My first time doing lent / Tips?

This is the first year I’m gonna do lent and I am really excited to start this journey with the lord. I’ve noticed that so much of the time I’m spending in the game is very distracted against the lord and I even skip the designated prayer times I have set for him. So because of that, I have decided to try lent this year. But the thing is, I’m a protestant that’s still a minor. I’m not sure how my mom is gonna be when I tell her I’m fasting for lent, or even if I should tell her at all since she’s bought all these groceries for me WITH MEAT (because I only recently heard of and decided to participate in lent, like only a few days ago) and I really don’t want them to go to waste but I think she’ll understand.

Do you guys have any tips for lent? Maybe some things that should be cleared up like misconceptions, or just general encouragement, I’ll take anything really. Thank you for reading and have a great lent!