Tired of the guilt...

MissSharon2013

I'm so tired of the guilt. I've been guilty my whole life. Convicted, harassed and ostracized because of my weight. Disapproving people and family watching my food. A little remark cutting me into the heart, "Do you really need that extra serving?". "Are you going to eat that?". And then, me, out of defiance saying, "I'll just eat this too then...and this too." The well-meaning relative, "Hun, maybe you should...try to walk more, eat less, look at your sister, think before you put that in your mouth...". You name it, I've heard it. My mother-in-law once told me, "Dear, could you move to the center of the seat. You're putting too much weight on that tire.". I was 180 pounds at 5'9"!!! I had just had a baby! I will only listen to the positive voices now. My wonderful hubby who supports me thru thick and thin, the wonderful people I have met here who get it...my kids...and of course, God...without whose help, I would have died of cancer, or by my own hand by now. Please feel free to friend me. We need one another.

DalekBrittany

This is sweet. You should not feel guilty, and don't let others make you feel that way. I am a smart *kitten*, so when I can afford and want that extra serving of something, from my MIL's perspective, it looks like I am just eating more and being a pig, so when she says "Do you really need that?" I just stare at her and take a biiiig bite of said food, or if she says "Aren't you supposed to be watching what you eat" when I have a sweet that I have worked hard to have, I just tell her that I am watching it...going into my mouth. It usually shuts her up and gives her the hint to mind her own, at least for a while.