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I’ve gotten (back) in shape over the last few months after 2+ years of surgeries and illness.
A thread on how to talk to people about working out and their apparent weight loss (1/X)
A thread on how to talk to people about working out and their apparent weight loss (1/X)
Commenting on people’s weight loss is a tricky situation because while it could be from working out + eating well, it can also be because of...
-stress
-illness
-disordered eating
-literally 5000 other things
And unless you are that person, you don’t know. (2/X)
-stress
-illness
-disordered eating
-literally 5000 other things
And unless you are that person, you don’t know. (2/X)
What do I recommend? Don’t comment on people’s weight.
If you’re curious about what they’ve been doing to work out, ask them about their workout routine when they bring it up. Tell them they look strong or they look happy!
(3/X)
If you’re curious about what they’ve been doing to work out, ask them about their workout routine when they bring it up. Tell them they look strong or they look happy!
(3/X)
Even saying something like “oh you look so healthy” when the subtext is to equate health=being thin kind of misses the mark.
You can lose weight and not be healthy, you can gain weight and be healthy. Again- you don’t know why the person lost weight!
(4/X)
You can lose weight and not be healthy, you can gain weight and be healthy. Again- you don’t know why the person lost weight!
(4/X)
Weight loss is a side effect of being able to run again, recovering from months of IV antibiotics wrecking my body, and working on muscular imbalances.
In feeling “like myself” again, my weight is a minor component.
(5/X)
In feeling “like myself” again, my weight is a minor component.
(5/X)
If you didn’t see the ins and outs of my life when sick, you probably wouldn’t know all of that. There’s much better ways to show you care/compliment someone than bringing up something that may or may not be irrelevant. (Fin.)
