Frustrated, confused and need help.

cebreisch

Repeat after me: "My body does not work like other people's bodies. It is what it is...I have to find what works for me."

I'm the only obese person in my family. The rest of them are "size one civilians" who've never had weight issues in their lives. I could eat green beans for the rest of my life and never get to the size they are.

Yes it's frustrating. I'm also the only one in my extended family (including my cousins) who had trouble conceiving. It seems like everybody could have kids just by looking at them, but NOOOOO, I had to have 2 doctors and 4 nurses in the room (doing the IVF) to conceive. BUT that's just the way it is. I had to do what I had to do to be able to conceive, and I have to do what I have to do to lose weight.

Realize that you and your sisters are on different path's. (And by the way, I agree with you - I am NOT a big fan of the HCG diet. I think 500 calories a day is WAY too few calories to be healthy. BUT if they think it's the way for them to go, then so be it. It is what it is.) My husband does the P90X and insantiy workouts - there's no way I can do that. SO, good for him, that's great that he can do that. That's SO not where I am. Even though we have the same goal (to get more healthy) our path's are vastly different aside from that we need to eat food.

Also - be very mindful of your "input". If it screws up your head to be around your sisters, then limit the time you spend with them. I know they're your sisters, but sometimes, distance is a good thing.

Nobody climbed Mt. Everest in a day; you aren't going to lose it all in a day, and you aren't in a race with anybody to get healthy faster than anyone else. Keep your focus on those things you need to do today to make tomorrow a better day.