'Hungry for Advice' wrote to Dear Abby complaining that her sister-in-law, while in the process of losing weight, is driving the family crazy.The weight-loser rambles on and on about what she eats and doesn't eat. And apparently, the woman feels free to comment of food choices that her family makes.
Sounds like a boring holiday dinner coming up for this family.
In this season of holiday togetherness, Dear Abby imparts an understanding of what the weight-loser is going through. With dieters often obsessed food: food that's allowed, food that's forbidden, Dear Abby suggests the weight-loser isn't going to change until she "accepts that her new eating habits have become her lifestyle." Accepting this, only then will food stop being uppermost in her thoughts.
Dear Abby suggests that the weight-loser joins a support group that will give her positive feedback from others losing weight also. Hopefully this interaction will mean the family is subjected to fewer details of her weight-loss journey.
So I now wonder if I bore my family with my proud accomplishments of losing weight and getting fit. Probably more than I'd like to think.
The takeaway is to get us to accepting our new eating habits as our lifestyle, making getting fitness easier on us and as it turns out, our families.
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