Body Image, Social Expectation and Weight Loss

I lost some weight, and things got weird...

Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash

“You’ve lost weight.” It wasn’t a question. The statement hovered limply in the heavy summer air as I considered how to manage my part in this exchange. I was meeting someone for dinner, lingering with them slightly awkwardly as we were both early. The comment came as we waited for a third person to arrive and render ev…