{"id":263,"date":"2008-12-04T07:00:41","date_gmt":"2008-12-04T07:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2008\/12\/rude-remarks-how-to-handle-the.html"},"modified":"2008-12-04T07:00:41","modified_gmt":"2008-12-04T07:00:41","slug":"rude-remarks-how-to-handle-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2008\/12\/rude-remarks-how-to-handle-the.html","title":{"rendered":"Rude Remarks: How to Handle the Weight Loss Saboteur"},"content":{"rendered":"

Under Attack!! Rude Remarks that Ruffle My Feathers by Janice Taylor<\/a>
\nEvery so often, someone says something to me about my newly found thinness that is upsetting and sends me reeling. (Yes, it’s been seven years since I permanently removed over 50 pounds, but it still feels newly found. Until I have lived more years thin than fat, I shall consider myself newly thin.)
\nAttacks have been made on my weigh-of-life – some critical of my eating style, some critical of my tight jeans, some lash out over my arched eyebrows.
\nWhen we change in any way, shape or form, it sometimes upsets other people’s apple carts. They are unnerved. It’s important to remember that it’s not about us; it’s about them and there is no truth to what they are saying.
\nThe attacker is more than likely overcome by a flurry of uncomfortable feelings. If they feel threatened by your new lifestyle, your new sveltness, your beauty, your calm, your fabulous hair … anything … they may lash out. Their emotions are spilling out and over.
\nWhat to do? <\/strong><\/p>\n