Health & Fitness
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
New Body
Several months ago, I made up my mind to lose weight,I was successful,family always congratulated me when they saw me"you look great,etc. Then I became ill,I lost too much weight,instead of congratulating me,people would not say anything or "are you alright? you need to stop losing,you don't look like yourself,etc" I recently had surgery and my Doctor said I need to gain some weight. I have gained weight,now family members mention my weight gin,how can I tell them my weight is very sensitive matter and it hurts y feeling with all the comments.
Re: New Body
Just tell them like that - it hurts your feelings and there are more interesting things to talk about then your body.
Congratulations on making the changes to become healthier
I know exactly how you feel. I fell ill due to complications with a surgery and lost 40 lbs. I felt unattractive, but my family consistently told me that I looked "Good!" Then when I recovered and returned to a more healthy weight family members would see me, chuckle and say, "Oh boy, I am so glad that you put the weight back on! You looked so sick!" It really bothered me to know that I was being lied to and laughed at about something I had absolutely no control over.
As women our body image is a something that we all struggle with. My best advise to you is to love yourself and take care of yourself. Treat yourself to something that will boost you up like a mani-pedi, movie, etc. Unfortunately we will always have to deal with those who have opinions about how we should look.