Might as well starve!

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  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    You know what's unhealthy? Comments like, "I'd rather starve than eat that". That approach is generally not sustainable for the long term. All foods can be healthy in the context of the overall diet, unless there is a specific underlying medical reason to restrict certain things. That includes chicken nuggets and fries.

    As others have said, if you don't like the choices available to you, go shopping for some alternatives.
  • SconnieCat
    SconnieCat Posts: 770 Member
    Serah87 wrote: »
    Your 22 years old, move out and buy your own food!!!

    I lost 121 pounds eating "junk" food and no longer have heart disease and have excellent blood pressure. ;)

    This...
    MamaRiss wrote: »
    You need to grow up and start taking care of you. It's not your families job. If you want healthier options, go grocery shopping

    This...

    elphie754 wrote: »
    Wow, there is such a thing as over doing profanity.

    Also- fried chicken nuggets and chips can be part of a healthy diet. Just build the rest of the day around it.

    You are being rather over dramatic.

    And this.

    And I love a good swear-fest.

    You're 22. I understand living with your family and how difficult it can be (hell, I lived with my parents right out of college until I could find a decent apartment), so you essentially have a few choices: buy your own groceries, suck it up and eat the things they prepare, or move out.

    If you're stuck living at home, I recommend having a polite conversation with your mom about your goals and the food you'd like to try to stick to. And to ensure you're eating food you enjoy and you're not just flying off the handle, buy your own food.

    It's really not that difficult.
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    The reason I am on a health kick is because, I cannot eat unhealthy things AND get the body I want. Hence why I am eating healthier and then doing HIIT workouts.

    Funny because most here DO do that.

    Sounds like you might need to do some maturing.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    This looks like a ***** Mad Lib.
    usmcmp wrote: »
    Sorry for the swearing. Just needed to get it off my chest. People won't understand unless they still live with a family who eat unhealthily.

    Move out. Then you don't live with them anymore and can make your own choices.

    I'm still recovering from agoraphobia. I have made many achievements, but unfortunately this is not an option currently.

    Then stop complaining. Your parents are taking care of you while you have an illness. Be thankful for that.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    usmcmp wrote: »
    Sorry for the swearing. Just needed to get it off my chest. People won't understand unless they still live with a family who eat unhealthily.

    Move out. Then you don't live with them anymore and can make your own choices.

    I'm still recovering from agoraphobia. I have made many achievements, but unfortunately this is not an option currently.

    Sounds like you should just appreciate that your family allows you to live there and eat the food they buy. I suffer from agoraphobia and at some point in life you have to do thing that cause you severe anxiety.
  • PeachyPlum
    PeachyPlum Posts: 1,243 Member
    Sorry for the swearing. Just needed to get it off my chest. People won't understand unless they still live with a family who eat unhealthily.

    You're 22 years old. Why is your mother responsible for buying and preparing your meals? If you don't like what's being served, buy your own food.

    Better yet, offer to help ole mom by cooking a meal for the family now and then. I'm sure she'd appreciate having a night off.
  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
    Sorry for the swearing. Just needed to get it off my chest. People won't understand unless they still live with a family who eat unhealthily.


    If I am not mistaken, you are an adult. Buy your own food and prepare it anyway you like. Problem solved. You can't change what other people are going to do, the only one you have control over is yourself.
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    Oh this OP... still making excuses?
  • NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner
    NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner Posts: 1,018 Member
    I lived on my own from being 18. I made my own food and stopped moaning. Lol
  • Lexicpt
    Lexicpt Posts: 209 Member
    I wish my mom still bought my groceries. :/
  • urloved33
    urloved33 Posts: 3,323 Member
    Sorry for the swearing. Just needed to get it off my chest. People won't understand unless they still live with a family who eat unhealthily.

    Sure you feel your efforts are being sabatoged and not supported. I can appreciate that.

  • gabrielleelliott90
    gabrielleelliott90 Posts: 854 Member
    usmcmp wrote: »
    usmcmp wrote: »
    Sorry for the swearing. Just needed to get it off my chest. People won't understand unless they still live with a family who eat unhealthily.

    Move out. Then you don't live with them anymore and can make your own choices.

    I'm still recovering from agoraphobia. I have made many achievements, but unfortunately this is not an option currently.

    Sounds like you should just appreciate that your family allows you to live there and eat the food they buy. I suffer from agoraphobia and at some point in life you have to do thing that cause you severe anxiety.

    Do you know my life story? No. Do you know what I do most days? Go out. I have a social life. I have friends. I have pushed myself many a time and succeeded. As a fellow agoraphobic, you should know that you can't just move out like that. My friend who is a retired child psychologist knows that you have to take it in small steps. You cannot walk before you run. If you do, you'll eventually just go backwards. Anyway this is MAJORLY OFF TOPIC.
  • MamaRiss
    MamaRiss Posts: 481 Member
    herrspoons wrote: »
    This topic needs a Linkin Park video.

    yes
  • Springfield1970
    Springfield1970 Posts: 1,945 Member
    By your age I'd left home and supported myself for 8 years. Please help your parents by getting your butt a job and buying some groceries. Agoraphobia my *kitten*. Getting a job will cure that.
  • gabrielleelliott90
    gabrielleelliott90 Posts: 854 Member
    MamaRiss wrote: »
    herrspoons wrote: »
    This topic needs a Linkin Park video.

    yes

    I LOVE Linkin Park. One of my favourite bands ;)
  • peachyfuzzle
    peachyfuzzle Posts: 1,122 Member
    usmcmp wrote: »
    usmcmp wrote: »
    Sorry for the swearing. Just needed to get it off my chest. People won't understand unless they still live with a family who eat unhealthily.

    Move out. Then you don't live with them anymore and can make your own choices.

    I'm still recovering from agoraphobia. I have made many achievements, but unfortunately this is not an option currently.

    Sounds like you should just appreciate that your family allows you to live there and eat the food they buy. I suffer from agoraphobia and at some point in life you have to do thing that cause you severe anxiety.

    Do you know my life story? No. Do you know what I do most days? Go out. I have a social life. I have friends. I have pushed myself many a time and succeeded. As a fellow agoraphobic, you should know that you can't just move out like that. My friend who is a retired child psychologist knows that you have to take it in small steps. You cannot walk before you run. If you do, you'll eventually just go backwards. Anyway this is MAJORLY OFF TOPIC.

    Cannot walk before you run?

    Strike that... reverse it... Thank you.
  • PeachyPlum
    PeachyPlum Posts: 1,243 Member
    OP, I just looked at your diary.

    ALL YOU EAT is potato chips and soda.

    And you're bitching about your mom making you chicken nuggets and fries?
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    From what you were offered for the evening, I would have had the breaded chicken strips with the vegetables.

    You need a stash of foods to go to when the parental offering is not to your standards. I have a relative in a group home and he got himself a bullet blender and extra fruits and vegetables. When he wants a healthy option, he makes a shake, while eating along with what he is provided by the home.

    You can mail-order some foods if a shopping trip is still too stressful. Get yourself some whey protein powder.
  • allyxnatara11
    allyxnatara11 Posts: 74 Member
    edited April 2015
    :/
  • NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner
    NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner Posts: 1,018 Member
    PeachyPlum wrote: »
    OP, I just looked at your diary.

    ALL YOU EAT is potato chips and soda.

    And you're bitching about your mom making you chicken nuggets and fries?

    BUSTED! :grin:
  • Lexicpt
    Lexicpt Posts: 209 Member
    herrspoons wrote: »
    This topic needs a Linkin Park video.

    Chester approves this message.
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  • gabrielleelliott90
    gabrielleelliott90 Posts: 854 Member
    I don't tell my mum to cook for me, I'm capable of cooking my own meals, I do it often. I don't tell her to buy food for me. I already let everyone know beforehand I was on a health kick. I have every right to say, ''no, I'm on a health kick'', if food is cooked for me without my knowledge and then expected to eat. I don't even like chicken nuggets, and I don't like chips much. I feel people are making too big a deal of it now and missing the point ;)
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    PeachyPlum wrote: »
    OP, I just looked at your diary.

    ALL YOU EAT is potato chips and soda.

    And you're bitching about your mom making you chicken nuggets and fries?

    Oh dear....
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    usmcmp wrote: »
    usmcmp wrote: »
    Sorry for the swearing. Just needed to get it off my chest. People won't understand unless they still live with a family who eat unhealthily.

    Move out. Then you don't live with them anymore and can make your own choices.

    I'm still recovering from agoraphobia. I have made many achievements, but unfortunately this is not an option currently.

    Sounds like you should just appreciate that your family allows you to live there and eat the food they buy. I suffer from agoraphobia and at some point in life you have to do thing that cause you severe anxiety.

    Do you know my life story? No. Do you know what I do most days? Go out. I have a social life. I have friends. I have pushed myself many a time and succeeded. As a fellow agoraphobic, you should know that you can't just move out like that. My friend who is a retired child psychologist knows that you have to take it in small steps. You cannot walk before you run. If you do, you'll eventually just go backwards. Anyway this is MAJORLY OFF TOPIC.

    I'm sorry, to the item in bold, what? What does that mean? You should run before you walk? I think I need to run. Away from this thread.
  • MsSquatAlot
    MsSquatAlot Posts: 238 Member
    usmcmp wrote: »
    usmcmp wrote: »
    Sorry for the swearing. Just needed to get it off my chest. People won't understand unless they still live with a family who eat unhealthily.

    Move out. Then you don't live with them anymore and can make your own choices.

    I'm still recovering from agoraphobia. I have made many achievements, but unfortunately this is not an option currently.

    Sounds like you should just appreciate that your family allows you to live there and eat the food they buy. I suffer from agoraphobia and at some point in life you have to do thing that cause you severe anxiety.

    Do you know my life story? No. Do you know what I do most days? Go out. I have a social life. I have friends. I have pushed myself many a time and succeeded. As a fellow agoraphobic, you should know that you can't just move out like that. My friend who is a retired child psychologist knows that you have to take it in small steps. You cannot walk before you run. If you do, you'll eventually just go backwards. Anyway this is MAJORLY OFF TOPIC.

    Wait... Aren't you supposed to master walking before you run? Running backwards sounds harder than walking. ;)
  • gabrielleelliott90
    gabrielleelliott90 Posts: 854 Member
    aimeerace wrote: »
    PeachyPlum wrote: »
    OP, I just looked at your diary.

    ALL YOU EAT is potato chips and soda.

    And you're bitching about your mom making you chicken nuggets and fries?

    BUSTED! :grin:

    That was BEFORE TODAY. TODAY I started my health kick. How could a health kick include crisps etc? Obviously it was started today. Use your brain.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    I don't tell my mum to cook for me, I'm capable of cooking my own meals, I do it often. I don't tell her to buy food for me. I already let everyone know beforehand I was on a health kick. I have every right to say, ''no, I'm on a health kick'', if food is cooked for me without my knowledge and then expected to eat. I don't even like chicken nuggets, and I don't like chips much. I feel people are making too big a deal of it now and missing the point ;)

    I also love the use of the phrase "health kick" which implies that this is temporary, and not something you are planning to sustain for the long term.


  • sperouty
    sperouty Posts: 23 Member
    If the chicken nuggets were baked and the chips or fries were baked, it isn't too bad. Adding vegetables like baby carrots and celery with fat free ranch dressing would be a good meal for you. Just make the healthiest choices you can in your situation.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    aimeerace wrote: »
    PeachyPlum wrote: »
    OP, I just looked at your diary.

    ALL YOU EAT is potato chips and soda.

    And you're bitching about your mom making you chicken nuggets and fries?

    BUSTED! :grin:

    That was BEFORE TODAY. TODAY I started my health kick. How could a health kick include crisps etc? Obviously it was started today. Use your brain.

    Oh the irony...

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