Help my mom is a total HEALTH FREAK?
Of course, every singke parent wants their child to be healthy but I think my mom has taken it way too far. She will not let me eat the tiniest bit of junk food. I am not allowed to eat chocolate, candy, icecream, chips, cookies, soda, etc. The only thing she will let me drink is water, milk and smoothies. She won't even let me drink juice because of the added sugar UNLESS the juice contains 0 sugar then I will be allowed to drink it. Same with lemonade it contains a lot of sugar so I'm not allowed to drink lemonade. I think the last time I had a chocolate bar was 4 years ago when a friend offered me one at school though I wasn't allowed to have one, I never had potato chips in my life actually I have but that was 7 years ago and I thought junk food tasted good, I understand I can't eat junk food all day but why not once in awhile? And for Halloween Im not allowed to go out for candy. I have never ever been trick-or-treating in my life. EVER. And also since my mom only cares about healh, on Halloween she gives kids apple slices. Not even candy apples but fresh fruit like apple slices. I mean, really? Halloween is about candy and she gives people fruit. And also my mom doesn't let me go to birthday parties because she know there will be junk food like cake there. Unless it's a cousin's birthday then I'm allowed to go but she tells the parents to order a salad for her child instead of giving her cake. And when I'm at a party I feel very left out because I am eating salad while the other children enjoy cupcakes and cake.
My mom also makes me do excersise. She says in order to stay healthy you need to workout. I have to wake up at 6am to do at least a half hour of excersise before I go to school. My school is a 45 minute walk from my house yet, she still makes me walk that far of a distance because its "healthy" and walking is excersise and driving me to school is not. My mom also gives me a very strict schedule. I have to be in bed by 8:30, it sounds extremely early I know and I have to wake up at 6 to do excersise, then my mom insists on me eating a BIG BREAKFAST that consists of healthy boiled eggs, bread (must be whole wheat bread, I cant have white bread), a bowl of fruit, yogurt and cereal and I must drink a smoothie. All my friends go to bed at 10 or 11 and wake up at 7 and I cant do that. That's why I cant have sleepovers or go to a friends house because my mom knows junk food and TV will be involved. I find it extremely unfair because I never once saw my friends outside of school. And all my friends are all about getting together during weekends and I'm very left out on that.
My mom also doesn't let me grow my hair long. It must be ABOVE the shoulders because she says if I have long hair all the vitamins and minerals will go to my hair instead of my body helping me grow. I have no idea if this is true and also I have to have a haircut every 3 months (im a girl) and my mom gets a haircut every month, she has short hair herself. My mom also will not let me wear makeup because it is bad for you skin, nail polish because its bad for your nails, I cant even get an earring because metal is bad for your skin according to her or get a tattoo when I'm older, things like that! She won't let me wear heels because it is bad for your bones. There are so many things she won't let me do because she believes its not good for you.
So there you have it, my mom would literally KILL me if I ate a tiny piece of candy of drank only a sip of soda. I would be in very big trouble if I did and its not fair because there are many foods I want to try but she won't let me just because of how "unhealthy" it is. She checks the 'nutrition facts' frequently and on everything she buys from the grocery store. I must have the right amount of fruits & veggies, meat, milk and bread products a day, I must get enough excersise and sleep. There are also so many things she won't let me do just because its "unhealthy" and I feel like I'm missing out a lot on what life has to offer. I can say that in my entire life I never had icecream. People think I'm weird for it. Its because my mom doesn't let me. All I know about icecream is that its cold and that's it. How can I convince my mom to let me once in a while have a bit of junkfood? I tried everything.