DAY 125: Weight loss, relatively speaking

07/27/2015 7:12AM

Why are family gatherings some of our worst minefields to navigate? You'd think it would be easier, but for some reason, family always seems to have a lot of semi-hidden agendas that make any conversation difficult. Add to that piles of traditional family food favorites and it makes for a stressful situation every time. Don't beat yourself up too much over your emotional reactions. When it comes to family, we do the best we can, forgive ourselves, and move on.

Pirwaki

It's true, families are tricky. Mine is pretty great, as families go, so the thing with my grandfather was way out of left field. It really isn't stressful for me to be around my family; it's actually something I always look forward to. I know that makes me lucky. This most recent experience was just all kinds of odd. At least I didn't overeat. It was just so ironic that he threw that at me when I'm the smallest I've been in years, as I was eating the only sinful food I'd had the whole weekend. Maybe he was lying in wait. Haha.