They must be jealous!

Well, these people in my family are not overweight, so I don't think they are jealous at all -- I actually think that they truly believe that I am too skinny, but they are not looking at this from "American" standards since they are not originally from the US. One of them has actually lost weight unintentionally, and is trying to gain it back, and that's being 5'0" and 120 pounds. I guess, It's just confusing regarding whether I should believe them or not. It's hard to know how you appear to others, and sometimes people outside your family are less willing to come out with the truth. They make me feel like I'm skin and bones, but I don't think I am.

Will be seeing the family again this weekend, and I am wearing a little black dress for a Christmas party...we'll see how that goes!

They are concerned because they love you, but the changes you've made are going to take some time for them to get used to.

If I were in the same situation, I'd stick as close to my diet around them, but make sure they saw me eat!

I lived with my grandmother for a month and she was concerned about my weight loss, even though I was always lectured by her about my being overweight in the past. I made sure to eat right in front of her and take my time so she thought I was eating tons, even though I lost ten pounds during the month with her. hehe

Bwah!! :rofl: I love that! Go you for finding a great solution to that problem (and for losing 70 lbs!! That's amazing!)

i ALSO HAVE THIS PROBLEM!!

Everyone seems to think they know what is best for me...my mum supports me 100% so does my dad and my brother and these are the only people i care about most in the world but i have a very close family. It's just my friends really..they ALWAYS complaining...'your not any fun anymore'...'why u always watching what u eating','your fine just the way u are'. I really think it's hard for them to take in the new me i'm not at goal yet but when i tell them my goal..the're like WHY?

One of my friends who ive known since high school ALWAYS, comments that everytime i meet a goal i go a step further(like my first goal was to lose weight then, to be size 14 now it's to be 12 in any shop and hopefully 147) and she has repeatedly commented i'm going to be anorexic, but she is a great friend when i hadnt seen her in a while she was shocked and she said you look so beautiful and your figure is AMAZING...:hug: i think its takes time for people who knew u before to adjust. But they do, they dont have a choice. I just want to be healthy and i know 154/147 is the way to go and thats what i'm going to do...it's what feels good in my skin that matters, NOT others.