I was 17 years old when I went on my first weight loss journey. I'm 5'4 and went from about 147lbs to 120lbs.
It was 2010 so we were just coming out of toxic diet culture where everyone had an opinion about weight. My mum was convinced I had an eating disorder and made me weigh myself in front of her once (it was exactly the weight I said I was. She did not take it kindly when I challenged her to go on the scales after me). My sister told me I looked like a "spoon", a close friend looked at me in a bikini and said "well I gues you don't really need a bra", and finally a distant friend took one look at me a festival and said (as if I wasn't stood right there) "she's gotten too thin."
Was I that thin? Looking back at my photos, I don't think so. I was 18 at the time and I think my age shows. Pictures are here:
https://imgur.com/2xc8CzB https://imgur.com/rRJ9gX3
I'm currently 146lbs and my goal is to get back to around that body fat percentage to look my best for my wedding next year, but now I know a lot more about nutrition so I'm hoping that I'll retain more muscle. But now that January, the "healthy" month, is nearly over, I am sort of dreading people picking up on me losing weight again. Someone please tell me that as well as body positivity people have now learned to mind their own business? I kept my mouth shut back then, but I'm a lot more outspoken now I've hit my 30s.
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from loseit - Lose the Fat https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/1adquli/comments_criticising_my_weight_loss_14_years_ago/
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