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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your breakfast sounds normal.  They sound pushy and like over-eaters.  Stay strong, OP! [/quote]

This. OP, your relatives are the ones with the eating disorder, though it's so common most people can't even recognize it in themselves. Overweight people lie to themselves and tell themselves they are eating normal portions, or they are "just having a treat", or that there is nothing wrong with "indulging a little". They also reassure themselves that their weight gain is out of their control. When they meet someone who has lost weight by eating normal sized portions it makes them defensive because it threatens every lie they are telling themselves. [b]I mean, just look at the number of people who have jumped in on this thread to find fault with you. "OP lost weight by eating less? I don't want to eat less! La la la OP must be really annoying and talk about this all the time. I'm going to accuse her of that!"[/b]

As overweight over eaters, your relatives will find fault with you no matter what you do, the same way alcoholics complain that people who drink less "can't relax and have a good time" or "join in the celebration." You will just have to be strong and remember the things they say are related to their pathology and not you. You will not be able to control their comments, you can only not engage. Good luck to you![/quote]

This.  Loads of people have concluded that OP talks about her weight loss -- despite her stating flatly that she doesn't.  In my life, the people who do things like that are people who are threatened by the reality that when you stop overeating you lose weight.   These are the same people who seek me out to trumpet every BS NTY article claiming that long term weight loss is impossible -- which is weird, because the people saying this to me mostly have known me for more than 20 years and know that I've lost more than 30 pounds and kept if off for about 15 years.[/quote]

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