ashamed of weightloss?

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I am a writer for my highschool newspaper and was doing an article on weightloss. I thought it would be really interesting to see how otheres lost and maintained there weight beign one who struggles with weight myself. When i started interveiwing i found it extremely hard to find people to interview because the subject of weightloss was a sensitive subject. The people I have tried both lost an incredible amount of weight and look great but either wanted their name changed or not to be interviewed at all. Since it was so difficult i changed my story. WHY are people ashamed and not proud of such an amazing and hard-to-achieve accomplishment?

Please help
 
I think part of it is a bit of shame and guilt that we let ourselves weigh so much in the first place... even if you lose that weight (which is a fantastic accomplishment) the more you have lost, means the more that you weighed before. And it is hard for people who don't have confidence in you to just sit around and wait for you to gain it back again...
 
I have lost over 30 pounds and am proud of that. I still want to loose another 50. This to me is embarrassing. It is very hard to lose weight, and keep it off. As we all know it is a life style change, not just a diet. Some people are stronger than others, having more will power and self control. Everyone can loose weight if they really, work hard at it. Maybe some are ashamed at how long it took them to lose.
People's weight is a very touchy subject because of society. We worry TOO much about how everyone else perceives us.
Which is one reason why some of decide we "need" to diet.... It's all a big circle that almost always leads to society. fads and trends.....
But there are some who lose for their own satisfaction, and health reasons...
Amomono has some good points too.
 
what age ranges did you try to interview? i think younger people (under 25) tend to be more embarassed about it. i lost 50 pounds which isnt really an extreme amount, but im not embarassed about it. i thought before i started the weight loss that i'd be more proud of myself but im just not, i'm always wanting more out of myself. (to lose more)
 
Well when I lose 10 pounds I'm imbarrased to show how happy I am. I'm scaried of what skinner people will think. When I was growing up my Mom would always tell me, "Please come back and tell me when you lost 30 pound!!" I'm older and wiser and don't listen to what people think or say anymore, but I still get a little ashamed of being so happy about 10 pounds when I have like over 100 to lose!
 
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