Body acceptance & body improvement

SCP0914

I'm so glad you posted this. I've finally gotten to my healthy weight range for my height (only I'm on the high end and I've got about 20 more pounds to lose until I'm at the ideal weight) but people keep telling me to stop there, no more weight loss. It's a little annoying. Since I unfortunately carry most of my fat on my stomach, it's obvious that I could stand to lose a little more weight. So it makes me wonder if they think I'm becoming a threat... Why else would you encourage someone to stop short when they're striving for more? I think sometimes it's better to say that I'm improving my health rather than losing weight. It's a little harder to argue that one shouldn't improve their health every chance they get.

krithsai

There's really no winning When I got married, I was the textbook definition of skinny-fat. Super thin but extremely unfit and then people went on and on about how I was looking stressed out and sickly. Fast forward to 5 years later when I had a 1 year old. The same people didn't forget to remind me about how "nice and thin" I was at my wedding and how I've become so fat! I started responding with "I'll be sure to grab my next baby from the freezer section and not bother getting pregnant!" - that officially made me the family *kitten*. Oh well!