Over the past few weeks, I've been really trying to make some lifestyle changes. Eating cleaner, exercise, etc.

I've started tracking my calories, and I intake anywhere from 1200 to 1600 depending on my activity for the day (my job can be strenuous at times). To stay in this range, I typically snack on fruits, veggies, nuts, dry cereal, etc. then have only one large meal a day. This routine I've created has been the most sustainable of my live. I've lost 12 pounds so far. I still need to make a lot of changes, but I've never had such long term, successful weightloss in my entire 22 years on earth. I've been excited and open about this with people in my life.

My family has always eaten terribly. I've been fat my whole life. My family is obsessed with sugar, fat, and sodium. Even vegetables when cooked are soaked in butter and bacon. They have no grasp on proper nutrition and health. It's one of the reasons weightloss has been so difficult for all of us over the years.

Needless to say, my family's reaction to my new diet has been frustrating. At first, they were supportive. But more and more pressure began to filter in when I would deny dessert or some meal that they made unnecessarily unhealthy by adding globs of fat or sugar.

Then they dropped the bomb on me a few days ago. They called me up and asked for me to come visit them. It was an intervention waiting for me. They told me that they were worried about me because they could see me starving myself. I'm only eating one meal a day and won't so much as allow myself to have a slice of pie at the dinner table with my family.

I tried to argue and explain that I was eating a perfectly healthy amount of calories. I mentioned tracking my nutrition and that only added fuel to the fire. My mother said I was now 'anorexic' and obsessing over food. She said that 1200 calories was way too little and that I needed to be eating a bare minimum of 2000 a day.

I ended up becoming too upset and leaving. They would not hear a word of what I was saying. I'm not starving myself, I don't have an eating disorder, I'm not doing anything damaging to my health. For once, I feel so good about myself and now my family sees my progress as overwhelmingly negative.

I'm not sure what sort of advice I'm looking for with this post. I think I mostly need to vent about this stuff to a community who has an understanding of nutrition and weightloss. Thank you for reading this far.

EDIT: I would like to clarify that I only stick to 1200 calories a day when I am totally inactive. On days where I exercise or have work, I eat closer to 1600.

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