Struggling with your weight and body image is common for a lot of people. Feeling uncomfortable or disappointed in your own body is a tremendous challenge, and it’s something most of us have to work through mentally.
One woman is having trouble with her sister after asking her to stop sending updates on her successful weight loss because she’s been having issues with weight gain over the last two years.
She’s been going through a rough time after dealing with a recent breakup and gaining 30 pounds in the last two years from a new anti-anxiety medication she started.
She’s currently in therapy to seek help with binge eating issues and has been criticized by family members for how much she weighs for most of her adult life.
Her sister has been on a weight loss journey that’s been going well. However, her sister began sending her detailed updates on how her weight loss was going, and it really started triggering her and making her feel worse about herself.
“Two months ago, I told my sister not to share updates of pounds [or] inches she’s lost because I find it incredibly uncomfortable and triggering,” she explained.
However, the other day her sister sent her a screenshot from her weight loss app congratulating her on losing 12 pounds.
She had to remind her sister that, once again, those updates aren’t great for her mental health and make her uncomfortable.
“She became very upset, telling me that she feels like I can call her any time of the day, but she can’t share something that is incredibly important to her,” she recalled.
“She feels like this is a one-sided communication where she constantly has to walk on eggshells to avoid upsetting me.”
She believes her sister may have said this because she called her many times between January and April while working through her breakup.
However, she always asked her sister if it was alright to call her beforehand, and her sister was always very supportive.
“I don’t think she gets the whole weight thing because she has always been thin, and our parents have never commented on her body,” she added.
“Whereas I have received remarks and subtle hints from my parents and other siblings that I should lose weight my entire life.”
Should she feel bad for not supporting her sister’s weight loss, or does she need to stand firm with her boundaries?
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