Losing weight and a toxic family.

Hi I am 16 yr old F and I have lost 18 kg (76 to 58) and went from a obese bmi to a healthy one. I can really say the weight loss has been amazing! I started becoming more active and currently obsessed with yoga.

On the other hand, family has really revealed who they are. I lived with an uncle and aunt back at my highest weight and they used to tell me how unattractive i was and made sure that they even showed it with their expressions. They used to tell my brother that he should be careful to not end up like my sister and I. ( my sister also struggles with her weight). Now when i was at my highest weight, i just learned how to brush it off. A few nights ago i went to a family party and saw the same aunt and uncle, they were preaching about a new diet they were on and my uncle told me how disgusting i used to be and how happy he got when he found out i went on a diet. He said that i must feel amazing and great in this new body. But i told him really nothing changed, i feel the same love as i felt back when i was overweight, but now it just happened that i'm healthier.

They continued to have an in-depth interview with me about what i eat, what i drink, and when i eat and they told me about how they copied it and lost x amount of weight yada yada. They then told my sister "i thought you were reducing what you're eating" and " you should try this diet we are on..."and i had to sit through them painfully explaining the diet. As people passed by our table my aunt and uncle kept saying side comments like "he gained weight" "he looks bigger" "he should do something about it" and it really made me uncomfortable but at the same time i realized how miserable they must be living a life of envy and judgment. I feel only pity for them, I wish I can help them but I also know how their presence would affect me and knowing what they have said and done to me in the past, I don't want anything to do with these kind of people at all.

I want to get it out there to people on their journeys that you shouldn't do it from a place of anger or envy. Love your body the way it is but nothing is wrong with wanting to improve and wanting the best for it.

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