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Ok so recently i've decided to become a vegitarian. But my parents think its stupid and that I won't last. They arent being supportive at all of my decision and they just wont accept it. It just really bothers me how they are so judgemental about this. what can i do to just get them to accept me being a vegitarian?
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Well, as you probably know, I myself am a vegetarian. My parents were pretty supportive about it and figure I'll give it up after a while.. they keep trying to tempt me with meat and such but the smell makes me sick, but I keep it strong anyway, it's all about will power.. Anyway. You can start on your own, I'm sure in your house you probably have carrots, vegetables and fruits.. So who says you are forced to eat meat? Now being a vegetarian isn't just not eating meat, you have to be careful about your protein because protein is what gives you energy and makes you strong. I like tofu a lot, so that is my main source of protein. But, you can get protein from a lot of other stuff too. Believe me, being a vegetarian is much easier than people think, but there are things you need to know otherwise it can be dangerous to your body.
Here's a list of some foods that have lots of protein.
-beans
A LOT of vegetarians eat mexican food like crazy, why? Because of all the beans. And let's face it, a lot of mexican food is cheap beyond all reason. But if you are like me, and hate beans this isn't a good alternative.
--eggs
For breakfast in the morning a good helping of eggs is full of protein. But this is only good if you are just wanting to be a vegetarian, if you wish to be a vegan" then this is an automatic out because vegans don't eat ANY animal bi-products.. I can't be a vegan.. I don't have that much will power..
-milk or shakes
My dad sometimes makes me milkshakes for an extra protein boost. You can do this with a regular old blender, strawberries, icecream, ice, and anything else you want to add. It's sorta fun to experiment and find out what you like, but milk has LOTS of protein and it's good to keep you strong. In my shakes I like icecream, a little bit of dr. pepper for zing, and ice to make it sort of crunchy.. but I'm weird like that..
-tofu
I eat tofu almost on a regular basis, a lot of people think it's gross but it's actually sorta fascinating.. because you can do SO much with it. It absorbs any flavor and there is so much you can do, and so many different things you can get out of it. It also has A LOT of protein. Just so you know, tofu is made from soy bean curd, yea it sounds gross, but it's good. You can also buy bags of just, soy beans in general to snack on. There are lots of microwaveable things that you can make that have tofu. Now I'm not suggesting the tofu dogs or hamburgers, I hate stuff like that personally, you can actually heat up the cubes and eat them, if you have some left over rice in the fridge and pour it over that.
now see, if you present to your parents that there are many EASY alternatives to being a vegetarian they will most likely want to help you. There are lots of cheap vegetarian products you can also find at the grocery store, and at almost every restaurant they have a vegetarian part of the menu. If you can convince them that you won't be a hassle, I think that you being a vegetarian could work. I hope I helped you and if you have ANY more questions I'd be more than glad to help, it's good to see another budding vegetarian. :)
-Sarah
p.s. just so I don't forget to put it, you dont' have to become a FULL vegetarian, I know lots of people that just eat chicken, because studies show that beef/ or steak is actually bad for you, or worse than chicken.
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