reached their goals, have you found that you are unhappy maintaining? Or feel pressure from external forces (media, Reddit, friends, family, mental images of what you SHOULD be) to be a certain size because it’s “right” or that’s what is culturally considered healthy?
I’m just curious to see the other side of these things. I’m not knocking those who have lost but rather trying to see if there are people who have glorified and manufactured a sense of true happiness in their goal weight but are still not quite satisfied or wished they had done something else.
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