To tell or not to tell, that is the question. I have flip-flopped about telling anybody I know personally that I was doing this diet. At first I wasn’t going to tell anybody. Why? I think there is a certain shame in being overweight. In a way it’s like a personal failure. If you aren’t in control of your body, are you in control of anything?
I think if you are overweight in this society it’s just assumed that there is something wrong with you. “Clearly you are lazy, that’s why your fat.” Frankly, it feels taboo to be overweight. Even I feel a little bit of shame, and I was thinking if I don’t tell anybody then then maybe my problem will just be ignored. If it’s not mentioned, it doesn’t exist, right?At the end of the day though it’s pretty apparent that I have an issue with weight, looking at me it’s clearly not a secret lol, so I might was well have as much support as I can.
If I tell the majority of people that I know, there is a certain accountability that goes along with it. I don’t think this will be easy and it will be a lot harder for me to give up if everybody knows about it.
I’m a fairly private person, my natural instinct is to not tell anybody that I am going on this diet. I defiantly like to take care of “problems” myself. I feel that this is almost a personal test for me. It’s time for me to mix it up, and this is one way to do that 🙂
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