There are many positive aspects to gaining weight, but there\u2019s one I didn\u2019t expect: unwanted attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m happy at my current weight, and I\u2019ve accepted the way I look. For me, it\u2019s about how I feel, not how I look. But after gaining weight, I\u2019ve started receiving a lot of unwanted attention\u2014mostly from older men at grocery stores, or even random comments and pick-up lines on the street, and this is not only by older men. This caught me off guard and made me feel uncomfortable for so long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It made me wonder if this was one of the reasons I started losing weight as a teen\u2014to avoid this kind of attention. Now, I\u2019ve gotten used to it, but it still doesn\u2019t feel right. When it happens, I\u2019ve found that confronting these people by simply asking, \u201cDo you have a problem?\u201d is often the best way to make them feel stupid and to not give them the power of making me feel it’s my fault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m sharing this because it\u2019s a topic that\u2019s rarely discussed. It\u2019s important to think about that sometimes, gaining weight, brings challenges we might not expect, and it might bring up a lot of realizations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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