My mother was always very slim, my sister was always very slim and I was tiny before I had my children and got into a very unhappy relationship!
Only later in life has my mother started to put on weight and my sister is still slim....
My daughter is a size 8 and she eats healthily most of the time.
I've never stressed about what she ate as a child, unlike my ex's mother, who started telling her about putting on weight when she was 6!! I was very unhappy about this as told her so...
Hopefully she will stay slim and not fall into the same habits as I did..
We have ourselves to blame really. I was brought up to finish the food on my plate, purely because it was a struggle when I was growing up and my parents couldn't afford to waste anything or (as we do these days) feed each child something different!!
I moved out, started fending for myself and was ok, until I ate myself into the size I was because I was very unhappy...Even when trying to lose the weight then I was constantly put down and critisized!! Why I stayed I can't answer that question...
I am now in a very happy relationship with a lovely man who loves me for who I am, and I am now more determinded than ever to lose the weight...
Hopefully I shall..
Sorry for waffleing xxxxxx
Good luck to everyone on their own journeys to their desired weight..
Hil
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