Thought I would try to start a new thread here...us teens need to be more active diettalk members I think. Anyway, whether you are trying to lose weight or in my case recover from an eating disorder, how are your parents with it? Supportive? I have to say that I am so fortunate to have my mom...she sends me words of inspiration everyday and is a big motivation for me to get better...I hated making her so scared. As a recovered alcoholic she can really relate to the fight that I have with food...it is similar to her fight with alcohol. However, I know that a lot of people's parents aren't like that at all. I have plenty of friends whose parents, moms in particular, are on them about their weight all the time and such which really doesn't do anything except make you feel worthless and ****ty. If your parents are like this, make sure you have someone that you can go to for support, be it a friend or another relative or someone here at diettalk...the struggle against food is a tough one and a helping hand or words of support are always appreciated. Love you guys, Alecia

You're definitely lucky to have your mom there. About a year ago i was battling with an eating disorder as well. While i managed to get over that one, i'm left with an equally difficult entirely different one. Halloween was no help. I feel so fat i don't even want to leave the house. Sometimes it's just really hard to see how anything is ever going to be different or be the way it was or have enough confidence in myself to make a change. However, there is one thing i know for a fact. It's ten times harder to do it alone. It's impossible to stress enough just how important it is having someone there for support. Take care of each other:ghug:

I am lucky. Congrats on getting over the eating disorder. I know how tough it is. It takes a strong person to do it...so you must be strong, and whatever you are dealing with now you can get through too (maybe with a little support from the people at diettalk...don't be afraid to start a thread all about you to get support from people) And looking at your stats, you are far from fat...I am sure you are beautiful. Here is my quote of the day for ya hun..."Redefine sexy to include yourself." You can do it, and as for the difficulty Halloween adds, maybe give away some of that candy to your favorite little kid or bring it to a homeless shelter...try to limit yourself to just a piece or two everyday...maybe later in the day so you can look forward to that treat throughout the day. You are right about needing support. Hope you feel like you can come here to get it. Love ya bunches, Alecia

Y'know... I'd have to say I'm pretty luck too. Both my parents have been amazing while I've been on my diet. They used to be pushy... especially my mom. But as the years rolled by, I got heavier and she gave up. She still put me in programs and stuff, but never really expected anything anymore... Thank goodness. It wasn't until I decided that it was time and that I wanted to do it for myself that things started working. She even went on the diet for a while too... just to know what I was going through and especially how to cook and prepare food to help me out a little. All in all I'm lost almost 35 lbs. I feel so much better about myself, and I know there's no way i could have done it without her.... Now she's like my best friend.

And alecia, thanks for posting that quote... whoever spoke those words was a very wise person.

Well, I hope you guys have a great day... and buy the way Estella, congrats on beating your disorder!!

Luv, Singer

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Yea, my mom's really cool about it, since she's going through the same things. Since she's lost so much weight, i try to follow her plan. which is simply watching your calories and making sure you exercise almost every day if not every day. She goes for a walk with her friend down the road every day, usually 2-3 miles, maybe more, but since its starting to snow she walks to the Walk Away the Pounds tape, which i like to do also. Sometimes I run on the tredmill if i don't feel like doing anything else...
But yea my mom is totally suppotive and wants to help me any way she can.... lucky me hehe:o