Some people get off on making things difficult for other people, some are so competitive they don't want to see somebody else do better than them, and some*of these people are just plain jealous.
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I have a younger sister that is about the same size as me.* Last time I saw her, I refused a piece of regular pie and had a small piece of my step-mother's sugar-free pie innstead.* She told me I should try the regular because it was better.* I said I'd rather have the sugar-free cuz it's less fattening...and I stressed the fattening!* Couldn't help it.* Just had to do it!* Of course my older sister didn't like my tone, but I don't care.* She's accepting of my younger sister's weight but not of mine.
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You never really know what drives people to do the things they do.** But I've learned to ignore them if it's possible.* If it's not, then I say what I think!

Angie,your SIL story is so right on mine,except now they aren't allowed to come over..and what she was doing before was bragging about being on Nutrisystem and losing so much weight. She lost 40 pounds in a year and a half,with no exercise and taking three different types of diet pills.And all of that weight is now being regained because she is pregnant..HA HA! How is that for karma? Seriously, she would always brag about her weight loss,all of the time,buying all of this gym equipment and stuffing it into the house she shares with her mom,or paying for things,and bragging about them,knowing I can't afford such things. I wish we could just heave our annoying in laws into a room somewhere.Hahaha! Angie,don't let that "woman" get to you. Let her be the one eating all of that junk,or why not offer her some advice on weight loss,since it seems she needs it? As for your hubby,just say,well,why not try out what I am doing for a week,and if you lose weight,then we can do it together? Sort of worked with my husband..now I need to light a fire under his arse..

I don't know about the rest of you, but I am*really disturbed*by reading all of these stories of our dear buddies being sabatoged in their weight loss. It makes me so angry to know that so many people are dealing with this. Is it really that hard for our loved ones to be supportive?

There are so many reasons why it's hard to get support.* For me, I have a close family member who is always making comments that I don't need to exercise, that I eat too little (because I eat 2 slices of pizza instead of 6, like I used to do), etc.* Lately, she's just laid off because I got very angry over her opinion, which I wasn't looking for.* Then there are other random people (people I work with) that make the same comments and I've had to just get rude with them and now they don't say anything.* I really don't know what it is.* Whether watching someone do something about an insecurity they have brings out something in them that makes them react negatively.* I'm curios to know if other people are going through this and how they're dealing with it.*

Well...my SIL is constantly bringing unhealthy crap (candy bars, other fattening foods, alcoholic beverages, etc) to my house and I personally think it's because she currently outweighs me by about 50 lbs and is trying to make me blow it. She has MANY insecurities and a lot of issues. I just figure she's insecure and wants me to stay fat with her...but I'm doing pretty well resisting most of the time.
My DH does ok, except that he "casually" offers me stuff I shouldn't have and sort of encourages me to eat it. Again, I think it's a bit of insecurity, because the other day he was like "You're gonna get all hot and then I'm still gonna be like this."
And do you know what I said?? I said, "Of course I'm going to get hotter dear, but I'll still love you."
LOL!! I'm so mean.

As far as the SIL goes, I just have to sort of "prepare" myself before she comes over and be ready for her "attack" on my health, lol...

You have no control over what other people do or say, you can only control how you react.
Being able to not only understand this, but to be able to accept it is one of the big differences between lasting success and the occassional yo-yo'ing.

There will always be supportive people and there will always be unsupportive people, and yes, occassionally you will have be very direct (if not rude) to unsupportive people.

It's been my experience that most unsupportive people will actually change their tune when you're very direct with them (without being angry).* I think it's because they see you are quite serious.
Some don't however and you just have to be able to find a way to deal with them.*

I've encountered all kinds of negative/jealous comments from "Family" and from None family members...People who in my "Opinion" are insecure ..They have something about themselves that they dislike so, it makes them feel better when they try to bring someone else down...But, I know exactly how to handle thoses kinds of people...And, I know how to get my point across without stooping to their level!....