I'm 193 lbs and have always carried it well, my family is....well huge. i want to look my best on my wedding date (March 4, 2012) but nothing seems to be working. everytime i make some headway my mom stuffs the freezer with four half gallons of ice-cream and all my hard work goes away. i really need some support. Please help! what's everyone else going to lose the weight and stop the cravings?!
Re: trying to lose in a family that gains!
-I started doing my own shopping. I got healthy things to eat and made myself a separate dinner...if my family was eating pizza, I would make a lean cuisine pizza and eat it with them. I would by Ben and Jerry's low fat frozen yogurt and eat that instead of the ice cream.
-I keep healthy snacks in my room and by the TV. That way when I am tempted to go get something unhealthy, it is a lot easier to grab one of the healthy snacks.
-You do need to be clear with your family about your goals, they may not understand what you are doing---my mom gets upset when I won't eat her food I just simply tell her " I am sorry, I can't eat that on my diet." and she is usually ok! The payoff is worth it!
My mom is one of those people who can eat an entire bag of potato chips in a day and she still only weighs in the 120s. I blame her hyperactive thyroid and I'm not listening to her lies about good genetics... because I certainly didn't get them.
When I was still living with my parents, the only way I could lose weight (freshman 20 anyone?) was to clearly explain to her that I was changing my eating and give her specific details on what I would no longer be eating. The nice thing is, I was on the Curves diet at the time, which is basically a meal plan. She saw that it was working and got kind of in to it. Once there were meals and recipes all planned out, she was more than willing to make the food and serve it to the entire family. However, it probably helped that my twin sister was doing the same thing.
Maybe the trick is getting whoever makes the food involved and trying to get a majority of the people in the family on the boat with you. It can't hurt them any, right?
Seriously though, I like the idea of the lean cuisine and low fat alternatives to whatever they're having.
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