This really makes me mad!

I'm posting about my girlfriend.  My girlfriend is 22 years old, comes from a very old fashioned family.  Her mom falls for all the dumb weight loss gimmicks, and for that weird power band. 

Last year my girlfriend had weighed 135 pounds, and actually got down to 120.  What was really upsetting was that we were both at her parents house and my gf was excited about the weight loss and told her mom about it.  Her mom just replies "you're too skinny", and that was the end of the conversation with awkward silence.

So my gf goes to her parents house again another time and is excited and tells her younger sister about losing weight, and dropping two pant sizes.  Her sister goes into the next room with her friends and starts making fun of my gf.  Even growing up, my gf's younger sister would call my gf fat to be mean.

For over a year now my gf basically stopped working out, and not eating healthy.  Plus her family eats A LOT of fatty foods for example... sliced avocados with oil poured onto them.  Lots of bread with oil, pretty much anything with oil or lots of bread.

What makes me even more mad is that her sister claims that my gf is fat, but will eat at least a quart of ice cream within 2 days.  She just ate half of a Marie Calendars pie in a single night a few nights ago.  She IS starting to gain weight, and have noticed it.  Her legs are getting bigger and seems like shes starting to walk pigeon toed because her thighs are getting much larger.  Her mother tries every single item to lose weight, but makes no effort in actually "trying" to lose weight.  She has spent hundreds of dollars on weight loss products its laughable.  I remember she bought that electric belt that shocks your abs, how many times has she used it?  Just once.  She also purchased this weird table that flips upside down where you do abs hanging upside down.  Has she ever used it?  No.  It turned into a coat hanger rack.  She bought the power band that goes around your wrist at xmas time, she paid $40. Has not touched it.  She wears those skechers shape ups in hopes she will lose a mass amount of weight, but she doesn't realize that you actually have to...walk to lose weight. 

There are a lot more things both my gf's sister and mother have said that will knock you to the floor.  My gf is really beautiful and I swear she could be a model if she wanted to even weighing at 135.  I know that how her sister and mother act is an act of jealousy. 

Sorry if this seemed more of hatred towards her sister and mom, but it really makes me mad they can be cold about it things, especially when its about weigh issues and they know it'll hurt someones feelings.

Can you girls give me some help on what to say to my gf about this?  Even being 135 is not bad at all, her bf was about 23%.  She wants to workout, but whenever she talks about it shes hesitant about it, and seems that shes scared to lose the weight.  A lot of times she says "but I never been under 120 pounds before".  I want to her exercise because before she was so happy about it and losing the weight!!!

Im with Redgrave,

dont even bother with her useless family.. work with her. tell her your happy with her weight now but remind her how happy and proud she was to be 120..

it seems that being thin is more frowned upon than being fat by "normal" sized people.. and u can never really say to someone ur too fat, so why can people say ur too thin??

hmmm who knows mate, people are pigs lol

I have to agree with that. If she doesn't talk to them about it then maybe they will at least tone it down a bit.

That's a sh-t situation when you don't have the support of your family in something.

It would be pointless telling you to forget about the mom and the sister, so, again, focus on your gf.

She'll feel a lot better, once you become an athlete only you can go back to your boring self.

They way I look at things, there's so many corruption in everything, im a law student, I've worked in government before, so trust me when I say, nothing in there is pure. Same with classmates, cheating lazy people who care for nothing other than partying. My family, at first, didn't believe that I could change my eating habits and go hard on the workout.

All I can say, that may help your gf if you say it to her, becoming something strong, athletic, is pure. There's no cheating in working out and goign the distance, you either do it or you don't. Your effort, eating right and working for your goals, can't be taken away from you. So the one, clean, great, pure thing that nobody can get rid of but yourself are your achievements in althetism. If you've ever been in a race, a triathlon, a marathon, you'll know what Im talking about.

I know how you feel. Now I'm very fitted thru Scooby's workout program and feel very good about myself. But everyone around me treats me like weired or insane.

At first, I felt very insulted and hurt. Then I realized they are just jealous about me and they know they cannot be like me. So all the hatred and name calling,,,
Anyway, please tell your girlfriend not to bother with her family about health matter. Clearly her family is committing a slow suicide which she doesn't need to involved at all.
Since her current body fat is 22%, it shouldn't take a year for her to get to 20% and look like a real model!

Ask her if she wants to live like a trash or a beauty queen.

http://www.vimeo.com/21487250?ab

Tell her to learn from people like Steph or Scooby. Always set your goal a little higher.  There's so many people who achieve so many things while trash remain trash.

I love your madness. That really rocks, doesn't it! Let it rock and let it go!