How can I convince my parents to start eating healthy?
I am 15 years old and I am overweigth. I am researching around and looking on how to eat healthy, because frankly, I have been eating hamburgers and chicken nuggets my whole life and I know I need to change. But my parents continue to buy hot dogs and ice cream bars, especially my dad. They are reluctant to change but I want to educate them on how to eat whole grains, vegetables, and fruits instead of all meat.
The problem is that they have to buy the right stuff so that I can eat it, because obviously, I can’t go grocery shopping. My mom is currently on the atkins diets and I’m pretty sure its not working. How can I get her to eat healthy and buy the right stuff.
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Excellent!!!
Start with bringing home some pamphlets about eating healthy, losing weight, controlling diabetes , preventing heart disease … anything to do with living a healthy lifestyle. I threw diabetes in there because most people who are overweight develop diabetes, and getting a handle on your health now will be a huge factor in preventing heart disease and diabetes when you’re an adult.
Start asking your mom to pick up fruits, vegetables, and whole grain bread for you, and make sure you eat those things FIRST, before you eat any of the junk food in the house.
Start making healthy choices for yourself when you go out – even fast food restaurants have healthier choices nowadays, including fruit cups and salads and fruit juices.
Start cooking on weekends or whenever you can. Ask them to pick up specific items, and then cook dinner or lunch or breakfast using those items. Practice with small amounts first, so you get some practice in and can be sure the food you are serving is edible
Someone else mentioned eating healthy yourself and criticizing your folks … that is not the right way to handle things. Nobody likes being criticized. Try encouragement and serious discussions … they are liable to be much more effective in the long run!
Throwing away food they spend their money on is also not likely to be very effective. However, asking Mom to prepare a healthy salad with the chicken nuggets instead of fries is a good compromise. So is eating a sandwich piled high with lettuce, tomatoes, or any other crunchy vegetable (sliced carrots, sliced zucchini, sliced cucumber, alfalfa sprouts, etc etc etc) alongside a handful of chips and dip or a couple of cookies. Making a conscious decision to make better choices while still using up the not-so-healthy foods in the house is a better decision than throwing away things behind your parents’ back.
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