frustrating family

Anyanut

Ok, so Christmas brings around family, this year it's the in-laws... This is more just me venting than anything else. So we're sitting around after dinner watching TV and a commercial comes on for some weightloss thing and all the success stories are saying how long it took to lose the weight they wanted. I wasn't really paying attention until my husbands youngest sister said "what!? 2 pounds a week, that's soo slow. Try 30 lbs in 45 days!" I was like, 'Well that's a bit fast' and says, "Well, That's what I did." She is 24, just had her first baby, has never really been big in her life and lost all this baby weight really quickly by eating only 500 calories a day. Oh, and she's breast feeding and doesn't get why her milk supply has died out.
I guess this so so frustrating to me because I have struggled with my weight for my whole life. I know that if I want to lose it and keep it off then 1-2 pounds a week is the healthiest way. Especially if you are breast feeding! Anyways, she just thinks it's so easy to lose weight and she is very into her looks and it makes me feel a bit silly that I haven't lost all of the weight I gained during my two pregnancies.
Anyways, it just feels better to talk about it. I can't vent to my hubby about it b/c I don't want to stir things up with his family... on the plus side, my mother in-law noticed that I had lost weight and didn't make any comments about how much more I needed to lose!
Hope everyone had a happy and HEALTHY holiday!

kaydensmom12

I understand your frustration with family and weight loss. I gained so much weight with my pregnancy and have been struggling for the last couple of years, meanwhile I see all of my friends fitting back into their clothes 2 weeks later. Its especially frustrating when everyone looks at you like you are just plain lazy. 1 week after giving birth my grandmother told me that I needed to "put myself together" and my dad told me that I "need to lose some weight, because I am looking nasty." So I can understand, and when I get frustrated about everything I just try to think that this will make me stronger. As for your sister-in-law I would try to not worry about her, one day her metabolism may slow down and then she will see. Also you will be stronger than her, and you probably already are because I do not care how bad you want to lose weight you should never eat 500 calories a day, especially when breastfeeding. That is plain reckless in my opinion. Hang in there.

skinnyack

Hang in there sweetie. You'll do it your way and for sure be successful!