Mom puts her identical twin daughters on a diet even though only one needs to lose weight

A concerned mom who put some of her copy daughters connected a fare contempt only 1 of them needing to lose weight has turned to nan net for advice. 

The female posted successful an 'Am I The A*****e' forum on Reddit, explaining nan predicament pinch her 14-year-old identical copy daughters Megan and Alana.

The twins are some 5 feet tall, but Megan weighs complete 150 pounds while Alana weighs 95 pounds.

She claimed Megan is obese and she put nan full family connected a diet, but Alana feels it it is unfair nan full family has to alteration their lifestyle.

'I tried putting accent connected staying patient alternatively of losing weight. However, Alana guessed that nan existent logic for this caller fare is because I want Megan to suffer weight,' nan mother said. 

'She started complaining that it’s not adjacent that she besides has to fare because her sister’s fat. 

'I told [Alana] that I didn’t want Megan to consciousness singled retired and consciousness arsenic though she’s nan only 1 being punished for her weight.'

She said nan twins utilized to beryllium nan aforesaid weight until they were astir 7 years aged past Megan started putting connected nan pounds.

By nan clip nan girls were 11 years old, Megan was considered medically overweight and nan mother took them to a expert for advice.

'I went to a expert for advice, and he said that I shouldn’t interest excessively overmuch since a batch of kids summation weight correct earlier puberty, and past "balance out" aft their maturation spurt,' she said.

However, nan twins went done a maturation spurt past twelvemonth and Megan's weight continues to increase, truthful nan mother decided to instrumentality a wellness fare for nan full family. 

'I slow started to trim backmost connected sugar, junk food, and unhealthy snacks. I navigator them precocious volume, debased calorie meals afloat of vegetables and macromolecule truthful that they still consciousness afloat aft eating,' she said.

'Neither of nan twins are very athletic, truthful I’ve besides tried encouraging them to prosecute successful beingness activities, for illustration swimming, motorcycle riding, trampolining, etc.'

Now that Alana has called retired her mother for forcing nan full family to fare contempt Megan being nan only 1 that needs to suffer weight, nan female is questioning if she did nan correct thing.

Readers slammed nan mother for her determination and claimed that she took nan incorrect attack to dieting.

'You person almost committed to this idea, that wellness is valuable for everyone and isn’t a punishment, but past you don’t look to really judge it,' one personification said.

'This "we’re pretending to do this truthful that my fat kid doesn’t fig retired that we secretly conscionable want a skinny kid" point you propulsion astatine nan end… I deliberation you request to fig retired your ain narration pinch wellness a small earlier trying to do a family overhaul.'

'If you’re trying to instrumentality your girl into being bladed by pretending to worth health, you’re conscionable going to foster an unhealthy narration pinch nutrient and her body. The much you dishonesty nan much confused and messed up she’ll get.' 

'Your past condemnation is very telling. You don't want conscionable 1 to consciousness that she is being punished for her weight,' said another.

'Nobody should consciousness for illustration they are being punished for their weight, overmuch little by nan 1 personification who is expected to springiness them unconditional love.'

'You’re putting Alana connected a fare because you don’t want to person a speech pinch your different girl astir her unhealthy weight,' said a 3rd person.

'Alana is not her sister's keeper, you request to measurement up and do amended arsenic nan parent.'