I can't win for losing...

Went to see my mom today. She's always been extremely critical of me....always telling me I'm too fat. Well, today, she told me I'm too thin and I look "haggerd". We went shopping and she kept bringing size 12's into the fitting room, when I told her I'm a size 6. The 12's were falling off...and she could not get it through her head that I'm not that size. All in all, it was a very frustrating day with her. I'm exhausted from it! I don't see her very often, and my dad isn't well, so I want it to be pleasant, but I think she has issues with me being thin. I have to go back again in 2 weeks and not sure how to handle her anymore.........

You didn't say but is your mom a 'big girl'? Maybe she just wasn't ready for you to change so drastically. You have to go by what you feel inside you. Do you feel you're too skinny? Do you feel you look haggard? Moms mean well but sometimes their comments say the wrong thing. Maybe she meant to say "Honey, these changes scare me. I was more comfortable with you when you were big." Who knows. L&H Gayle

My Momma~law is a tiny lil women. She is not dealing well with the fact that I have lost as much as I have either. I am told every time that she see me that I have lost to much and that I can't be healthy. I am learning to take it with a grain of salt so to speak. I went so long in life with people telling me that I wasn't healthy because I was so big that this is a nice change. All though it is nerve racking at times. I will say a prayer for you! Hang in there gurlie. Shannon The Irish Lassie 3/17/04 266/146/140