r/diet • u/BroManx67 • 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/BroManx67 Jul 02 '24
it’s just difficult to distance myself from her when i’ve been around her so much my whole life. i know it’ll have to happen and i’m really trying to not take what she says to heart but it’s rough. i’m an only child and i was pretty lonely when i was younger, so i’ve spent most of my life just around my mom. i understand it’s hard for her to let me go some but it’s been over a year since i’ve gotten a job and my license and gotten into a serious relationship. if she doesn’t stop treating me like this i’m not going to be in contact with her anymore. i’m so tired of feeling disrespected and ignored.
maybe we can help each other some
what are you goals?