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 Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 3:22 pm
My family likes to comment on my weight a lot. I weigh about 118 pounds, according to my last doctor visit but each scale I get on says something different. I may not eat the best sometimes but they like to comment on how much my "muffin top" gets bigger. I've been trying to excercise lately but its too cold to outside yet for walks. I wish they would quit commenting, it makes me feel "fat" even though I'm not
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Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 4:33 pm
Try your best to ignore them. And besides, 118 isn't a whole lot. Then again, I guess that all depends on how tall you are (maybe should worry about that if you're 4 feet tall). You should probably only worry about your weight if a doctor says something about it, or if you're wider than you are tall.
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Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:29 pm
I agree with soren.
It sounds like your weight is probably fine and your family members are just being bullies.
Making fun of your weight, your shape, or anything else about your body is just mean and doesn't accomplish anything except to make you feel bad about your body. And making you feel bad about your body is just stupid. Even if you were overweight (and it doesn't sound like you are), then making you feel bad about it would still be mean and stupid. If your family is trying to motivate you to take care of yourself, or eat better, or exercise more, or something like that, then they should be encouraging you to love your body and to focus on health rather than on looking a certain way. It's easier to take care of something that you love, and having a muffin top doesn't mean that you're unhealthy just like not having one doesn't mean that you are healthy.
If you think it would help, you could educate your family. Tell them what a problem eating disorders are, tell them about all the pressure there is to be a certain size (often an unobtainable or unhealthy size) from magazine covers and such, let them know that the way they're talking to you is hurting you rather than helping you, etc.
If you don't think they'd get it or if you don't think they'd change their ways, then do your best to ignore them.
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Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 7:32 pm
I can understand how you feel. Although, I do have an actual problem with my weight. I'm about double what you are (no jokes). Haven't looked at the scale in a while cause I'm kinda in denial, so I'm guessing a bit. I know I'm over 200 though.
I realize I'm not the healthiest person, but I'm trying to remedy that. I've always been overweight, always struggled with that. My mom isn't always the nicest about it. She treats me like a child sometimes, and scolds me for eating junk. It puts me in a bad mood, and when I'm depressed, I tend to eat junk.
But I'm working on fixing that. My parents do most of the grocery shopping, so I've been putting healthy things on the list, and my mom got me a gym membership, so I'm going to start using that soon
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