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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is it ok for people to say “you should stop losing weight” and not ok to say “you should really lose some weight”?

I don’t get it. I am on the thinner side 5’4” 120-125 lbs and I have an overweight friend who when I lose 5 lbs says that I am skin and bones. Why is that ok, but not ok for me to say she is fat (which she obviously is)?[/quote]

5 pounds when you are already thin is a LOT.  I notice a difference in just one pound on my body.

Read about the Paper Towel analogy.  https://lifehacker.com/the-paper-towel-analogy-explains-why-weight-loss-is-a-1733478690

The lesson to be learned is that fat, like paper towels, comes off in sheets. When you are heavy, you are big around. And when you are big around, that fat is spread over a MUCH larger area - just like that outside towel sheet. The closer you get to the lean you, the more each lost pound of fat shows, because it is spread over a smaller area.

While the outside sheet may only cover 1 layer of the roll, the inside sheet may go around 4 times. That last sheet looks like it gives you 4 times the results of the first sheet, but in reality, the results are the same - your perception is just different! And you’ll never see the inside, if you aren’t patient while the outside is coming off![/quote]

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