In today’s society it is very common to value losing weight and losing kilos, so much so that we tend to give too much importance to this. That’s why, congratulating on weight loss can be dangerous for mental health.
Congratulate and overestimate weight loss
If when we perceive the loss of weight in someone we do nothing more than congratulate them for having managed to lose a few kilos, we’re overthinking thin and thin Properly said.
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Thus, we will assess body weight and above all the loss of kilos, when Actually the most important thing is habits. that they do to our health, and not so much weight loss.
So congratulating someone on their weight loss may accentuate eating disorders or obsessions on the kilos of body weight, intensifying risky behaviors for the organism or others that alter mental health.
Deviate from body weight and focus on health careespecially through healthy lifestyle habits, is much more favorable and valuable than having managed to lose weight because even a thin or normal weight person may not be healthy.
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For all this, congratulating on weight loss is not a beneficial behavior, Well, we are overvaluing losing weight and thinness, focusing the value on just one number, such as those shown by the scale when revealing kilos of body weight.
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Why congratulating yourself on weight loss can be dangerous for your mental health
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by Gabriela Gottau.