my mother pisses me off

So I call my mom today to discuss pre christmas plans, and she is in the local IHOP eating breakfast.she says "you would love this omlet Bree, it has mushrooms and peppers and swiss cheese"..and i say"mom i dont eat eggs and dairy" she flipped out wanting to know how i got protein and i said soy and beans and rice and she says you cant get everything you need from that and i told her yes i can ive been doing it for a month now.now she thinks im anorexic and wants to take me to a doctor and so forth and so on, and is trying to force non vegan foods in my face..what am i going to do??...knowing her shes always tried to control me but food wise she'll do anything she can to force dairy in me....

 

just be firm, but not confrontational. explain your moitvations politely, and dont give in or be hesitant or else she'll probably just keep pushing.

 

I would just go to the Doctor. He's not going to say "YOU'RE UNHEALTHY!!!", and your Mom will look abit of a fool.

 

my moms the same way, but she doesnt eat anything herself, so when she brings it up i just reply "at least i eat SOMETHING!"
i did a lot of research on vegitarianism and the health benifits and showed them to her. best way to challenge negative people like that is with the cold hard facts.

 

she keeps telling me crap like im gonna get cancer from not enough protein...lol..terrible..and the funny thing iis i know its not true....and she thinks my veiws on animal rights are ridiculous and she ggets angry with me when i bring up anytihng i believe in.

 

You bring up things just for confrontation?

 

um no...but when she literally tries to shove a chunk of fish down my throat then yeah im gonna say something...or she'll talk about stupid treehuggers and the way they eat then yeah im gonna defend myself

 

Protein isn't usually a problem for vegetarians like most people think.. Mostly its harder to get certain vitamins and minerals.

But eating two incomplete proteins (like rice and beans) gives you all the essential amino acids, and you don't have to eat both at the same time either. If you eat beans one day, and eat rice another day, you've made a complete protein. And there are plenty of foods with amino acids.
The only way a vegetarian would have low protein is if they were really uneducated about what foods contain what nutrients.
Sooo tell your mom that. =)

 

That was the first thing my FIL asked when he found out that I don't eat meat. "Where do you get your protein?" Uhhhh, from food.

My MIL who was told a while back that I'm veggie now, made turkey with all the trimmings for dinner yesterday, including a pork stuffing. She's never made pork stuffing before, but she did this year. My christmas dinner was corn, green beans, and sweet potatoes.

Kathi

 

ah yes well i went through hell at my sisters birthday on wednesday.my older sisters wanted to go to a local pizza parlor...thank god they had a salad bar....my older sisters tried to force cheese pizza on me(my little sis is way understanding of me, and respects my decision)i declined very nicely while my husband explained that i do not eat animal biproducts of any kind(hes such a sweetheart)my sisters rolled their eyes and got all pissy with me ...i got up with my little sister to go use the restroom and came back a few minutes later to only discover they had dumped cheese in my soda and were laughing about it....i got called a dirty hippie dippy and that soy is apparantly not meant for human consumption(dumb people.) blah blah blah...it was horrible...me and my husband and my little sis and her husband were more than happy t5o get the hell outtta there..i cant stand that kind of behavior at all

 

The person who put cheese in your drink was how old? Four or five?

 

I had the same shit with my father in law about protein, but he was a guest in my house and we only see them once a year, so I let it slide. According to him, beans, tofu and seitan have no protein. I just told him we weren't dead yet, with a sweet smile.

 

wow drummin that is one hell of an idea...can i ask u a quesgtion?..what do i do with the sister who took nutrition classes in med school?...shes the one im gonna have a tough time with...but i think i can do the rest and i think even make them see my side and why i deserve to be treated with respect as i do them.thanks so much!!!

 

try 34(35 in february) and 37....

 

naw oddly enough this was the night no wine was involved...ive always been the one who gets picked on by them...theyve always seemed jealous me and my little sis are younger...i dont know why, but they hate being 30 something instead of a teenager....and as for my older sis she has a degree in dietician and in respitory therapy, and shes the one im having the hardest time with.
see my oldest sister is a ceo of a company and my other sis went to med school...my little sis is 20 and im 22 and we enjoy simpler lives that are not so hectic and enjoy spending time with our familys. we are both married, but find it quite alright that we dont make 200 or 300 ks a year, and my older sisters frown upon that as well. i guess you could say we are very very different sets. ive always said its like me and my little sis are sisters and the older two are sisters and we arent really sisters with each other. then theirs two brothers stuck right in the middle who dont seem to fit in anywhere..

anyways im getting off topic but yeah shes going to be the hardest person to talk to also for the fact that she likes to argue and wont shut up until she wins...this also is another reason ive been avoiding talking to her.