I'm wanting to shed some pounds for body image reasons, but my dad's side of my family really tries to encourage me to eat big meals and things to not lose weight. Is something wrong here?

I am 18M and weight about 194 ish pounds and am about 6'1". I know that is only considered borderline overweight, but I have been wanting to lose a few pounds in a secret way to give myself a more "feminine" body image for reasons and so I don't end up being majorly overweight in the future. However, my dad's side of the family doesn't like this. I am encouraged to eat big plates with every meal and am often offered ice cream and other things. I'm starting to manage a bit by cutting back a bit on pop and not eating as much ice cream, but it is not really easy when constantly encouraged to eat. I think this side of my family seems to mostly be overweight. My little half brother on my dad's side is 7 (will be 8 in a couple months) and we last measured him at 4"8 and 119 pounds. That is just not a body image I want, but I am told over here that a good diet is basically big meals and plenty of junk food. Is there anything wrong here with any of the reasoning going on?

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