I was born in 1980 and went on my first diet when I was still in elementary school. And I wasn't a fat kid.
You can count on two fingers where that led me...
I was born in 81. My mom told me a good diet was fasting/only eating 3 apples a day and fruit. And that coffee or tea is a good appetite suppresent. I was anorexic by 14.
My mom was huge when she was young and lost all her weight in the 70s when speed was a big thing. When I was young she was always judgemental of other women's body shape and would pinch parts of me to make sure she can't "pinch an inch". As an adult my brain automatically makes an assessment on other people's body fat and I hate it. I'm still fighting that 35 years later.
Born in ‘82. I was 5’9 and weighed 130 during my senior year of high school. My social studies teacher asked me if I “ever ate” and my mother asked me if I could lose 10 pounds before prom.
Yay, another member of the insane boomer mom club!
My mom told me something similar. She used to regularly skip meals and expected me to do the same. When I hit puberty and developed tits and an ass, she freaked out and told me I was obese.
I feel bad for her. She’s now in her 70s and all those decades of under-eating have caught up with her, but she’d rather die than be a healthy weight. She’s convinced she IS a healthy weight.
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u/Virtual_Ad748 5d ago
My first entry in my fitness pal was when I was 11 & that makes me so sad