Conflicting Interests

In my quest to remain weight-restored, I now find myself facing a new and rather unexpected challenge: lack of familial support. This is the same family that harassed me for being underweight and not eating enough. While they still believe that I am underweight, which I am not, they have now taken to accusing me of eating too much. And the fact of the matter is that I don't. I eat according to the recommendation I got from the calculator that CC points to for use by teenagers. I tell them that I need more food because I am a teenager, and the only response I get is that I stopped growing years ago. They just won't listen, and moreover, continue to insist that they know more about proper nutrition than I do (I recovered from my ED on my own). The main reason for this accusation, I suspect, is that my family is used to eating calorie-dense junk food like pizza and hamburgers, foods which I still won't touch with a ten-foot pole. So, as a minor, what am I supposed to do? Sure, I could eat less, but then, I might end up losing weight, which would bring fourth even more accusations. Anyone else who is recovered (or recovering) experience something similar?

Well, I may not have been underweight (I'd consider myself average) but sometimes adults don't understand. I gained weight as I grew two inches over six months of school, that should be 20 but I only gained ten. I ate about 2,000 + calories, and was always fully awake and energetic. When I told my mom I wanted to be healthier, she said that I overate and needed to stop. I then ate too little and lost 8 pounds of water weight. My mom still says I have no control over myself when I really eat very healthily. I don't know.