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[quote=Anonymous]I was at an out of town family function and one of the young women mentioned that her Mom is and always has been, on a diet. Her Mom has seemingly always been the same size - Mom-sized, nothing remarkable as long as I've known her. I am aware that this specific daughter has been shamed about her weight her entire life-though I suspect she has PCOS. Her sister less so, because she hasn't seemed to have any issues with her weight. Frankly, their Mom seems pretty miserable all the time. Not mean or angry, but just constantly full of complaints of all sorts. Her husband is lovely and laidback so the contrast can be stark.

As someone that did every grapefruit and lean chicken breast diet AND liquid diet in the 80s/90s, I got off that train in young adulthood, and all I can think was how less miserable I've been. I'd forgotten about the constant cycle of every January, trying something new; rush to get 'swimsuit ready' and all that stuff. It sucked.

I was wondering if young(er) women are now less susceptible to this type of conditioning? I have two tween boys and these topics rarely come up. I guess my hope is that we are losing that 'dieting' culture that has been laid on us  for so long. I like the GLP-1 results that are kind of proving that some folks' bodies don't want to let go of weight, even with intervention and that extra weight isn't simply a 'moral failing'.  [/quote]

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