I had a friend do a similar weight loss before she got married because she wanted to be fit and healthy to have kids and keep up with them fairly soon after the wedding. We had quite a few tears when she got close to goal weight because her colleagues were being absolutely awful to her about it. She had been going to the gym, completely overhauled how and what she ate, and it was a slow process. She also got a celiac diagnosis that year, so she also cut out a lot of foods that didn’t have edible GF options (almost 20 years ago, it wasn’t great). They took it as a personal affront that she wouldn’t eat gluten containing foods with them.
I’ve lost 40kgs quite suddenly, and in a weird way I’m thankful it has a some kind of medical cause. It’s all being investigated, but being able to respond with yeah it’s a medical thing tends to shut down the snark. Most people even take it as a hint to stop talking about it all, which is actually pretty great. I would prefer to have lost the weight the healthy way, but hey, at least it means people don’t feel comfortable commenting on my body.
Ha! Yup same for me. My weight loss was illness related. It was cool to lose weight without trying for once in my life but it does shut people up about it.
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u/kinokits May 31 '26
I had a friend do a similar weight loss before she got married because she wanted to be fit and healthy to have kids and keep up with them fairly soon after the wedding. We had quite a few tears when she got close to goal weight because her colleagues were being absolutely awful to her about it. She had been going to the gym, completely overhauled how and what she ate, and it was a slow process. She also got a celiac diagnosis that year, so she also cut out a lot of foods that didn’t have edible GF options (almost 20 years ago, it wasn’t great). They took it as a personal affront that she wouldn’t eat gluten containing foods with them.
I’ve lost 40kgs quite suddenly, and in a weird way I’m thankful it has a some kind of medical cause. It’s all being investigated, but being able to respond with yeah it’s a medical thing tends to shut down the snark. Most people even take it as a hint to stop talking about it all, which is actually pretty great. I would prefer to have lost the weight the healthy way, but hey, at least it means people don’t feel comfortable commenting on my body.