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Addicted to "weight loss praise"

Anyone else addicted to weight loss praise?

YOU DID FANTASTIC! when losing some weight. People are happy, excited for you. You get attention from everyone.

And then ...

It fades. And you're just a normal person once you reach your goal. Sadly, the bonus attention is very addicting for me. And when I was young, I remember gaining/losing 100lbs more than once because I wanted that experience again (I had other addiction problems, but that was one of the weight cycling causes amongst many others).

Anyone else?

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    • Canary Diamond
      Canary Diamond

      I feel the same way. First of all, I'm not comfortable with people commenting on my body in any capacity and secondly, raving compliments just make me think, "Gosh, I must have really looked awful bef

    • SerendipityHappens
      SerendipityHappens

      Well when the weight loss praise wears off there's always :"new haircolor praise", "face-lift praise", "awesome perky new boobies praise" and my personal favorite "ginormous new diamond engagement rin

    • DougNichols
      DougNichols

      Maybe "you lost your perky manboobies" praise, haha.

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    Ha ha ha! I was thinking that!

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    I don't think the op has the "awesome new perky boobies" phase to look forward to...

    Maybe "you lost your perky manboobies" praise, haha.

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