Weight can be a sensitive topic for many people, especially for someone above their goal weight.

When one cousin showed off her dramatic weight loss at a family gathering, another cousin took this as a personal attack.

When she tried to challenge her cousin’s newfound healthy habits by eating like her, her determination quickly turned into frustration.

Read on for the full story!

AITA for having my cousin eat the same amount of food as I in a day?

My cousin Abby (F27) and I used to weigh the same (300+ lbs/135+ kgs).

Until a few years back when I had a health scare and lost weight and followed a stricter diet.

I’m now around 200lbs/100kgs and have felt better.

I don’t eat as much anymore.

Not everyone in the family was happy for her.

Abby wasn’t happy about that as now she’s the fattest person (her words) in the room and family.

I am bigger than her and so I used to hold that title before.

No one else was making comments about her weight but her.

Abby begins criticizing her cousin’s food intake.

During the party, she noticed I didn’t eat a lot and said I was holding back to make her look bad.

I didn’t say anything to that which apparently got her angry.

So Abby took this as a personal challenge.

So this morning she told me she’d match what I’d eat the entire day to show me how easy it was.

I don’t know where that came from, but I didn’t stop her.

She outlines exactly what the two ate in a day.

The entire day:

BREAKFAST – water, orange juice, and some dinner rolls.

LUNCH – chicken, rice, veggies, water

DINNER – two egg sandwiches, water

We also had snacks throughout the day, but the amount I ate was small and I drank a lot of water.

Abby wasn’t taking to the challenge too well.

By nighttime, Abby had no strength and clearly still hungry.

She also drank way more water than she was normally used to, so she used the bathroom a lot more.

She lashes out at her cousin again.

She broke down saying she believes I did it on purpose.

Now the rest of her family is turning against her too.

Her mom helped her get to bed and told me afterwards I made her feel worse about her weight.

I quipped back no one made a comment about her weight and my weight loss was spurred by me spending months in a hospital for a bad infection.

I don’t know, her mom tells me I’m the AH and my other relatives won’t touch this with a 10-foot pole.

AITA?

Abby learned the hard way that comparisons only lead to discomfort.

What did Reddit think?

Abby should see her cousin as an ally, not an enemy.

Among the many reactions to weight loss, sometimes jealousy will be the strongest.

It would be unhealthy to engage any further here.

This commenter doubts Abby was really struggling as much as she said she was.

Sometimes keeping pace with others just leaves you out of breath.

When it comes to your personal health, it’s a marathon, not a sprint.

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