Hi, I hope you read my last post ‘When my Teen told me she wanted to turn Vegan’, and I hoped you found it interesting. I am not going to beat around the bush or put posh words in my posts. I am simply going to tell you like it is. Real Life in my house! Compromising with my Vegan Teen. I left my last post yesterday with. She was ready. There was no swaying her, she had made up her mind! Was I going to sway her? Did I try one last time for her just to go Vegetarian and not Vegan? And did I succeed? Yes, I did! Yes, you better believe it I managed to sway my daughter to go vegetarian for a while. Just to see how she would go. Of course, I was thinking to myself. Yes, success. She was not going to stick to it. Hell, she loved her junk food. You know just grabbing a bite at a fast food chain, or ordering a pizza, (with pepperoni which she loved). She is not going to miss out on this. It will get to her she will give in! I will give her maybe a month and it will be over. No more worrying for me that she is eating the right vitamins and supplements. No, I did the right thing, I had won. Yay!
Mmmm wow how wrong I was! She did stick to it. She didn’t just stick to it. She ran with it, and when I say “with it”, I mean literally. She was running, she was exercising she was getting fit. Now, my daughter, was the kind of daughter most of us have at some stage in their adolescent life. You know if you walked too far they would complain and moan that her legs were tired. But here she was training and eating great. My daughter just did not turn vegetarian but her whole outlook on food and exercise changed. She was so pleased with herself, and in truth so was I! She stuck to it, I was wrong, yes I was wrong. Three months later she was still a vegetarian.
Off course as any parent would, you have to watch what she is eating. We do this on a normal diet with our children, make sure they have enough, vitamins such as potassium, magnesium, folate iron, calcium, omega etc… And when she turned vegetarian these things become very important. Just a quick fact B12 is only found in meats. So this is just one of the things that you need to get your Teen, when they decide to become Vegan or Vegetarian.
So this post was all about compromising with your Teen. Give it a go especially if they are young and you don’t think they are quite ready to become Vegans or maybe your just not ready to adjust to this lifestyle. Because believe me for a teen to become a vegetarian or Vegan you are their support. And also believe me, when I tell they will come to you for advice. I feel I defiantly compromised with my Teen.
I have just more thing to say before I sign off. At this time when my Teen was a Vegetarian. I still heard her constant banging on about wanting to become Vegan. She still felt guilty about animal products that were in her food. Yes, she was not actively eating meat but she was eating animal products that are found in food.
Hope you have found this post interesting and somewhat entertaining. Please comment below and I will be sure to comment back.
Thanks, For reading.
Yes, this post is absolutely good and interesting. I am not a Vegan, but I meet some peoples as a vegan and they enjoy their food,
Hi I am glad you enjoyed it. I wanted to give my readers a true insight into my life living with a Vegan Teen.
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Fantastic article. I have 3 daughters, one getting ready to step in her teens. It can be tough when they want to do things like this, you wonder are they just following others. I let my daughter make a change in her life and we talked about it. I realized it’s a part of finding their identity.
I’m happy your daughter made a decision and has stuck with it.
Thank you for the great article.
David
Hi David thank you for leaving a comment. And yes it tough bring up a teenager. But it also one of the most rewarding job being a parent. I love my job with the challenges watching them grow, Lots of laughter and tears along the way. Also, i have three daughters so I can totally relate. All the best to you David. And please come back as I will be posting some more updates. That I hope you find amusing and interesting.
Have a fantastic day
Sheila
I see…. Some do go for being a vegan I know the benefits are probably better than a person who eats everything but I love meat! LOL!
Thanks for leaving a comment. I also have a meat-eating husband. So I can relate to you. lol I will be doing some more posts regarding this so, please. Living with a Vegan and Meat eating husband. I hope you will find it amusing. Please come back to Vegging Vegan Beauty for more updates
Sheila
I’ve had one daughter who turned vegetarian at 8 and vegan in her teens another daughter who turned vegan in her early twenties she lost nearly 3 stone, and her eczema is minimal and yes it’s been hard but definitely worth it and they are both so knowledgeable on balanced diets, what annoys me most with all the stupid questions, are overweight people asking me whether I worry about them eating healthy???
Hey thanks for your comments. What has really stuck out for me is your last question. I do believe it all about education. If people do not know they will ask the most random question. Education is everything with food as you are well aware of bringing up teenage daughters that are vegan and vegetarian. And wow 8 years old that’s pretty impressive I would be proud and also worried and I am sure these people asking you these questions have really not had much education on it themselves. When people are scared off change. Its human nature to ask the silliest questions, without actually thinking that you know as a parent what you are doing. My last note “Human nature is a funny thing” But congrats to you for supporting and being what sounds like a awesome mum. And please come back for for more post
I have really considered turning Vegan or partially Vegan. I believe the dieting plan is just much more healthy. Meats really do contain a lot of harmful chemicals in them.
That is pretty awesome that she stuck with it though. What do you think was the hardest part for her during the first 2 weeks? I have heard it takes 21 days before something becomes a habit, though.
To be honest it was not really that hard for her. Yes, she had battles but I was probably the mum to blame on this. It was not her battles it was mine. I really did not want her to become Vegan. The answer to your question you will know! And once you have made the decision it will not take two weeks it will happen instantly. My daughter believed in herself and once we compromised it happened the same day. I am going to post so many more blogs about this journey and I really hope you will come back to my website. I will give you inspiration and thoughts. Believe you can do it and it will happen and not within two weeks.
It will happen the same day.
Give her some bacon
oh stop it. I’ll give you some bacon. funny