For a healthier relationship with your body — comments from family, unwanted advice, and health on your own terms. No diet talk, no numbers.
Weight occupies an unreasonable amount of space in how people talk to each other. Comments at family gatherings, unsolicited advice, and an assumption that everyone is working towards being smaller and would welcome help with it.
This category is a break from that.
What people talk about here
Family who comment on your body every time they see you, and how to respond. Being tired of every conversation defaulting to weight loss. Unwanted advice from colleagues, strangers and social media. A body that’s changed through illness, medication, pregnancy, ageing or grief. Clothes that no longer fit and what that stirs up. Wanting to feel stronger or healthier without it being about size. And rebuilding a relationship with your body after years of treating it as a project.
Related categories
- Body Image — how you see yourself
- Obesity — weight stigma and healthcare specifically
- Eating Disorder — if food, restriction or bingeing is part of it
Support beyond the forum
- Butterfly Foundation — national helpline for body image and eating concerns of any kind. Call 1800 33 4673.
- healthdirect — Australian Government health information and 24/7 nurse advice on 1800 022 222.
- Beyond Blue — free 24/7 mental health support. Call 1300 22 4636.
- Lifeline — 24/7 crisis support. Call 13 11 14.
Posting rules for this category
- No numbers — no weights, sizes, BMIs, calories, or goal figures.
- No diet or eating plans, no meal logs, no before-and-after photos.
- No advice about anyone else’s body, and no comments on anyone’s appearance.
Disordered eating is common among people who’ve spent years dieting, and this content genuinely harms some readers. Talk about how you feel and what’s happening instead.
How to use this category
Whatever you’re doing about your own health is your business, and you won’t be argued with or asked to justify it here.
If you’re looking for weight-loss coaching, this isn’t that space — and we’d gently suggest that the relationship usually needs attention before the number does.