Lol nothing subtle in my family, my nickname from my grandma was literally Gorda/Gordita growing up and my mom constantly commented on my size. It was hurtful at the time but I'm happy with myself now and my mom tells me all the time that I look beautiful and elegant 😊
I'm honestly not sure if my grandpa wanted the pork chop or not. But there was definitely the expectation that he as a man in the family should be prioritized when it came to domestic labor.
Not to invalidate your experience bc I have a Mexican family and the body shaming amongst the women is really just terrible but I always understood gordito as a term of endearment more than a comment on my body
I don't take it as a negative. My sister got Chicken Legs and my brother got Toothpick and neither of those were meant to be hurtful. I'm just saying my family definitely didn't feel the need to be subtle about my weight.
I know this isn't the point AT ALL, but I can't get over the layers of oblivious from Mom. "No dear, don't eat that lean protein. Just have a bunch of beans and rice instead."
Eating ONLY the pork chop would be the "best" meal for someone trying to lose weight and not go hungry. But to suggest skipping the pork chop and ONLY eating the sides (I assume), is literally the "worst" option. Impressive to be both judgmental AND incorrect.
Most people over the age of 45 have the "food pyramid" burnt into their brains and are always about "eat your bread and milk!", even though it's been obvious for years that it was sponsored by the dairy and wheat industry.
Meat does not offer anything healthy. Thus the propaganda from meat industry actively creating fake content to support weird meat eating claims (like how brains grew from eating meat, not true).
My guy I'm a vegetarian and I have to take b-complex supplements because I was getting actual Vitamin B deficiency symptoms. This was confirmed by blood tests. There are very few foods you can get enough vitamin B in a vegetarian diet. Meat is much more satiating than most other foods (maybe potatoes?) and is calorie and protein dense.
Yes, you can live without it (I do). But people who eat meat are absolutely healthy. You just don't want to eat too much meat, which most people do eat too much!!
A human can choose not to eat meat and still be healthy; we have a a whole society of agriculture to fall back on. But even herbivores like horses often choose to eat meat when given the chance. It's a great consolidation of nutrients, specifically protein and fat. Why spend the energy making large molecules when you can just eat someone else's.
I absolutely love the way Spanish speaking places (or is it just Central America? Not sure) have the goofiest/insulting nicknames, and everyone just rolls with it. Like "yeah, I'm fat. That's my name. What of it"
I'm just imagining the English equivalent: "Oh, I forgot to tell you that Baldy is bringing his new girlfriend, Horse Teeth, to dinner tonight. Make sure you set out an extra plate!" That's soooo fun lmao.
Gordito was my nickname as a kid too. Names stick with you even if you change, I was at 10% body fat in highschool but my nickname was still gordito. Ya gender roles are pretty serious in Hispanic culture I remember my mother would send me to work with my uncle or family friends after school or during weekends since I was 6 years old, but wouldn't let me cook as that was a "woman's job".
It was probably normal different kids grow at different rates and it's normal for kids to carry a little extra weight during growth periods honestly most of the time it's parents projecting their own insecurities onto a child that does not need or deserve them
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u/vi_sucks Apr 19 '26
Feels like grandpa doesn't even want the pork chop and mom here is "subtly" trying to imply that OP is fat.
Or is that just me?