DM and I both weigh approximately 20 stone each, due to comfort eating, family bereavements and family worries. I literally weigh double what I did when I got married twenty odd years ago and it breaks my heart that I’m now obese and my darling DCs have to see me like this. Life is so stressful constantly and I don’t have the mental stamina to diet even though I know my weight is so detrimental to my health.
Long story short, today my DM told me to look online at an up to date picture of Charlie Dimmock and I would then see (in the before and after pictures) how much weight she has gained and it would help me to relate to this for my own situation. Reluctantly I’ve just done this and am so sad for Charlie’s sake but, on a personal level, for me. It’s such a kick in the teeth to see someone who was so slim in the 90s and how much they’ve changed now.....not for the better in my case certainly!
I can’t work out if I should be cross at my Mum or not. She would never intentionally do anything to upset me and I know it breaks her heart to see me following in her footsteps by becoming morbidly obese. But looking at these photos have just made me feel even more miserable.
I know my mum wants feedback from me once I’ve looked at the photos. What do I say??