Are You Really Ready for the New You?

Are you ready for the comments and surprising changes that can go along with losing weight? Find out!

You meet your overweight sister for lunch right after finding out at a Weight Watchers meeting that you've met your 10 percent goal. She greets your happiness with, 'Well, hopefully you'll be able to keep it off this time.' You feel:

Guilty. She's obviously feeling bad that she hasn't lost weight, too.

Happy despite her comment — I kind of expected this reaction from her.

Self-doubt. What if I do gain it all back?

"Of course!"

"I better pick up the pace on my weight-loss plan!"

"I don't know … are you sure you don't want a skinnier person in your pictures?"

Nervous but flattered.

Like I want to crawl into the woodwork.

Like a million dollars!

I go to my supervisor and explain why I think I deserve it.

I hold off until I lose a little more weight. Maybe then I'll feel enough confidence to approach my boss.

I wait until my boss approaches me.

My partner's (or doctor's, or daughter's, or mother-in-law's).

Mine!

I really just went to a meeting on a whim with a friend.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

Irritation. Why wasn't I just as good before?

"Oh, I'm still the same old me."

Overweight.

Like I will when I'm at my weight goal.

Like I did when I was 18 years old.

Changes in the people I spend my time with.

Behavioral and environmental changes, like what I eat and what foods I keep in my kitchen.

Changes in everything — from what and how I eat to the way I feel about myself.