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[quote=Anonymous]UGH.

That's me. DH's mom is obsessed with her weight. She constantly talks about weight watchers, things she "shouldn't" eat. She's happy when she's "down a couple of pounds" but she berates herself when she binges. She once asked 5 y/o DD to hide food from her.

She super sensitive so I have to choose my words carefully but when she did that I couldn't hold back. NO! My child will not hide food from you. Are you kidding?!?!

MIL got her feelings hurt but I didn't care. I'm not going to allow her to teach DD to hide food because she doesn't have the self-control not to eat it. She's F-ing crazy.

I had to explain to DD that MIL has problems eating balanced meals and she struggles with self-control. I also said "It is not your job to help Gram control what she eats. That is Gram's job ALONE."

I used to be a middle school counselor. A group of girls came in at 6th grade and ate normal lunches in the cafeteria. The same group of girls, in 8th grade, had a granola bar and diet coke every day for lunch.

My mom never talked about diets or disparaged her body. She talked about being healthy and fit. Balance.

I STILL had eating issues as a kid. I ate ONLY one granola bar for lunch every day in HS. In college I used laxatives. I was 5-10 and never weighed more than 120 for years.

I don't care whose feelings I hurt I will do my best to help DD have a healthy body image.

Grrrrrrrrrrr!!![/quote]

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