From Kaylee, Age 14 - 03/07/07 - IP#: 69.19.14.xxx Click here to reply Ht. 5'3", Start: 158 lb, Today: 151 lb, Goal: 125 lb - My family is getting really annoying. I finally came out to them that I wanted help loseing weight and getting healthy and there idea of that is to barry the icecream in the back of the freezer not let me eat any peanut butter. Come in the kitchen every time I go in there. When I asked my grandma if she had a hard candy that I could suck on she said no and even if I did I wouldn't let you have it. A hard candy tops out about 20 calories and keeps my mouth busy for a while!! What the **** does my family think there helping me by not letting me have anything with sugar in it?! NO NO NO all it does is make me pig out when I leave the house and they wonder why I'm not loseing weight and start takeing more foods away that I enjoy eating. I can't even have a tiny cup of hot chocolate without them asking about the calories I'm eating. Do they want me to get an eating disorder? And the funny thing is in the past when I eat less and lose weight but still eat junk food in controlled portions my family though I had an eating disorder and addressed me about it. They don't know how to help. Maybe this is why so many teens are over weight. They get started out wrong by there parents by rewarding them with food and letting them eat whatever. I mean it's just baby fat right? Then they see there baby getting bigger and older and older and bigger and all of a sudden it's time to not let the kid eat. Sounds like why kids get eating disorders too. Well to all the parents like mine THANKS way to raise a chile right. I don't think it's our generations fault that were so overweight it's the generation before us that set us up to fail. Truely society is great in many ways buy in other ways it's going down the drain and fast. In reality medicine sould be raising the average age of death but how is that supost to happen with thousands of people dieing young from things like obesety and related diseased and drugs? I know that was a long rant but I needed to get it out. Thanks for anyone who read this. ♥Kaylee
Reply from Kaylee, Age 14 - 03/08/07 - IP#: 69.19.14.xxx Well I know this is pages past now but I really want you guys; girls in this case that I came back and read your replys. Thats for the advice it helps a lot. And about being a good writer thanks even more. I think I might be able to put both thos things together. Advice and writing and make my statement clear and thought out without screaming at my mom. Thanks so much!
Reply from ♥Catharine*, Age 14 - 03/08/07 - IP#: 70.190.189.xxx Wow, I guess I'm one of the lucky ones. My parents don't nag on me for what I eat and don't eat. Me and my dad are both actually on a diet and my mom always makes sure that there's healthy things to eat in the house. But what gets hard is that she likes to eat some bad things, (CHOCOLATE!! COOKIES!! ICE-CREAM!!) and I am tempted to eat those. But say to your parents and family members that being on a diet means you can treat yourself once in a while ok? And you're and awsome writer!!
Reply from Shan, Age 19 - 03/08/07 - IP#: 70.81.187.xxx well there is good and bad to what they're doing. At least they took you seriously and are trying to help. Maybe you can not just ask for support, but tell them in what ways you need support. Instead of making it all about food, tell them you'd rather have emotional support and praise so that you can be more confident and motivated about your new healthy lifestyle....which involves all foods in moderation. For me, I could never tell my family i would like to lose weight, because they would make bad comments about me, so I actually wish I had people who cared about what I want and were trying to help. I understand that it's driving you crazy, and I think if you can get the courage to tell them everything you told us, then they'd understand. Has any of them ever lost weight? Maybe they can try to put themselves in your shoes? And maybe if they did lose weight, what worked for them doesn't work for you....this is about YOU! YOU are so courageous to ask for support because you are doing smt good for YOUR body and you deserve good support! Weight loss is hard but it can be easier if you're not alone and people care about how YOU feel and not assume how you feel. Thanks for sharing that message because we got to see how it's making you feel and so now we can support you. The best thing is to be open with people and when ppl see that you are trying hard and see what makes you happy and sad they will have a tendancy to keep doing things that make you happy!
Reply from Kaylee, Age 14 - 03/07/07 - IP#: 69.19.14.xxx Yea I'm a peanut butter hog but hey I should be able to have it sometimes!
Reply from Lyndsay, Age 15 - 03/07/07 - IP#: 65.54.154.xxx OMG that is annoying. I hate when my parents tell me not to eat something when I am in total control and I have occasional treats. It's hard to diet and not ever have treats. Tell your parents that! Peanut butter is healthy in small ammounts, I'm pretty sure of that! But I was ADDICTED to it and one day I ate half the jar. It was horrible. It is sooo bad to eat a lot of it. Well, good luck! =)
