What To Expect When You Lose Weight Quickly

I really wasn’t going to write a post today, but two things happened yesterday that made me think, well yea I totally should. I made someone who is usually nonchalant jump out of her chair, and bumped into a friend who almost couldn’t recognize me.

So I better show people often what I look like now because this is how people remember me…


(I looked like this until Feb of this year)

And this is what I looked like yesterday morning…

OKAY! So now you’ve seen the pics, I’m sure you can appreciate why people FREAK OUT when they see me.

I imagine they freak out because I kinda look like somebody they know, but not really. But their intuition leads them to go in for the dive,

“Jackie is that you?”

Me: Hi, good to see you!

Them: Hi!!! OMG, I almost couldn’t recognize you!!!

Yes, some people will go BALLISTIC. Sometimes it gets so sensational that I even hear a symphony of loud cheering going on in my eardrums as they raise the pitch and volume of their voices in disbelief!

It’s always a pleasure of course. After all, I’ve always been a bit cheeky and this is the best practical joke anyone can play ever. I live for this stuff!

But really, I want to prepare you for what’s to come. When I decided to lose weight, I didn’t foresee this sensationalism happening. I really didn’t think about what other people were going to think, do or say about the personal choice I made.

I could however do with the aunties backing off about telling me how I’d look better if I lost weight. Which was one of my motivations, because all my life I’ve been hearing my mom and aunties tell me to lose weight. That made me insane!

They don’t realize the impact it has on a person’s psychological welfare. I just want to live a normal life. One that doesn’t involve the fat-thin convo. (How ironic now I have a blog about it)

I used to get so annoyed I’d say, “There are only 3 possibilities for the rest of my life. I gain, I lose, or I stay the same. Then I’ll die. So can we move on now?” That’s how much I hated it.

But if you think that losing weight is going to stop all the Asian aunties bugging you about your weight, you’re so wrong.

THIS IS ASIA, BABY!

Everyone is wired to think it’s okay to obsess about weight. It’s not going to stop, I found out.

The only difference is now it doesn’t make you feel like crap anymore.

When you lose weight, the aunties get even LOUDER!

“WOW! How did you do it?!? I want to lose weight too!!!”

To make matters worse, now even the uncles join in with the cheers, whereas otherwise they’ll avoid being rude by avoiding the subject altogether.

You’ll be getting it constantly from uncles, aunties, friends, people at stores you frequent. It will be a nonstop onslaught of sensationalism, most of it will be good, but sometimes it’s overwhelming. By the time you hit the 100th person reacting like a giddy schoolgirl, you’ve already told the story 99 times.

It’s startling just how much it means to them that you’ve broken your own boundaries, giving them hope about how they might overcome theirs.

But then you’ll also get these really concerning comments like, “OMG you’re not doing it unhealthily are you?”

Or so far, what has been the most interesting experience is looking at the elation turn into worried looks, when people tell me not to lose any more or too much weight.

I get it. People don’t think anybody can do it so fast naturally and healthily, and they worry I might have some eating disorder, which I don’t.

Did you hear that Jackie? They don’t think you’re fat anymore!

All I can say is, be ready. Be ready to deal with all of that every time you step out of the house. Because it is never going to stop. THIS IS ASIA, BABY!

Comments

6 responses to “What To Expect When You Lose Weight Quickly”

  1. Evelyn Marie Culey-Labunda Avatar
    Evelyn Marie Culey-Labunda

    Wau!!!! Jackie!!!! Congrats girley. You look great. Keep it up : D

    1. Jackie Avatar
      Jackie

      Thanks Eve! I heard you’re a Zumba instructor now. WAY TO GO! Zumba on!!!! 🙂

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    Elena

    This post makes me smile. You’re a rock star!

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