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Cooking for myself
15/f
Just to clarify one thing:
I'm a vegetarian not because I want to lose weight but because I promote animal rights. And I plan on turning a vegan when I turn 18. [No one seems to know what goes on in the animal factories. It's living h*ll for the animals and we as people certainly do not need meat to survive.]
I basically run 2 miles in the morning and walk 2 extra miles and do some target toning exercises for 40min the morning or an hour of pilate [sp?] I need to lose weight because I have fat on my stomach and down below all the way to my calves. I need to watch my caloric intake, and to do this, I cook for myself most of the time, because 1. I'm the only vegetarian in the family 2. I can control my food portions to the right amount and 3. Because I cook my foods in a healthy manner [steaming, boiling, baking. No frying or stir frying in oil, etc]
My parents "worry" about me being a vegetarian. To tell you the truth, they worry about everything I do because they think I'm not well knowledged in things I believe in. So basically, I can't get through to them that I'm a vegetarian because I choose not to be part of the society that fuels the animal factories & NOT because I want to lose weight. So this is the weird deal with them: they tell me that I need to get slimmer yet they say that I don't need to "diet" They automatically assume that running = eating whatever and how much ever of it. My parents pretty much eat portions that are meant for two people. Not one. So when I do eat food for one person, they think that I'm not eating enough or something.
So, I was wondering how can I get through to them that I want to cook for myself in a nice way but still a strong way? How can I get them to stop worrying about everything I eat and that I can take care of myself??? They won't get off my case and they're making it hard for to lose weight because they keep criticizing me about what I eat!!! And usually they're making me stuff myself to death by pulling guilt trips on me!
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ok i seriously understand the vegitarian thing, i didnt eat meat for over a month in attempt to be a vegitarian but it is difficult to do for me because it is expensive anyway... and if you walk 4 miles everyday that is like insane wow im impressed and if you eat small portions of food vegitarian or not then i guess you got to accept who you are and embrace your womenly curves, besides me 18 year old brother says he likes chicks with extra fat it dosent bother him and most of his friends dont mind either, and i did notice though that vegitarian food seems to be higher in fat than non vegitarian food maybe tell your parents that lol if theyre convinced your trying to starve yourself, and i guess just talk to them more because it sounds like your trying to communicate with them already and just let them know how you feel and congrats on the whole vegan thing to impressive!!!
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First of all, you should tell your parents straight out that you can take care of yourself, and that they need to stop bothering you about it. To make your point stronger, try searching up facts about being a vegitatian and how it's healthy. If you show your parents the facts and how much your willing to be dedicated to it, it'll show your parents that this is something you really care about and want them to stop bugging you about.Hope I helped!
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