HelenaHandbasket
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My mum has never done anything to foster my self-esteem. She didn't once tell me I was cute/pretty/attractive when I was growing up, preferring to spend her time complaining about my weight/eating habits. Nothing's changed. She knows that I've been doing CD and doesn't approve of the rapid weight loss. Everytime anyone mentions to her how well I'm looking, she simply replies, "Yes, but how long will she be able to keep the weight off?" I mentioned to her when I started CD that if would be helpful if she could be supportive, but the best she can manage when I tell her my weekly losses is "Whoops!", as though I've just mislaid a few pounds by accident. What's really got my goat is that she announced the other day that she was going to try the "British Heart Foundation Diet" my aunt had sent her. (She wants to lose about a stone in total.) As soon as she explained what it was, it was immediately obvious to me that it couldn't possibly be endorsed by the BHF and was a load of bunkum. It promises a weight loss of 10lbs in 3 days. Although it says you should then eat normally, it also claims that a whopping 40lbs can be lost in a month. How on earth can the same woman who's giving me a tough time about my "unhealthy crash diet" be stupid enough to fall for this nonsense? We've just had a huge row about it. And of course I'm the one completely in the wrong :sigh:. No point to this, really. I just needed to vent.
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