It really bothers me how creepy people are with weight loss. I was out shopping today, and I heard people commenting on how great this women looks with all the weight she'd lost. The women held up a pair of trousers and was pointing out she used to be size UK 20.
Then she mentioned that she was 15 stone, and was now 7 stone, and she'd lost that weight in 18 months... I was extremely alarmed with how rapid that was. So I butted in, trying to be polite as possible about how she needs a blood test, just to double check there's not anything underlying going on with it being that fast.
Everyone but the women looked very confused at me, but then the women replied with oh, I actually did. The doctors think I might have a tumour next to my thyroid glad, and I need some more tests to see what kind that is.
So I was like, oh I hope you're okay etc.
But what bothers me is just how creepy people are about weight loss, and despite this weight loss being scary fast, people were like OMG you look great, like a whole different person etc... Not thinking to ask if she was okay or anything.
Like excuse me, but health is the most important thing when it comes to body weight. Like weight loss is okay if it is done slowly. If the average is faster than 1-2 lbs (approximately 0.5-1.0kg) a week you need to check you are okay. Even if you are trying to loose weight.
Your health is the most important thing. Not how you look. I'm not saying you're going to have cancer, but there are all kinds of underlying health issues that could be happening.