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[quote=Anonymous]I was always 10-15 lbs overweight on the BMI scale, and my mom constantly made a fuss about it.  Taunts, telling me not to eat certain things, etc.  She and my sister were much more obese so I always just rolled my eyes and did what I wanted.

I did, however, continue to gain weight in college and right after graduating.  I just became immune to the "you need to stop eating" shticks because I had heard them so often.  Looking back at pictures, I was NOT fat or chubby in high school for my body type, it was that everyone else around me had a different body frame and was unnaturally thin. (eating disorders ran rampet at my high school.  Only 15% of the girls would actually go to lunch.)  I'm convinced that if my mom had just STFU when I wasn't actually fat and saved it for when I did begin to gain weight and become obviously overweight and obese, I might have listened.  But by then I was way too used to her nags.

What finally made me change and lose 70+lb was seeing myself in pictures on facebook and seeing what I had looked like in high school.  The change was absolutely heartbreaking, and that day I began to investigate different diets and I changed my life.

If you're really concerned, give it a year or two.  See if she is still steadily gaining.  If so, show her some pictures of herself and let HER make the connection.  Don't do it for her.[/quote]

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