Forbidden questions

There are certain questions that should never be asked to anyone. Sometimes people are not educated enough to refrain from asking such questions. Sometimes some of the people have no bad intentions yet unknowingly they ask the question. Sometimes people have malicious intentions and they ask those questions deliberately. One of such questions is "have you lost weight?"

This is one of the questions that had always haunted me. In my teen years I had gained weight because of the hormonal changes that occur naturally. In my early 20s I lost weight because the hormones stabilized. I had lost the weight naturally without any medications or crash diets. After losing the weight I was hounded by a lot of people to ask questions about my weight. They would ask me how I had lost the weight? Which treatment did I use for using the weight? When I would say that I had lost weight without any treatment then they would say that I had been lying to keep the secret. But overall the question "have you lost the weight" definitely bothered me.

Like me then what have been a lot of people who can relate to this. Being at the receiving end of any questions related to health and specifically weight feels very uncomfortable and intrusive. I am sure a lot of people who had dealt with weight gain or weight loss definitely find it very embarrassing and uncomfortable to talk about it. It is a health journey that should not be discuss to openly. It is as a private as any health issue and it is not open for discussion or debate. This is something that needs to be understood by everyone. Health and weight are two topics which should remain private always. Unless the person who has these health issues bring it up it on their own, these should not be talked about in public or in private.

Health struggle including with struggle are very real and distressful. Any person dealing with weight loss or weight gainde definitely goes through a lot of scrutiny. They have a battle with their health. They have to fight against their own bodies. This is not only a physical battle but sometimes it is a mental battle too. This battle is exhausting. The person who goes through this nose very well how difficult it is to fight our own self along with the judgement of other people. People who overcome this struggle do not want to be asked about their journey. If they want to talk about it they would speak about it themselves. But any questions which are interrogating their journey should absolutely be avoided.

This is something from my perspective who had been at the end of this spectrum. It is a sincere request to the readers: do not ask the questions about anybody is weight and their weight loss journey. Let it stay private.