Wife Keeps Pushing Me To Go Vegan

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Frustrating. Can you try eating vegan maybe once or twice a week? Suggest that if she stops nagging you about it, but it will help the animals/planet more than if you are 100% not vegan. I love being a meat eater, but I feel I can do vegan 2x a week (and have when my family members are stricter about their vegetarianism/veganism).

But if she nags or even mentions veganism on your non-vegan days then the next vegan day is off. I really mean that. You should not have to deal with that.

OP here. I can but I need the protein to feel full. I don’t feel full on just a salad or plate of vegetables like she does.

I'm with you. I don't have any long term energy without protein.

[Anonymous]

Vegans are very unhealthy. I’d push it all back on her to change.

[Anonymous]

Those that live in longevity zones all eat some animal protein.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/books/article/5-blue-zones-where-the-worlds-healthiest-people-live

[Anonymous]

Op, your wife sounds controlling. Tell her to keep all this to herself or tale a hike.

Looks like she is insecure and need validation from you for her choices of going vegan.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do you eat like crap?

Doesn't matter. Not his wife's choice.

Vegans are insufferable. Just eat what you want to and STFU.

More likely she is the one eating a poor diet snd is nutrient deficient

+1. She is struggling to stay vegan in a nonvegan society.

It would be like if someone woke up one morning and decided to eat only pink food and then struggled to only eat pink food in a non-pink food society.

Deciding to be vegan is a choice and deserves no more special consideration than any other fad diet.

Also, there are no meaningful vegan societies on earth.

[Anonymous]

Almost nothing more annoying than a vegan evangelist.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Frustrating. Can you try eating vegan maybe once or twice a week? Suggest that if she stops nagging you about it, but it will help the animals/planet more than if you are 100% not vegan. I love being a meat eater, but I feel I can do vegan 2x a week (and have when my family members are stricter about their vegetarianism/veganism).

But if she nags or even mentions veganism on your non-vegan days then the next vegan day is off. I really mean that. You should not have to deal with that.

OP here. I can but I need the protein to feel full. I don’t feel full on just a salad or plate of vegetables like she does.

I'm with you. I don't have any long term energy without protein.

OK, OP, what do you actually want from this thread, then? I keep hearing "I can't do that" or "I won't do that" from you. No advice needed if you won't be open to it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Frustrating. Can you try eating vegan maybe once or twice a week? Suggest that if she stops nagging you about it, but it will help the animals/planet more than if you are 100% not vegan. I love being a meat eater, but I feel I can do vegan 2x a week (and have when my family members are stricter about their vegetarianism/veganism).

But if she nags or even mentions veganism on your non-vegan days then the next vegan day is off. I really mean that. You should not have to deal with that.

OP here. I can but I need the protein to feel full. I don’t feel full on just a salad or plate of vegetables like she does.

I'm with you. I don't have any long term energy without protein.

OK, OP, what do you actually want from this thread, then? I keep hearing "I can't do that" or "I won't do that" from you. No advice needed if you won't be open to it.

He wanted to get pats on the back for how awesome he is and great his free range egg and Kerrygold butter diet is. I bet his wife isn’t even a vegan and doesn’t give two sh*ts what he eats

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do you eat like crap?

OP here. No. The thing is we always ate very healthy and a mostly plant focused diet. I don’t really cut anything out but we mainly ate lean protein, veggies, fruits, complex carbs, and healthy fats.

A typical day of eating. I’m 6’1”, 190lbs.

Breakfast: 3 pastured raised eggs fried or scrambled in 1-2tbsp Kerrygold butter, two pieces whole grain toast, and a side of fruit or a veggie egg scramble with a side of fruit, or oatmeal with fruit and nuts.

Snack: Yogurt with granola, hard boiled eggs, nuts, protein shake, smoothie, etc.

Lunch: Leftover or a large salad with tons of vegetables, protein from meat or beans, and avocado. Sometimes a side sandwich or a side of crackers and hummus if I’m super hungry.

Snack: Same as other snacks. I try to mix things up throughout the day.

Dinner: Lean protein, vegetables, and a salad or carb.

We only order out maybe once a week and will make pancakes for breakfast over the weekend. I don’t eat much red meat and we don’t drink expect for the occasional glass of red wine or beer 1-2 times a month.

Too much snacking. In general broad strokes, most vegans are healthy and most vegetarians are really fat. Pick your team.

OP here. Not too much snacking. I eat every 3 hours and would be starving if I didn’t snack between meals.

Not all vegans are healthy. There are many vegans who eat junk food that they think is healthy because it says organic or vegan.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Dude, doiit! those PLNT burgers at Whole Foods are some thing I think about every eight minutes.

Most plant based meats are unhealthy. It’s basically a bunch of oils and salt.

Clearly an uninformed opinion.

No. Look at the ingredients.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who cooks the meat for dinner?

OP here. We both take turns cooking but I mainly cook most of our meals. I meal prop my chicken and salmon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you eat like crap?

Doesn't matter. Not his wife's choice.

Vegans are insufferable. Just eat what you want to and STFU.

More likely she is the one eating a poor diet snd is nutrient deficient

Many vegans and vegetarians are malnourished and nutrient deficient.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you eat like crap?

OP here. No. The thing is we always ate very healthy and a mostly plant focused diet. I don’t really cut anything out but we mainly ate lean protein, veggies, fruits, complex carbs, and healthy fats.

A typical day of eating. I’m 6’1”, 190lbs.

Breakfast: 3 pastured raised eggs fried or scrambled in 1-2tbsp Kerrygold butter, two pieces whole grain toast, and a side of fruit or a veggie egg scramble with a side of fruit, or oatmeal with fruit and nuts.

Snack: Yogurt with granola, hard boiled eggs, nuts, protein shake, smoothie, etc.

Lunch: Leftover or a large salad with tons of vegetables, protein from meat or beans, and avocado. Sometimes a side sandwich or a side of crackers and hummus if I’m super hungry.

Snack: Same as other snacks. I try to mix things up throughout the day.

Dinner: Lean protein, vegetables, and a salad or carb.

We only order out maybe once a week and will make pancakes for breakfast over the weekend. I don’t eat much red meat and we don’t drink expect for the occasional glass of red wine or beer 1-2 times a month.

It’s settled. You are even more annoying than your vegan wife

Yep. It was the “pastured raised eggs fried in Kerrygold butter” that did it for me.

No one wants this much detail about your diet, dude. You and your wife are a good fit.

You must be new to DCUM if you think people don’t want to know exactly what OP eats. Sounds like OP is eating a healthy diet. Pasture-raised eggs cooked in healthy fats like grassfed butter is fine. Check out Bobby Parrish (FlavCity) on Youtube.

OP here. I did that because some would ask what kind of eggs or butter and say eggs and butter are not healthy unless pasture raised. There was a thread months back and many posters said meat and dairy were unhealthy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who does the cooking? She shouldn’t feel obliged to cook something separate for you and neither should you for her…

OP here. We both took turns cooking but now I cook my meat and we both make side dishes like vegetables or salads.

[Anonymous]

Stop stop stop with the meatless stuff. Not at all healthy.