May I suggest that you get legitimate professional and objective opinion.....from your family physician.

At your next physical /medical appointment, request that s/he weigh you and explain to the doctor what is an ideal weight for you. If already you have other medical problems that had been affecting your health due to much overweight, it would help anyone understand.

I am 5'1" at 48 yrs. old = 100 lbs. I have small bone structure, so your bone structure might be bigger. I am at the correct weight. I have had skinfold measurements, etc. over the past 4 years in a physician's office.

I know that I am normal because...I compare myself against other Asian women...it is more accurate I benchmark myself against groups of women who were raised on predominantly Asian diets from babyhood.

From a petite Chinese-Canadian cyclist.

As for your family, good thing...you live in a different home from parents. Just have to tune them out. Yea, my parents were initially worried when one of my sisters became vegan for a few years. They got over it. And yeh, they were concerned when another sister, who is a DOCTOR, lost 50 lbs. Yea, she was overweight. They got over that one too....after they remembered their slim daughter 15 years before.

They'll support you...might take several months, years. Live your life, it's their problem, not you.

I know, I know you must politely hold your ground. But rather than have family focus on your weight, they need to also know how much more fun you are having exercising and fitting into great clothing.

get your doctor's opinion please, at the very least. To dispel the anorexic misunderstandings.