Diets & Weight Maintenance Support Group

I think your parents would do well to hear it from an third party who is in a position of authority. In other words, your doctor. Ask for an appointment with your doctor and discuss this concern. Then your doctor needs to sit down and devise a plan with you and your parents, or else to suggest and make an appointment with a family dietitian for the three of you. And keep an open mind when this is done, as your body needs healthy fats, although skim milk is a no brainer that every should do except for infants! Let us know how it goes, and wishing you the very best!

Ah, parents....I have some, I am one. And you know what? For a lot of parents, food = a very tangible way they can show you they love you. I'm going to visit mine in June, and am already in a micro-panic about how I'm going to manage to eat the way I need to, yet not offend. I like the previous poster's idea of getting an authoritative third party involved. My plan is to continue to smile...and refuse the second (and third...)helpings they will be offering. I think keeping it low-key (in my personal family situation), and being thankful for the food/love, without feeling that I need to put every bite of the love in my mouth will be my mantra. That, and a lot of walking...

Good luck to you. I am glad we have parents who care. (And hopefully, as a mom, I'm learning ways to help my own teen daughter have a healthier relationship with food than I did growing up...)

Thank you both for your helpful advice. I'm due to see the doc over another issue but I'll mention this to him. Thanks again.