Mum (mom) & Dad

twinketta

I have read so much on the MFP website about parents sabotaging/not being supportive to their sons/daughters....in fact some horrible and terrible stories.

So, I would like to hear some good stuff about your Mums (moms) n Dads there must be some out there that have been good parents?????

twinketta

awww so sad that nobody has a good parent :noway:

teeley

my parents are both AMAZING...I love them with all my heart, they are always there when I need them...:)

likeschocolate

Mine have been very supportive throughout.

For example, when I went to visit on my last vacation, they planned restaurants so there would be healthy choices.

Am thankful to God for them.

MrsDrk

Well.. my in-laws are amazing supports! When we travel out there, they make sure to ask if its something I can eat, and constantly reinforce my progress with me. They are amazing people

bluefox9er

I just finished a 20 mile run..my first ever at that distance, a HUGE deal for me, and told my mom what i had just done. she just said " thats nice, dear. want some tea?"

I ADORE that woman :-)

FahadNaseem

They are Wonderful. Everything I have or what i am today is because of them :flowerforyou:

DawnieB1977

My parents are amazing, I love them to bits. My mum had leukaemia last year and that was the worst year of my life. She's in remission now. She's a real fighter, such an inspiration. I have 2 kids, and I hope I am as good a mum to them as my mum is to me and my sister and brother.

Aimeebird1

My Mum being the good sport started doing WW in support and now naggs me and tells me im not hungary to get out of the fridge ahahah. Dad just lets me tell him what he should and shouldnt be eating and nods in pretend interest ahaha

twinketta

Wow, I am so happy that there are some good supportive parents out there in the MFP world!!!!!

Please keep those support stories coming

It makes such a refreshing change, I am not tryng to put anyone down that has unsupportive family but it is soooo nice to read some good stuff for a change

iulia_maddie

My parents are both amazing people who would do anything for me. They worked so hard for what they have, and still do. I am extremely grateful for all the love and education i got at home, and can only hope that if i ever decide to have kids i will do half as good as they did in raising me.

auntiebabs

I always say I was blessed with a fat Mommy...

I have 3 sister... who were all rail-thin.
I was the "chubby" one.

My sisters took after my Dad's side of the family.
I took after My Mom's side of the family.
And my Mom, whose parents separated before she could remember, had been compared to her tiny mother her whole life.
She knew what it felt like to be compared and while she tried to protect me from that. Even so, I still always had that comparison between me and my sisters in my head.

I was different to the point where Mom watched what I ate in comparison to my sisters.
She kept an eye to see if I was sneaking food. If I was taking more helpings at dinner time.
She came to the conclusion that I ate exactly the same as they did. We just had different metabolisms.

While she taught all of us the basics of good nutrition. She never deprived me of a treat that my brothers and sisters were allowed to have. She didn't think that was fair.

When I was 14 I got tired of being called "tub of lard" at school. And took it upon myself to start watching what I ate.

And when I did she was nothing but supportive and encouraging.

There were never lectures or admonitions. But little bugs dropped in my ear now and then when she I'd be receptive.
Gently little reminders of what a healthier choice might be, BUT IT WAS ALWAYS MY CHOICE.

If we (she & I) wanted to be thin we would always have to watch.

A baked potato is healthier, than mashed, because of the added butter and milk.
Mustard has less calories than Mayo.
Ketchup has sugar in it.
Pretzels have less calories than potato chips.

Suddenly,
There were always fresh cut carrot and celery sticks in the fridge.
and skim milk.
There was ice milk in the freezer.
And probably a hundred other things that I don't even recall.

When I did have a Yodel or a Ring Ding, there were no sighs or head shakes.
I would live with the results of my actions either way.

That year I lost 17 lbs, then grew 5 inches and I kept the weight off for 25 years.
She has always been proud of me that I succeed where she failed.

I was hit by a car, which left me with chronic low-grade pain, which had impacted my activity for years.
And put on 30+ lbs (worked through it with yoga, better now)

Which brought me here...

LaurySch

I always say I was blessed with a fat Mommy...

Wow, your mom is amazing, auntiebabs! And a great example for me with my kids. My mom and I (and my gramma, aunt and sister) have a tendency towards plumpness and an appetite for foods that don't lend themselves well to thinness! So as we both struggle to change our eating habits we are aware of how my teenage son and daughter are watching us and our attitudes towards food and exercise. I've tried to explain to my son to let him know that I am concerned with the bad habits he is developing but I always make sure that he knows that I love him no matter what he looks like and he cannot change that no matter what he chooses to eat! Thanks for sharing about your mom - I really hope my kids will have stories like this of me!

Rachlovesfitness

can my In-laws count? They might as well be my parents...my father in law is in his mid sixties and rock climbs three times a week and runs five miles every other day He is my hero

sweetfluffy

my mom passed away nine years ago , but my father is sooo supportive & carring ,,, my grandma as well - she's a fasion designer - & she is sooo proud of me and my fit body xDd ... she always tell my other sisters (( who was so fit & healthy )) to be like me ... because i gained alot of weight during my pregnancy but thanks GOD who gave the power & willness to fight & change ... May God bless them & bless all of ur beloved once ^^

triggsta

They have been supportive so far. I've been doing much more bodybuilding stuff lately, though, and I have a feeling that there will get to a point when they say I'm getting too muscular. I show pictures of my idols, people who I wish to look something like, to friends and family and they just think it's gross. But I've got a few friends with similar goals, so it helps. Not everyone needs to like my choices

dodihere

I miss my parents terribly. My mom was a bad *kitten* and my dad was a loving generous man. They separated when I was 18 years old because my mom went schiz and ran off my dad because she thought he was poisoning her coffee, she got really bad and no, there wasn't anything we could do because she was still able to care for herself and not harming herself. For 15 years my dad still took care of her - paid her bills, gave her grocery money. When I moved out of town my mom and dad reunited. A little over a year later my mom died of cancer and a little over a year ago my dad died of emphysema.

My parents loved me the best way they knew how. I was raised poor but never knew it. I was raised to work hard and you work for everything you have, never expect anything and never ask for a handout and live with what you got.

Sadly my brother passed away before my mom died, and I was the bearer of bad news to my mom. I thought was the worst thing I have ever experienced in my life, then my first grandchild died. I have been anguished with grief in my life.

Love deep and full and know that love is different and isn't always the same as the way you perceive love and cherish your family always.

quirkytizzy

My parents are not good people.

However, my ex-mother in law was and still is one of the most amazing women I know. I met her when I was 17 and she became my surrogate mother. She fed me, showed me how to fill out a job application, helped me finish school - all kinds of things. And she is still in many way my mother figure. She has even stuck with me when her son and I got divorced.

I owe so much of my life to her. She was what made me believe in the idea of parents. And I know I'm never alone now because of her.