Wow ! Where has the time gone ? <| sep |> I am incredibly thankful that my family gathering was surprisingly full of sanity ! I got a few general You look great ! comments , which are always nice . My aunt asked if I lost weight on purpose before congratulating me , which was very considerate I later learned that this was because one of my cousins is nearing the underweight category and blocking family members on Facebook out of the blue . She then asked me how I did it Did you just cut back ? Did you exercise much ? I told her about MFP and that while I tried to keep active , I was still losing weight while sedentary . She even said she had heard that diet is more important than exercise for weight loss . I told her the old hard to outrun your fork line , and told her that it was way easier for me to cut out a 300 calorie snack than to bust my ass running for half an hour . Everyone in the conversation admitted to emotionalstress eating and took 100 % responsibility for their weight , which was so refreshing . One of my cousins recently gained weight after going off a medication , but she chalked that up to some cravings that the medicine had apparently suppressed . All in all , I was glad to hear that they knew their demons and weren ' t in denial about their problems . For most people , that ' s half the battle . I hope they make it , guys .