I just need to rant somewhere so I can let this go I mentioned before that my dad doesn't understand my weight loss and he is not very supportive of me. In the beginning he was impressed that I lost some weight until I lost about 40 pounds. In his mind that was more than enough and now he thinks I have taken it way too far. I hate to think what he is going to say when I reach my goal weight. Now every time he sees me he asks what is wrong with me, maybe I am sick. He keeps telling me I shouldn't lose any more weight and I should have a round face like everyone in the family does. They are all chubby on his side of the family. Now he thinks I am really sick because my hair is falling out (see my other thread) and he doesn't get it that I am actually trying to lose to become healthy, not sick and "skinny"
The thing that hurts the most is that he keeps comparing my to my mother. She is short and very tiny, like 98 pounds. Long story short, my mom basically abandoned me as a young child and my dad raised me. She caused a lot of problems and grief for me and my dad. We can be friendly and talk occasionally, but that's it. I have a lot of bad feelings towards her. When my dad says I am going to look like her and I am trying to be skinny like my mother, its like a stab in the heart.
I know deep down that my dad is not trying to hurt me. He has been my only parent all my life and he is looking out for me but its hard to deal with him sometimes. He is not the kind of person who I can sit down with and have a heart to heart talk. He is not like that and he doesn't like to be questioned for anything he says. I love my dad and have a lot of respect for him for raising me, its just hard that he is not proud of my weight loss anymore.
Thanks for listening