be kind

Just a reminder as the New Year’s resolutions start up again:

 - Losing weight doesn’t make anyone “better” than they were before.

- You do not have to congratulate or support anyone who tries to lose weight.

- Losing weight isn’t equivalent to “taking care of yourself.”

- Holidays are supposed to be enjoyed. Regretting one’s enjoyment in the form of a punishing exercise or fasting regime drains the joy from holidays.

- You do not have to feel guilty for not dieting around others who are.

- Weight loss does not produce a “new you!” People who lose weight are the same people, with the same rights and deserts. They did not earn the privileges they get from being thin(ner).

- Thin privilege is a helluva drug. Stay mentally and physically safe, this season. If you are considering losing weight through some regime or surgically, consider putting off your decision until after the peer pressure of resolution season has died down.