I was reading a post yesterday, and if I could find it I would credit the OP, but basically what it said was weight is a very private battle, fought publicly.
I completely agree with that statement and I wonder how others feel about letting co-workers or aquaintances in on your weight loss efforts?
Just an example, yesterday at work they had a pot luck for someone who is leaving our group. I work for a big name kitchen appliance manufacturer and these people like to "test" out the products! I had too different people ask me if I was making something. My response was no, I don't cook, which is pretty much true, and I'm not going to eat any of it. I was told of course, well you can still eat. I didn't really know how to respond to that without admitting that I was dieting. Turns out two sick kids kept me from having to go and be tempted. Since this is my first week back at it, I don't need that yet.
I am not sure why I am so afraid to admit what I'm doing, even to my best friend of 20 years who also works there. I guess because I have tried and failed so many times, I am afraid to own up in case I give up this time too.
But that leads to me to my question. Losing weight, and the attention it brings, seems to be like a double edged sword. On one hand, you want people to notice that you've lost it. You want the compliments. You want to know you look better. On the other hand, I don't like other people hearing those compliments. It embarasses me. I am not sure why that is. I guess I want people to think I look good but think it happened magically or something.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this?