Not everything is crisis. Why am I the only one that understands that?

So, I’ve started walking for 30 min. every day and drinking more water and cutting out a lot of the crap I used to eat and not smoking, and I really feel excellent. I came home yesterday from walking, and my dad was sitting in the kitchen. I started telling him about the indoor walking track I found, and he just sort of looks at me and says, “You’re still eating, right?”

What?

And my mother’s the same way. She had jury duty on Monday, so I came and picked her up during her lunch hour so we could eat together. When she called me to come, I was just finishing my walk for that day. When I finally get to her, she starts this long tirade about how I’m “getting obsessive” just because I happen to be walking on a daily basis.

They’ve been telling me for years to exercise and watch what I eat. They KNOW that I want to lose weight. So, when I finally start to do something, why do they have to act like I’m scarily obsessive? It’s not like I’m really doing anything differently. I’m not counting calories. I’m not exercising for hours a day.

It’s disappointing. I thought we were past the point where everything was a big deal.

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