This is a sensitive area. There's thousands of anorexic women who believe their families are "sabotaging" their weight loss efforts, when all they're really trying to do is keep the woman alive.
But there are also lots of perfectly mentally healthy women - and guys - who want to lose a few pounds, and need to lose a few pounds, but are sabotaged by their families.
Studies have shown that overweight parents typically have overweight kids. (Now, I'm not really a fan of "studies". THey find 100 people out of a million - hardly a decent sample size.) But in a way this is understandable.
In the first place, these kinds of parents are usually very large boned and large framed, and eat accordingly, and the kids are also large framed.
Or you've got parents who grew up poor and always hungry, and now that they've got money, they want to eat a lof of food, and expect their kids to eat a lot of food too.
Whatever the reason, how can you get your parents, or family - whoever is sabotaging your efforts - help you to lose weight - and maintain your new weight once you've achieved it, which is more difficult to do!
Like losing weight itself, you've got to do it gradually. If you are a teenageer and your mom insists on dumping more food on your plate than you want...or cooking foods that are way too greasy or full of calories... explain that you're changing your eating habits and need her help. Appeal to her as a mom - or to your dad, if you're a teen living with a single dad.
Do you find it impossible to resist fresh baked cookies...and does your mom/dad insist on making fresh-baked cookies on a regular basis?
Well, then its time to exercise your will power muscles.
They can get stronger as time goes on!
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