I was reading a book called, The Body Keeps The Score. It is about how our minds and bodies are connected and how trauma can affect our chemical balances and even our physical health. In the book, the author describes coping mechanisms such as drinking and eating.

This may be completely off base, so forgive me. The author said that if we are overweight due to coping with a previous trauma and we shed the weight, we notice people reacting differently to us. If there are unresolved issues from people hurting us before we were overweight, those issues may pop back up.

Could you be experiencing increased attention that has been difficult to deal with in the past?

I know for me, when I began to get healthy, I struggled to cope because my old unhealthy habbits were too tempting to go back too. I didn't have a crutch to fall back on and felt overwhelmed facing social situations I wasn't used to head on.

Either way, congrats on the continued weight loss!!