Ever since I went on a "diet" (more of a lifestyle change), I've been getting a lot of negative responses from people around me. Things like: You don't need to restrict yourself, you're not even fat, you don't need this..., I could go on.
Since I started this diet, I have been much more mindful about what I eat. Before I started, I ate chocolate and cookies for breakfast almost every day. I'd eat pizza for dinner every other day. I used to eat fast food without even thinking about the consequences. Despite all those food choices I was only "slightly overweight", but I was concerned for my health.
I started to eat more vegetables, informed myself about healthy food choices, started to cook healthy meals and in general, I was more mindful about what I eat. But I was restricting myself a lot at first (no sweets for a month!). I was also obsessed with the scale and constantly wanted to see changes.
But then I learned not to "hate" certain types of foods or even feel bad about eating sweets once in a while. And even the last couple of days, when I overate during christmas, I didn't feel bad or hated myself for overeating. I just decided to continue where I stopped with my weight loss journey.
Despite all those positive things, I still see people around me (but also on the internet!) have a negative attitude towards diets. I've been called mentally ill for counting calories before. Is is because people are misinformed? Do they think that dieting = starving yourself? Has anyone else gotten negative reactions to something that's actually a good thing?
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