Lil K
Addicted to Minimins
Just had to post how I'm feeling today, as this happened last night, and I woke up this morning still bothered by it:
I went to my sister's house last night, and no sooner did I get in there the comments began, 'Oh you don't need to lose much more weight - just a little off your stomach and that's it', 'Don't get going to far', 'You're wasting away', etc..... Then I got 'Mom said you were looking ghastly eek when she saw you at the weekend' (thanks Mom). Admitted I didn't look my best at the weekend - it was saturday evening, I'd spent the day decorating, my hair was greasy and I had no make-up on, and yes I do get tired in the evenings quicker since starting CD. I was also feeling crappy because the food thoughts were REALLY strong in my mind that day, but I went to sleep and sunday morning I was over it.
I just told my sister that I would continue on this diet until I reach BMI 25, then I would decide if I looked good/needed to lose more/or just tone up - it's my body, my choices!!!
When she kept on I just responded to all the comments with a simple 'OK' or 'Yeah' - my teenage nephew was smiling at this stage, as this is an obvious tactic that he uses when really he's thinking 'Stuff you!!'
I know they love me and they mean well, but they haven't lived with the misery of being overweight for most of their adult lives so they cannot comprehend (a) what I've lived with and (b) what I'm going through now and how good it feels to finally be making a change. I imaging they think it's dangerous - such low calories and such quick weight loss, but surely it's more dangerous to my health to continue to be obese??
For goodness sake I've only lost 16lb so far - at least let me lose some meaningful weight before they start all this nagging!!
Has anyone else experienced this at such an early stage?? How did you deal with it?? (I'm thinking just ignore their comments and carry on, and hubby agrees and say I'm doing great)
Ok rant over!, sorry for the long post but I just had to let off some steam
I went to my sister's house last night, and no sooner did I get in there the comments began, 'Oh you don't need to lose much more weight - just a little off your stomach and that's it', 'Don't get going to far', 'You're wasting away', etc..... Then I got 'Mom said you were looking ghastly eek when she saw you at the weekend' (thanks Mom). Admitted I didn't look my best at the weekend - it was saturday evening, I'd spent the day decorating, my hair was greasy and I had no make-up on, and yes I do get tired in the evenings quicker since starting CD. I was also feeling crappy because the food thoughts were REALLY strong in my mind that day, but I went to sleep and sunday morning I was over it.
I just told my sister that I would continue on this diet until I reach BMI 25, then I would decide if I looked good/needed to lose more/or just tone up - it's my body, my choices!!!
When she kept on I just responded to all the comments with a simple 'OK' or 'Yeah' - my teenage nephew was smiling at this stage, as this is an obvious tactic that he uses when really he's thinking 'Stuff you!!'
I know they love me and they mean well, but they haven't lived with the misery of being overweight for most of their adult lives so they cannot comprehend (a) what I've lived with and (b) what I'm going through now and how good it feels to finally be making a change. I imaging they think it's dangerous - such low calories and such quick weight loss, but surely it's more dangerous to my health to continue to be obese??
For goodness sake I've only lost 16lb so far - at least let me lose some meaningful weight before they start all this nagging!!
Has anyone else experienced this at such an early stage?? How did you deal with it?? (I'm thinking just ignore their comments and carry on, and hubby agrees and say I'm doing great)
Ok rant over!, sorry for the long post but I just had to let off some steam