diet discouragement

weathergirl320

ok so i have made a pretty drastic change to my diet. and as a result i have lost a good chunk of weight (35 lbs). anyways, most of the change came from eating habits. (usually eating healthier). so i was talking to my aunt on the phone and telling her all about my diet, and changes and whatever. and her response was "wow, thats great that you lost all the weight. but i mean, wont you ever go back to eating normal again? you are so young and you really cant eat that way forever. i mean, you have to live a little!!!" this made me sooooo mad! first off, i told her that before i started eating healthier, i was 40 + lbs overweight! and i was eating what i wanted, and "normal" in her opinion. and the fact that i was obese, sick, exhausted, disguested with myself, embarassed for my husband and refused to buy clothing or wear a bathing suit, but i could still eat normal, was not really living to me. i would rather make GOOD food and calorie choices forever and be able to live my life away from my plate, than eat like a pig and feel like *kitten* in every other way about my life and myself. she pretty much changed the subject. mind you, she has all sorts of health problems and is severley obese. so anyways, now that i got my rant out of the way, i want to start a thread where you can rant about the people in your life who try to discourage you! family, friends, coworkers, spouses, whatever. and also have a space to brag about times when someone went out of their way to support you. any stories out there?

adswillis27

I think a lot of people experience this. You just remember that this is a lifestyle change. Most people can't eat cheeseburgers, fries, pizza and ice cream everyday and be heathly (not sure if anyone can). For me nothing is off limits, but everything is in moderation. I love pizza but just limit when I enjoy it. I may take a while for friends and family to support this change. Remember, it is a change for them too. Just keep moving forward and making better choices!

hpsnickers1

I have no interest in eating what is considered "normal" these days. Ask her what normal is.

I eat so far from what is considered normal that when I go to a get together I have everyone placing all the desserts around me and joke with me that I can't leave the table until I have some of everything. It's funny sometimes but sometimes I wish people would just leave it.

I have people telling me not to get any smaller. Well, my body will do what it needs to do to maintain homeostasis.

Heck, I'm living and loving life following Primal Blueprint. I feel better than I ever have. I get to enjoy lots of fat and meat and eggs and stuff. While everyone around me worries about fat (so they eat low-fat processed crap and wonder why they can't lose) while they stuff their face with lots of low-fat carbs and sugar. Yet every last one of them is overweight and running on prescripton medicines. They all have health issues.

If she wants to eat "normal" then let her.