We've all hit that point before where we decide it's time. You want to get healthier or you want to get fit, and it makes you really excited. But then after a couple of days or weeks, it becomes not as exciting anymore. Maybe you get tired of it, maybe it's because you miss all that yummy food that you used to eat, or maybe it's because you can't find the motivation to keep doing it. You didn't realize that losing weight meant making lifestyle changes and that getting fit wasn't a short-term goal.

Hitting that point can be a really difficult time. Especially if your someone who has any level of body dysmorphia. Finally pushing through that low period can be really hard so being surrounded by people who support you is really important.

As someone who has been on both sides of the situation, I can see how one might have well-intentions when they say certain things about weight loss. However, a lot of the time you could be hurting more than helping. So let's go over what you don't need to say to someone who is trying to lose weight or is in the middle of their weight loss journey.

1. "You look so much skinnier now"

First and foremost, skinny is not a compliment (or an insult) and the sooner we realize that commenting on peoples' bodies is so SO weird the better all of our mental health will be. Second, saying someone looks "so skinny now" as a compliment says, "before now you were fatter and that was bad." It's not fun to think about someone having their own opinions of your body. It's also not fun to live in fear that if you gain back weight, others will think that's bad but then never say anything to you about it. Next time you have the urge to say that, try to compliment literally anything else.

2. "How many pounds do you have to go?"

Maybe I want to lose a lot more or maybe I feel like I've reached a healthy place but you for some reason aren't satisfied with how I look. Cool.

3. "You should just eat what you want to eat."

Um last time I checked, no one was forcing me to eat this way. I, myself, am literally making all of my food decisions. Thanks.

4. "You don't even need to lose weight."

Saying this doesn't equal "you look great the way that you are." Again, your opinion of what I need to be doing with my body is just weird.

5. "You don't need to starve yourself"

OK just because I only ate half of my sandwich at lunch doesn't mean I am starving myself.

There are lots of things that you can say that are a bit uncalled for but they all revolve around the same message. It's not your body, it's mine. All bodies look differently, work differently, and lose weight differently. So let's stop making other peoples bodies our business and just support healthy lifestyles.