Hi all
I’ve been having some thoughts recently about weight loss etc.
Basically I’ve swung between as little at 7 and a half stone and a size 6 up to 15 stone and a size 18/20 during my adult life (well, between the ages of 16 and now at 32. I’m 5’3).
I never really felt uncomfortably small as a size 6 but used to get the “you are too small / you look ill / you need to put on weight” comments and now at the upper end of the spectrum I’ve had (from family members) “we are getting worried about you / think of your children / think of your health” type comments which made me worry.
Now, my problem is this. I see myself as absolutely massive, like seriously huge (currently the biggest I’ve been at 15 stone and size 18/20) And when I see slim people and even skinny celebs I don’t see them as too slim at all.
Now I know slim doesn’t always equal healthy etc but it seems that slim is the ideal these days.
So due to family concerns etc I’ve been dieting and going to a gym. But I’m beginning to worry that I’ve lost sight of what normal is and that I won’t recognise what healthy is. I dropped to a size 6 at a very traumatic time of my life but after a while it became normal and that I won’t realise when I’m a normal weight or that I shouldn’t lose any more?
I also used to make myself sick as a teenager after meals so maybe I’ve always been a bit about weight really.
I hope this post makes sense
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DumbleDork · 02/07/2019 17:04
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