Do People Treat You Differently Since You've Lost Weight?

[KarenG. 0]

Is it them or you? really, my therapist made me stop and think of this. She asked if it was really me acting diff because I'm now more assertive and respectful of myself!

I honestly think it goes both ways...others and myself.

My therapist said the same thing to me and it kind of annoyed me because I have always been assertive and I think objectively speaking it is other people's treatment of me that is different. My therapist is thin and I don't think he completely gets it.

[lindata 1]

Yes, people actually look at me, not through me like I'm invisible.

[WOWOX7 0]

OK...

I must chime in and give my two cents worth. Not only am I not invisible anymore, I have "grown smarts" since I have lost weight. Before (At work) I was treated like I didnt know anything, now I am treated more as a equal and know what I am talking about.

Very strange.

Lois

[mari12524 0]

I also notice a change. I started at 267(banded April 22, 2008) and am now 192. I was a size 20-22 and am now a size 14. I work as a receiving clerk lifting cartons that can average 50 plus pounds. When I have had to lift these boxes in the past in front of my male co-workers I did so solo. Now I don't even need to try, someone is there to do it. I also share an office with a female co-worker/friend and she has been very open about the fact she does not want me to get skinnier then her. I wish as a culture that we would promote educational programs in our schools, starting in kindergarten and continuing throught high school, that teach the next generation how to have a healthy body and mind. Well I can dream.