CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Plain Dealer and cleveland.com advice columnists Yadi Rodriguez and Lucas Daprile have teamed up to provide different perspectives on the advice you’re seeking. If you enjoy their collaboration, email them at yrodriguez@cleveland.com , ldaprile@cleveland.com .

Dear Yadi and Lucas: The next few months are going to be difficult for me. With the holidays come family gatherings. I love my family, but they always make comments on what I eat. I am in my twenties and an adult.

My weight has fluctuated my entire life; I have always been one of the larger people in my family. And my family always comments on my weight and what I eat at family gatherings.

It has gotten to the point where I hesitate to go. It feels like I’m being watched the entire time, and I worry about s

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