zeke
Gold Member
I know it won't be long now before my weight-loss becomes noticeable to everyone.
As I am a bit of a yo-yo dieter I have realised I have sub-consciously divided the people I know into three groups:
1. People I will happily tell I have started SW and won't make any negative comments and won't make me feel like 'here we go again!'. (only a few people now as even I feel like 'here we go again!')
2. People who I will happily share info if they ask me when noticing I have started losing weight. I appreciate their positive comments and I know they won't say anything negative.
3. People who I dread noticing I have lost weight because they either go OTT and start asking me about it all the time or use it as an excuse to make back-handed comments/comment on how fat I was etc or somehow manage to give a compliment that doesn't feel like one (someone else could say exactly the same thing and it wouldn't feel that way...).
The vast majority of people I know fall into group 2.
The ILs fall into group 3 without a doubt. I am now find myself dreading when they notice and start commenting - which will be within the next few months.
Do you have any 'group 3' people? How do you cope with them?
Last time I lost weight sigh I was very vague with them about how I did it (said things like stopped drinking or had more time to exercise recently) and just smiled and tried to change the subject rapidly.
As I am a bit of a yo-yo dieter I have realised I have sub-consciously divided the people I know into three groups:
1. People I will happily tell I have started SW and won't make any negative comments and won't make me feel like 'here we go again!'. (only a few people now as even I feel like 'here we go again!')
2. People who I will happily share info if they ask me when noticing I have started losing weight. I appreciate their positive comments and I know they won't say anything negative.
3. People who I dread noticing I have lost weight because they either go OTT and start asking me about it all the time or use it as an excuse to make back-handed comments/comment on how fat I was etc or somehow manage to give a compliment that doesn't feel like one (someone else could say exactly the same thing and it wouldn't feel that way...).
The vast majority of people I know fall into group 2.
The ILs fall into group 3 without a doubt. I am now find myself dreading when they notice and start commenting - which will be within the next few months.
Do you have any 'group 3' people? How do you cope with them?
Last time I lost weight sigh I was very vague with them about how I did it (said things like stopped drinking or had more time to exercise recently) and just smiled and tried to change the subject rapidly.
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