Huge weight gain....

[Odessa88]

Hey guys.
Just wanted a bit of advice.
For years I was incredibly thin (6 and a half stone) though I was having mental health/eating problems. In the space of a year I have shot up to 11 stone 2!
I'm getting grief off my parents (who still treat me like a child though I'm 30).
Tbh I'm actually not too fussed about my figure, though because I'm only 5 foot 1 I would like to lose some because I am very out of breath when I walk.
My family constantly tell me I'm grossly overweight and they're embarrassed but I started seeing a guy and he's into 'bigger' ladies lol.
I really don't know what to do. I feel like I'm letting my parents down though I would NEVER say some of the things that they have said about my weight to anyone.
I am comfortably a 14-16 though my dad says I look the same size as my friend who is a 26!!! :/
How do you deal with the aggro from others and just do what I want to be happy? x

How do you feel about your body, bearing in mind that it is possible to be overweight and healthy so taking it that the fitness aspect is a separate thing that you probably should address....

And in answer to your question, I'd say very directly to your parents that you are an adult now and you don't need advice on how your body should look., that if they are embarrassed by you then it is their problem, not yours. How come you've gained so much so quickly?

There is no way you would look like a size 22 and how rude and insensitive after your difficult times in the past.

I would actually avoid your parents at the moment.

26!!! Oh for gods sake.

My mother always harps on about my weight and I always manage to control it, yet she is a 24 ! Of I make a comment back I am a smart arse.

I would be telling your parents to remember you are an adult and to back off and stop being so rude. I am a size 22 and would be having strong words with anybody who was that offensive

I have had a string of bad r ships as well as mental health problems. Don't know why but I went from no food to too much.... It's been a dramatic weight gain in such an amount of time.
I think because I'm so vulnerable it just hurts more than it would others so I find it hard to have the confidence to tell people where to go.
I'm sick of hearing "you used to be so thin and took pride in yourself" ha!
That's what I can't understand-they are well away I've been hospitalised and counselling.

*aware lol