Your family’s normalized idea of health might not be healthy for you.
Now I say all this with gentleness because being incorrect doesn’t mean they don’t love you or have your best interests at heart.
It simply means they most likely are doing their best with what they have been taught. And I don’t know about you, but when I was growing up we ate things like poptarts, bologna, and fastfood on a weekly basis.
Once more and more information came out about how harmful these kinds of foods were my parents tried to adjust, but it was hard on all of us after spending atleast a decade eating like this. Habits die hard, especially when it’s an entire lifestyle change for an entire family. And remember it was the 90s, so internet and social media was not like it is today.
So here’s a thought:
If your family has a history of physical illness, weight concerns, or body loathing… Maybe they aren’t the best people to go to for health and wellness advice.
Smiling and thanking your family for their words while instead listening to those who have more knowledge doesn’t make you disloyal.
In fact, it’s the opposite.
It makes you wise.
You makes you the chain breaker.
It gives you the hope to one day bring new knowledge to the people you love most to help change their lives for the better.
It all starts with going outside your internal circle because people who think differently and act differently than what you are used to, have different results than what you are used to seeing in your internal circle.
