New to group...long introduction...cry for help...

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I am new to your group and I'm really enjoying all your posts and recipes. I

began making

the transition to vegetarianism in January of this year for the strict purpose

of becoming a

more healthy being. I have lost 60 pounds and have about 40 more to lose.

There is big

time diabetes and heart disease in my family. My husband works in Californis

and comes

home to Colorado on weekends. He does a great job of eating whatever I place

before him

and while it's not vegetarian, it does include PLENTY of fruits and veggies with

some whole

grains and lean meats. When he's in California working however, he eats

horribly. I check

the online banking every night and at least once a day there is a debit at some

fast food

joint. I beg him to go shopping and keep healthy things to snack on around our

place in

Cali, but he just won't do it. It's easier to go out and grab something fast.

He is 20 years

older than I am so I NEED him to live until he's about 110. LOL ... I have 16

year old twins

who have an open campus at their high school and they eat fast food for lunch

almost

every day. While they are home, my son is more willing to eat the way I do, but

my

daughter is a bit more difficult. She loves raw veggies...bell peppers, snap

peas, broccoli,

tomatoes...etc...but she will couple that with whatever her boyfriend brings

over from

McDonald's. If he's not around, she will go to the store and buy packaged and

processed

foods for herself. Considering I began this whole lifestyle change when they

were 15, I

certainly don't expect miracles, but this is way more difficult than I ever

expected it would

be. I have trained myself to see food as a source of fuel, and nothing more, so

we don't

do dinner parties anymore, we don't go out much. Eating has always been such a

huge

social event for us and now I don't know how to help my family stop pickling

themselves.

 

Thanks so much for letting me be a part of your group. I am looking forward to

ANY and

ALL suggestions.

 

Georgette Nystrom

[Guest guest]

Welcome, Georgette! And congrats on the weight loss!!

 

I so hear you. I have been a vegetarian for over 30 years, but I wasn't

a healthy vegetarian for most of that time. (I've heard the term

" vege-junk-etarian " and that was me.) I switched to a vegan diet in

January for health reasons and I'm now _much_ healthier. I have lost 75

lbs and need to lose another 30, but I've plateaued for the last 3

months. (And it's getting old, let me tell you. I've even joined a gym

and I go every day.)

 

I have two daughters, ages 12.5 and almost 15. The youngest is

vegetarian, happy to eat very healthy and she has also lost weight this

year. My eldest is determined to eat lots of meat (especially fried),

processed junk, sweets, and other garbage. Thing is, she's a bunhead

(she's in a pre-professional ballet program), so she's _very_ thin and

not very motivated to change her eating. I'm concerned about her

stamina, resistance to illness, and the like, but she is SO stubborn.

Wish I had been into healthy eating when she was younger and more malleable!

 

Sharon

 

Georgette wrote:

> Hi,

> I am new to your group and I'm really enjoying all your posts and recipes. I

began making

> the transition to vegetarianism in January of this year for the strict purpose

of becoming a

> more healthy being. I have lost 60 pounds and have about 40 more to lose.

>