Sharing - Do you find it useful?

Ever since I decided I wanted to lose weight I was in a dilemma about sharing my plans with my friends or family. I really never shared my plans for very long; I would speak a little about it but would never talk about the seriousness or how much it really mattered to me. So why did I not share or talk about it for many years??

I was embarrassed – because if I would share my weight loss plans it would mean me accepting that I was fat and unhappy with myself. It felt like by talking about my weight I would be highlighting my flaws.

I was worried about people judging  - I thought once I open up about my weight loss with people they will judge everything I do, if I eat an unhealthy snack they will judge me for not eating an apple instead, if I use the elevator they will question me for not taking the stairs.

I was afraid of failing – I was worried I might not really lose weight and I would not be able to keep up with exercising or eating right, just that fear of failing stopped me from talking about my plans.

Now I think I should have been more open about what I was going through at least with my close friends and family, not because people won’t judge me nor because I'm sure I won’t fail but because the same points could have been  used to help my weight loss

(Positive twist)

Embarrassed

A lot of times we are very quick to point out our own bad points, and sometimes we all need somebody to point out our good points. It’s ok to share because sometimes you learn nice things about yourself. I always hated the way I looked  because I was fat but finally when I did share with my friends they were the ones who reminded me about my good features and then I did not feel so bad about myself

People Judging 

You can’t stop people from judging, some judge others don’t, the best way is to ignore them but if you can’t then I say instead of letting the fear of people judging stop you, why not use it to give you a push in the right direction. Like if you tell everybody you are trying to eat healthy and if there is dessert served you will definitely worry about people judging if you have it so why not skip the dessert??? it will help you stay on track, worried people might point out when you use the elevator why not use the stairs, it adds to your activity and helps your plan doesn't it?
( I still feel it's best not to let people effect you)

Failure

Sometimes plans don’t work; we may lose track... talking to people/friends especially those who you think are better than you helps because they will give you new ideas and a different point of view. You might not relate to everything you hear but maybe there is that one important tip you missed

I think it is always great to have support; they will be there for you when you hate yourself, they will keep you on track by pointing out your mistakes and sharing ideas to learn new stuff is always good.

Sometimes you might also land-up sharing plans with people who have a completely different point of view, they might not get the importance of fitness or making healthy eating a lifestyle just don’t let them change your focus instead why not prove to them  the importance of what you are doing.

Did you ever have a problem talking about your weight loss ups and downs or am I the only one ?

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Tanvee