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Hellobee Boards Topic: Were you allowed to eat what you wanted when you were younger? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 08 Aug 2026 05:25:18 +0000 cranberryapple on "Were you allowed to eat what you wanted when you were younger?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-you-allowed-to-eat-what-you-wanted-when-you-were-younger#post-587639 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:10:36 +0000 cranberryapple 587639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes, we were. My family hardly went out to eat, so we would mostly eat home-cooked meals, but I still remember buying my first bag of Flamin' Hot Cheetos in 4th grade, and since then until years after college, I still would buy myself a bag of chips at least once a week, usually more. Those were my weaknesses. My parents weren't around to watch us because they were working, and my grandmother let us do what we wanted. anonysquire on "Were you allowed to eat what you wanted when you were younger?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-you-allowed-to-eat-what-you-wanted-when-you-were-younger#post-587360 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:03:19 +0000 anonysquire 587360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My mom cooked everything and gave us snacks and stuff. But whenever she lefty the house to run errands or whatever my older brother, sister and I would make "chocolate milk". Cocoa powder, milk and sugar. Way too much sugar! Modern Daisy on "Were you allowed to eat what you wanted when you were younger?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-you-allowed-to-eat-what-you-wanted-when-you-were-younger#post-587339 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:55:53 +0000 Modern Daisy 587339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nope! My Mom cooked all our meals and we never had any junk in the house like soda, candy, chips etc. I used to beg for Lucky Charms but I never got them! I'm sooo glad my Mom was this strict because I now eat a healthy diet as an adult! mediagirl on "Were you allowed to eat what you wanted when you were younger?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-you-allowed-to-eat-what-you-wanted-when-you-were-younger#post-587322 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:43:38 +0000 mediagirl 587322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No way. We ate what was cooked for the family meal. If we didn't eat dinner, oh well. It was in the fridge if we got hungry later. MsInformation on "Were you allowed to eat what you wanted when you were younger?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-you-allowed-to-eat-what-you-wanted-when-you-were-younger#post-587318 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:42:39 +0000 MsInformation 587318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was a picky eater, so my parents were just happy if I was eating something. My mom did have a totally arbitrary ban on colorful breakfast cereal, so we never had Fruit Loops or Lucky Charms in the house. Oddly enough, since this restriction was based on color and not nutrition, my brother and I ate insane amounts of Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch. In my parents' defense, though, we had nutritious homecooked dinners as a family pretty much every night of the week. I think that helped offset all the junk food and soda I ate between meals. Adira on "Were you allowed to eat what you wanted when you were younger?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-you-allowed-to-eat-what-you-wanted-when-you-were-younger#post-587021 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:18:15 +0000 Adira 587021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ The things I really remember were that we didn't have a lot of candy/junk food in the house, we were only allowed soda on the weekends, and we had to eat whatever was made for dinner (or fend for ourselves with a sandwich/cereal/etc). littlek on "Were you allowed to eat what you wanted when you were younger?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-you-allowed-to-eat-what-you-wanted-when-you-were-younger#post-586984 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:08:36 +0000 littlek 586984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was allowed to eat whatever I wanted or I wouldn't eat. I was a very picky eater. Funny enough, not picky at all as an adult. Reese on "Were you allowed to eat what you wanted when you were younger?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-you-allowed-to-eat-what-you-wanted-when-you-were-younger#post-586967 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:04:03 +0000 Reese 586967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yep. My mother cooked a good meal every night but we had snacks available to us all of the time/ our halloween candy was kept in our room and they didn't keep track of how much we ate (one of my fondest memories haha). We were both lean children as well and very active so I think it was a good balance. rachiecakes on "Were you allowed to eat what you wanted when you were younger?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-you-allowed-to-eat-what-you-wanted-when-you-were-younger#post-586938 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:56:43 +0000 rachiecakes 586938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No my mom was like yours, made healthy meals, packed school lunch. We never went to McDonalds or had junk like candy and soda. We would have it, just not at the house or whenever we wanted. DH is the opposite. He could eat whatever he wanted whenever. He tells me about eating an entire carton of ice cream when he was 5/6 and how he got really sick from it. His parents were nuts. DH is in great shape and we're both vegetarians, thin, healthy. But he has some terrible eating habits - he'll eat nothing during the day and then ransack the house at night, eating a whole box of cereal or bag of pretzels. I do not want to pass that behavior on the DS..... Mrs. Lemon-Lime on "Were you allowed to eat what you wanted when you were younger?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-you-allowed-to-eat-what-you-wanted-when-you-were-younger#post-586850 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:41:01 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 586850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pretty much I ate whatever I wanted, but my parents didn't expose me to alot of junk so I wasn't asking for it. I think their food prep wasn't healthy, bit our house wasn't full of soda and candy and snacks. sarac on "Were you allowed to eat what you wanted when you were younger?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-you-allowed-to-eat-what-you-wanted-when-you-were-younger#post-586752 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:23:44 +0000 sarac 586752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yeah, and I have terrible eating habits. My children will be allowed to eat what they want, in general, but that will be because we won't keep junk in the house. LemonLong on "Were you allowed to eat what you wanted when you were younger?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-you-allowed-to-eat-what-you-wanted-when-you-were-younger#post-586730 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:19:54 +0000 LemonLong 586730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yeah, we never asked. If it was in the house it was fair game! We used to take the carton of eggs and throw them at each other or use them to play catch and when my mom went to use them there wouldn't be any left! Mrs. Pickle on "Were you allowed to eat what you wanted when you were younger?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-you-allowed-to-eat-what-you-wanted-when-you-were-younger#post-586703 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:16:46 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 586703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We had to ask when we wanted a snack. We usually had two choices at lunch and had to eat whatever was cooked for dinner. Alivoo01 on "Were you allowed to eat what you wanted when you were younger?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-you-allowed-to-eat-what-you-wanted-when-you-were-younger#post-586676 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:13:33 +0000 Alivoo01 586676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We ate whatever my dad cooked Bookish on "Were you allowed to eat what you wanted when you were younger?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-you-allowed-to-eat-what-you-wanted-when-you-were-younger#post-586322 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:59:46 +0000 Bookish 586322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yeahh we had really bad eating habits in my house. Dessert was a nightly thing (that was taken away as punishment, oi) My dad was constantly on yo-yo diets and when he splurged, we ALL splurged... and when my mom didn't feel like cooking (which was a lot) we would get fast food. Healthy snacks didn't really exist in my house, and I'm really hoping for that to be different with LO. Anagram on "Were you allowed to eat what you wanted when you were younger?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-you-allowed-to-eat-what-you-wanted-when-you-were-younger#post-586308 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:56:46 +0000 Anagram 586308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was basicaly allowed to eat what I wanted after I was old enough to get my own after-school snacks, but we didn't have much junk food anyway. My mom never bought sugary kids' cereals, sodas, juices, cookies, chips, etc. She *would * usually have graham crackers though. So that was one of my favorite sugary snacks. So I could make myself a PB&J sandwhich with milk, or an apple with graham crackers, or cheese melted on saltines in the microwave. Stuff like that. sera_87 on "Were you allowed to eat what you wanted when you were younger?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-you-allowed-to-eat-what-you-wanted-when-you-were-younger#post-586296 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:53:09 +0000 sera_87 586296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nope! She still watches/limits my food when I visit yellowbird on "Were you allowed to eat what you wanted when you were younger?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-you-allowed-to-eat-what-you-wanted-when-you-were-younger#post-586294 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:52:43 +0000 yellowbird 586294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was. I was extremely picky. There was a time in my life where all I would eat was scrambled eggs! blackbird on "Were you allowed to eat what you wanted when you were younger?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-you-allowed-to-eat-what-you-wanted-when-you-were-younger#post-586283 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:50:25 +0000 blackbird 586283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ When we were really young, we had to ask. When we got older, I remember just grabbing things like Hostess cupcakes and granola bars from the cupboard. i don't plan on keeping these things around. My idea of snacks ends up being fruit, almonds, etc. I'm going to be a boring mom :P At least, if i keep these things, they'll be kept out of reach for special occasions. Fruit snacks aren't a "snack" :P When we went out to eat, we could get whatever we wanted. My husband is still horrified that I was allowed to order the fried appetizer sampler plates for dinner. Grosses me out thinking about it now, LOL! Dandelion on "Were you allowed to eat what you wanted when you were younger?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-you-allowed-to-eat-what-you-wanted-when-you-were-younger#post-586282 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:50:25 +0000 Dandelion 586282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My mom wasn't too picky. We kept cookies baked in the house and stuff, but none of us were real pigs about it. I take that back...my brothers would INHALE stuff, but my mom still didn't seem to give it much thought. We were all really lean kids, though, so I think that's why she didn't make an issue about it. We had nice healthy meals, so we were pretty balanced. Bao on "Were you allowed to eat what you wanted when you were younger?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-you-allowed-to-eat-what-you-wanted-when-you-were-younger#post-586266 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:47:13 +0000 Bao 586266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yeah my parents were not picky at all...I mean, my mom made healthy meals but we could have snacks, pop, fast/fried food. autumnlove on "Were you allowed to eat what you wanted when you were younger?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-you-allowed-to-eat-what-you-wanted-when-you-were-younger#post-586257 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:44:14 +0000 autumnlove 586257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My mom cooked the majority of our meals and we had to eat healthy...there were very little exceptions like soda, sweets or fried food.