How do deal with friends and family with

My mother is so obsessed with weight and looks and what other people are eating. My daughter and husband both agree that they would have developed serious eating disorders if they had grown up in that home. Anytime we visit, we have to sneak food. After the surgery, I can imagine that she will be so depressed because she won't be able to control that part of my life any more. Just yesterday, I literally went to WAR with her over my right to eat a few blueberries. I am on Atkins and she thinks she is some kind of Atkins expert. Anyway, she is probably right, but I don't like it when she interferes with my diet. At the dinner table, she is horrible and controlling; that is where all my problems began as a child. Anyway, this got me to wondering about how she will react after the surgery (which she will not know about until afterwards; don't try to change my mind on that front). I can picture her now, carrying on about how gaunt I look and how unhealthy it is that I only eat a few bites at each meal. This whole thing is really causing me a lot of anxiety. Comments?

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