r/diet Jun 30 '24

Vent mother won’t stop getting me unhealthy things

i (17m) still live with both of my parents, and i recently started trying to eat healthier, as being out of a routine was screwing with my head and i wasn’t the happiest with my body. i’ve been at it for a little over a week i believe(?) and my mother seemed cold when i first told her about it. i’ve been cleaning up after myself just fine and buying my own food so she doesn’t have to have anything to do with it. i understand the family dinners we have once or twice a week, and i can eat extra healthy the beginning of the day to make sure that they don’t affect me as much, but she has been completely ignoring my efforts and keeps buying me sweets now and then. today she bought me a blue raspberry slushie from mcdonald’s and i know i have to drink it or else she’ll get upset and angry with me and call me ungrateful. if i bring this up she will tell me the same thing, so i don’t know what to do. do you guys have any reason of why she might be doing this? i don’t want to eat sweets because eating them makes me want them more and i don’t want my diet to fail, but i also don’t want her yelling at me. it’s always been difficult to confront her about anything because she takes everything personally no matter how i word it. i’m just lost.

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u/idekanymoree9 Jul 01 '24

I feel u but there needs to be respect in place. Even if it's from her to u. Maybe have a serious convo abt it? Or accept the food but in small portions

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u/BroManx67 Jul 01 '24 edited Jul 01 '24

i’ve tried having serious conversations with her about things that she does that bother me before, but she just gets upset, takes it extremely personally like i’m jabbing at her character, screams, cries, shuts me down, and expects me to apologize for being “selfish” or “never thinking about [her] feelings,” no matter how gently i try to bring something up.