teen eating challenges

I don't know if I need suggestions or just a chance to speak out. My daughter is almost 15 and I have been fairly strict about her having or not having some foods and eating healthier, so I thought. About three years ago I started looking at the nutrition labels on some of the advertised "healthy" options for kids and found them no worse or better than anything else on the market. So that already p****s me off. Over the three years I've switched to mostly whole wheat and we only have the cereal with 3 grams of fiber or more and I always serve a salad and we have veggies as a side and I put out only one carb like bread or potato or corn or pasta or rice but we would never have more than one of those options.

So this is my delimma, I'm trained in early childhood ed and know the potential risks from making negative comments about weight and body image. I don't want to do that but I do want to provide a lot more education to her. She is currently in the middle of the high rage for BMI, but not near the obese range, and I would like her to be in the middle of the lower range, which means a 40 pound drop for her. I think my "example setting' is good, but not enough and have opted to be more proactive with her. We've been talking about her eating habits, not her weight, and I have chosen to set one fitness and one nutrition goal a week for her to focus on. The first one is to drink 8 glasses of water a day, which I'm not saying will eliminate the higher calorie juices she drinks, but it will do that.

She doesn't seem nearly as motivated as I am, and I suppose that's a good thing because she's basically very happy with herself as she is, which I love that confidence she has, but I don't think I'm doing her justice by letting her pounds creep up to 180 then 190 and before you know it, I have a 200 pound senior. Fortunately, she's compliant without complaining, although I know she hates it, I can always use her phone to motivate her. I would just like to hear from other parents of teens who have been through this kind of thing with your own kids. Today I could really use someone telling me I'm a good mom...or am I truly Satan in disguise as she sometimes has a way of making me feel.