OK- this should Not be funny, but to me it is.
I just had this lecture Sunday again.
My eating habbits really seem to tick people off,
I am Always getting that lecture! :(
I went Vegetarian in 88?
Vegan in 89. . .no meat, milk, sea food, eggs, cheese, ice cream, ect
The problem is I wasn't supplementing correctly-
so I ended up in the hospital.
Recently I made a switch, and I now consider myself a 'recovering vegetarian'
I can again eat ice cream-
and I choke down milk, eggs, and cheese
But still no sea food or red meat.
I can sometimes eat chicken- but skinless, boneless, and cut up-
the slightest little thing wrong, and it sets me back and I can't eat it again for a long while.
My problem is I also have allergies: onions and carrots
I also DO Not like: mushrooms, green/red peppers, olives . . .many of the ingrediants in the 'regular' vegie foods.
Recently I went to a restaurant,
(I went w/ a friend who didn't tell the people making reservations about my food laws.) Without a problem they would have picked someplace else if they knew. . .but they had no idea.
So- the restaurant had *nothing* on the menu for me!
and I was so hungry too.
I asked about their vegetarian dish. . .onions, red & green peppers, carrots, & mushrooms. . .Nothing for me :(
So the waitress finally look at me and said. . .
"Well just tell me what you CAN have and we'll make something for you!"
I got a bowl of icky lettuce for dinner.
I do eat a balanced diet, take supplements, vitamins.
I work-out with weights 3 times a week to keep in shape.
I frequently come across people who make comments like-
oh your so skinny becasue you don't eat meat, you don't eat right.
No- I eat balanced,
I actually eat A LOT. . .MANY small meals so I have a high metabolism.
I do not eat fast food either.
I drink LOTS of water, I stopped drinking soda drinks in 1988 as well.
sigh-
So yeah, people can be argumentative, even mean about my eating habbits.
I don't push my habbits on anybody else.
so-
yeah, I just try to smile and say thank-you for the info.
Then I keep eating the way that works best for me.
Good Luck to you all!
~Zayna : )