Help with Parents

How old are you? Can you get a job? What are your stats?

I don't understand the not telling them because they'll keep buying unhealthy things. I'm guessing it will be no different then before? What's the real reason for not telling them?

I live in a house with a husband who is bigger than I am and likes a lot of different things than I do. I also live with a 15 year old son and 17 year old daughter. Neither of them need to lose weight and they like cookies, pretzels, frozen pizzas etc. We have ice cream in the freezer, beer in the garage and all sorts of other things that might be high in calories etc. I eat exactly what I want from all of that stuff and stick to my calorie goal. I don't talk about it, I just do it. If your parents serve you rich and creamy macaroni and cheese, just eat a small portion. If they serve meat and potatoes and you don't want the potatoes, just eat the meat and politely decline the potatoes. This is great practice for the rest of your life, when you eat in restaurants or at other people's houses or when you have a family and they all have different likes and needs. You can do it!

Portion control.

Hard to help when you have an unknown age and weight. Are you, in fact, overweight by the bmi?

My friend's stepson is a teenager and he dropped the weight he wanted to lose, just eating smaller portions of the food they buy and serve (mostly JUNK in my opinion...I try not to demonize food but they eat mostly fast food, frozen pizza, pot pies, snack cakes, etc). He doesn't drink soda at all anymore which helped him drop weight immediately. Their family is made up of gamers who love Mountain Dew and he just drinks water now.

If I had to guess, I would say he's about 5'7" and went from probably 180+ lb to 155-160 lb. His exercise is just walking to the bus stop 2 blocks away & walking around the neighborhood. I was impressed when I saw his progress, because he told me and my husband (who have both lost large amounts of weight) what he wanted to do and we hoped he would be able to do it, knowing his dad & stepmom weren't gonna buy special food or be much help to him. I have seen him eat 1/2 frozen pizza and then turn down ice cream. Or insist on ONE pot pie with a little scoop of mashed potatoes, instead of the 4 pot pies apiece that his dad and skinny brother have for dinner.

Sometimes parents (like his) mean well but don't know a lot about how to lose weight. My friend (his stepmom) starved herself, drank protein shakes only, and went to Curves everyday to lose about 10 lb and then gained back 50.

Even though your parents are buying the food, perhaps you could go along to the grocery store and pick out some things? My mom did the bulk of the shopping and was always willing to bring home things we requested - within reason of course.

Best of luck!

~Lyssa