eat right for your type question

[Guest guest]

Hi Teresa,

I have only been a vegetarian for about 2 months (still weening myself

off of dairy and eggs), I go to the gym regularly and am Type O. I

recently had some bloodwork done and there was no evidence of

protein/iron/mineral deficiencies at all. In fact, I am feeling

better and better every week: more energized, less bloated ... I am

sure to include rice and beans, and plenty of greens in my diet.

Considering there are whole cultures that utilize primarily vegetarian

diets and have less health issues than the US and other Western'ers,

I'd say we're on the right track here. (I'm certainly not saying

anything you don't already know!) Your hubby could do a little better

supporting you and your efforts towards health and

well-being, but stay the course! You're doing great.

Your daughter wants to please both of you ... Although hubby might be

shooting out negative messages, try to refrain from doing the same.

She'll come to remember your restraint and confidence as a lesson in

tolerance and open-mindedness. Something I'd like to think all

vegetarians are especially akin to. Keep up the good work!

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[Guest guest]

Hello again,

 

Thankyou to everyone who responded to my question!

Well, I don't think that my husband will ever give up meat, but it

would be nice if he cut back on the amounts, and if he could stop

eating the deep fried junk from the conveniant stores.

He seems to have rebelled against anything that is healthy. Before I

married him, he was interested in a healthy lifestyle. He ate the

healthy things that I ate, and never complained. He took the vitamins

and herbs that I bought for him. He even said that he could not

believe that he found a woman like me, and bragged to others about how

lucky he was to have found me.

 

Over the years, he has picked up more and more bad habits. He said

that he is having a hard time growing up and accepting the fact that

he is getting older, yet it is the unhealthy lifestyle that is aging

him. I am older than him, yet people think that he is way too old for

me!!!

 

A person cannot live on Mountain Dew, Coffee with sugar and milk in

it, steaks, deep fat fried chicken & pork strips, Jo-Jo potatoes with

ranch dressing, pepperoni pizza, and potato chips with clam dip...and

expect to be healthy! Oh yeah, I married a non-smoker, but he now

smokes a pack or two of Camel lights each day! It's his way to deal

with stress from work. Just because he has strong arms and can

out-lift the other guys at the gym, it does not mean that he is

healthy. He has constant sinus infections, he snores like a freight

train, and has bad gas and digestive problems. I moved into the spare

room, but he still wakes me up.

 

He gets mad at me because I buy healthy stuff, so he just buys the

garbage for himself. He won't eat breakfast at home, but will eat

chicken fried steak with white biscuits and greasy gravy at a cafe.

If I make him a lunch, he tosses it in the garbage or gives it to the

dogs. He also said that he hates the taste of organic foods!

 

Strange thing is, he boasts to other people that our daughter does

not drink soda...her favorite beverage is plain water. He boasts that

she loves to eat raw broccoli, carrots, green beans, cukes, and

several other vegis. Is he actually taking some of the credit?

 

All I can do is continue improving my ways, and hope that he will do

the same.

 

Take care,

Teresa