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" I was chatting with a friend recently about the pressure she felt from her mother to lose weight, get fit, look great. It made me so appreciative of the fact that my mother never comments on my body--unless she has something nice to say. Is my mom an anomaly among mothers, I wondered? When it comes to body image, does your mom build you up or bring you down?I think we&amp;#x27;d all agree that no matter how we feel about our moms, what they say--the good and the bad--has the power to affect us deeply. So when my mom commented on my weight loss after the birth of my son two years ago, it meant a lot. In fact, it gave me the courage to open up my closet and pull out my pre-pregnancy clothes again. If she&amp;#x27;d, instead, said something about how far I had to go in my journey back to my pre-baby body (and let me tell you, I did have a long way to go), I think I may have been crushed. So, my friend&amp;#x27;s comments have me wondering: Does your mom get on your case about how you look, your weight, or anything else body-related? Or, is she your biggest boost to your body image? Photo: iStock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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