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Nervous about seeing family after weight loss (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My family makes no bones about talking about weight loss and gain in unhealthy ways. I love seeing people but I am totally dreading this year.

I never expected sustained weight loss would make me feel so weird about being thinner. I find myself in the trap of thinking everything will be great if I’m skinny. Instead I feel embarrassed. What the hell?

I recently saw my hairdresser after three months and 20 pounds. She noticed but said nothing so I just ripped the seal off and we talked about it a lot. She is a safe person who I know won’t say hurtful stuff. I wish I could say the same about my family.

**edit - I forgot I originally posted this from my lemmy.world account and then answered from my lemm.ee account. I’m fired.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sorry to hear it, congrats on the weight loss tho, try and focus on that positive. It probably depends on the group but you could try and talk to people individually beforehand so it's not a big surprise with the whole group on the day of. And just be honest with them try and set some boundaries.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I’ve been tossing the idea around. I already told my cool family.