Hi Bianca!

I am pleased to report that yes this does get sooo much better! I could have written this post awhile back because I felt the same way you did. Especially on holiday in visiting relatives.

Well I just got back from a wonderful trip to San Francsico with family for a wedding. No one gave me a hard time about my food. My cousin, the bride, even asked me if I had brought food to supplement the wedding lunch. Of course, I had, and was pleased to be able to share my food with my four and six year old second cousins and other hungry relatives .

My other cousin even said she was so impressed that I keep my blood sugar so steady and eat when I have to and that it really shows in my energy levels.

So it does get easier. I swear by it. Keep at it!

Continue to take really really good care for yourself. It is the right thing to do in my opinion and might even have a wonderful rubbing off effect on your family.

Bottom line, you have to do what is right for you and in doing that everyone benefits.

Keep writing so we can support you!

Love,

Sandra

: hi everyone.

: I have just moved back home after 3
: years living away, and while
: redefining my eating habits my
: family doesn't understand my
: sensitivity to food and why I need
: to eat a certain way, making sure
: my meals are planned, and prepared
: for the week. Am I being
: unreasonable if I ask them to not
: eat my food? (I don't work, so
: have very little income and in
: debt, so when I purchase food I
: need to be healthy it really is an
: investment for me). I cannot eat
: the food they buy because I am
: allergic to wheat and diary and
: they do not eat much meat. Meat
: here is very expensive.

: I'm being accused of creating
: disunity in the family, being
: selfish and being cursed with
: "You'll never be able to live
: with anyone, ever!"

: What do I do? Surely I am normal? Am
: I asking for too much? Does anyone
: else have anything similar happen
: in their life? How do you get
: around it? Pls, I'm desperate to
: talk to someone about this as I
: don't know where else to turn.. My
: family is fighting with me and
: making me feel really low. I'm
: worried I'll get depressed again
: and considering moving out - what
: caused me to leave in the first
: place. I don't know what to do and
: terribly unhappy ...

: Please help!

: P.s. I am on step 3.