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Tips for dealing with unwanted weight loss?

versatileYard8117 January 23rd, 2019

Hi everyone!
Just wanted to ask if any of you, like me, have had to deal with unwanted weight loss due to your illness(es)? Over the last seven months I've lost a significant amount of weight, and I think I still am losing some. It can really bring me down sometimes as I actually don't want to lose weight, and especially not more than I already have.
I haven't had the time to adjust to my new body because the changes have happened to rapidly, and I find self-love really difficult in most aspects right now. But the toughest thing is hearing comments from people around me, because often weight loss is percieved as something positive, and not something someone can be unhappy with, as I am. :/

One of my friends at one point actually said that she wished she had my illness just so she could lose as much weight as I have. Eventhough I know she didn't mean it in a negative or insulting way, that comment still hurt, because, well, losing weight due to illness and not because you actually want to, is not fun. And my illness in general isn't exactly amazing either, nor is it a desirable weight-loss method.

I've also gotten comments from people corncerned I'm "fading away" or becoming too tiny, and these can also be difficult to hear sometimes. Especially as I have no control over my weight at the moment.

I was just wondering if any of you have been in similair situations, and if so; how have you dealt with it? How have you reconnected with your bodies, and how have you dealt with unwanted comments?

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