Wife Keeps Pushing Me To Go Vegan

[Anonymous]

OP here. I will consider eating a meatless day but I need the protein from chicken or salmon to feel full. Unless you laid it up with beans and avocado, vegetables and salad are not going to fill me up and keep me full all night long.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I will consider eating a meatless day but I need the protein from chicken or salmon to feel full. Unless you laid it up with beans and avocado, vegetables and salad are not going to fill me up and keep me full all night long.

I’m a woman, I can eat a vegetarian meal once in a while but I definitely feel healthier with meat. How are you with tofu, chickpeas, lentils, etc.? I usually feel better if it’s vegetarian from a cuisine that actually has a long tradition of veg meals as opposed to just eating American food minus the meat.

[Anonymous]

Don't do it. Once you get skinnier arms than her she will leave you

[Anonymous]

Ha, I was your wife several years ago. When you first get into Veganism, you're super enthusiastic and want to convert everyone. Months later, your hair is falling out, you're exhausted all the time, and you secretly and shamefully wolf down fast food cheeseburgers when you're alone in your car.

Same, except I got depressed and constipated. OP, your diet looks plenty healthy to me. Veganism works for some people but not for most. Eat what works for your body.

What is motivating your wife? Has there been a health scare in the family? Has she gained weight and is looking for a way to lose it? (Veganism is not it.) Does she have a history of disordered eating or food restriction? Is something else going on that is making her look for control somewhere? (I mean, other than a pandemic.) I would try to address the underlying cause and not the behavior.

[Anonymous]

Gross. The codependent, control disguised as “support” dynamic you have going on is pathetic. Do you have kids? A job? How can you possibly be able to spend so much of your energy on the details of your diet and the potential snark you might get on DCUM based on your knowledge of previous posts related to eggs and butter. Your wife also sounds like she probably has an eating disorder she’s masking with a stance. Using you to normalize it. It’s all so, I don’t know, petty and fake? Eat what you want. Wife can eat what she wants. If this is the biggest source of conflict in your marriage, count your blessings and calories together.

[Anonymous]

Vegans look like they have one foot in the grave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Almost nothing more annoying than a vegan evangelist.

Can you imagine if there was a vegan into crossfit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gross. The codependent, control disguised as “support” dynamic you have going on is pathetic. Do you have kids? A job? How can you possibly be able to spend so much of your energy on the details of your diet and the potential snark you might get on DCUM based on your knowledge of previous posts related to eggs and butter. Your wife also sounds like she probably has an eating disorder she’s masking with a stance. Using you to normalize it. It’s all so, I don’t know, petty and fake? Eat what you want. Wife can eat what she wants. If this is the biggest source of conflict in your marriage, count your blessings and calories together.

You sound like a nut job. Many people, including you, spend time on here while working FT with kids. How do you find the time to post on here with your ever so busy life? So dramatic.

It’s not codependent to want your spouse to adapt the same lifestyle choices as you, and it’s not codependent to decide not to.

It takes 5 minutes to post and OP didn’t even come back to post until almost 24 hours later. I wouldn’t call that spending all of your time on here.

[Anonymous]

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.

Many of the foods vegans eat are total junk. Unless a vegan is eating whole foods (unprocessed and natural) I've found that vegans rely on unhealthy meat substitutes and pasta.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Almost nothing more annoying than a vegan evangelist.

Can you imagine if there was a vegan into crossfit?

Who’s also a Diva Cup user.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gross. The codependent, control disguised as “support” dynamic you have going on is pathetic. Do you have kids? A job? How can you possibly be able to spend so much of your energy on the details of your diet and the potential snark you might get on DCUM based on your knowledge of previous posts related to eggs and butter. Your wife also sounds like she probably has an eating disorder she’s masking with a stance. Using you to normalize it. It’s all so, I don’t know, petty and fake? Eat what you want. Wife can eat what she wants. If this is the biggest source of conflict in your marriage, count your blessings and calories together.

You sound fat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I will consider eating a meatless day but I need the protein from chicken or salmon to feel full. Unless you laid it up with beans and avocado, vegetables and salad are not going to fill me up and keep me full all night long.

I am not vegan.
One vegan meal I like and fills me up is falafel in pitas with tahini sauce and romaine. The romaine not so much but it adds a great crisp. I like the frozen falafel Traders Joe’s and I have made baked falafel from Trader Joe’ s mix.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gross. The codependent, control disguised as “support” dynamic you have going on is pathetic. Do you have kids? A job? How can you possibly be able to spend so much of your energy on the details of your diet and the potential snark you might get on DCUM based on your knowledge of previous posts related to eggs and butter. Your wife also sounds like she probably has an eating disorder she’s masking with a stance. Using you to normalize it. It’s all so, I don’t know, petty and fake? Eat what you want. Wife can eat what she wants. If this is the biggest source of conflict in your marriage, count your blessings and calories together.

You sound like a nut job. Many people, including you, spend time on here while working FT with kids. How do you find the time to post on here with your ever so busy life? So dramatic.

It’s not codependent to want your spouse to adapt the same lifestyle choices as you, and it’s not codependent to decide not to.

It takes 5 minutes to post and OP didn’t even come back to post until almost 24 hours later. I wouldn’t call that spending all of your time on here.

It’s not codependent to want support but it is codependent to want to change what someone else is eating. Food is very intimate and emotional, personal taste and cultural meaning play a role in what people want to eat — not just medical reasons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gross. The codependent, control disguised as “support” dynamic you have going on is pathetic. Do you have kids? A job? How can you possibly be able to spend so much of your energy on the details of your diet and the potential snark you might get on DCUM based on your knowledge of previous posts related to eggs and butter. Your wife also sounds like she probably has an eating disorder she’s masking with a stance. Using you to normalize it. It’s all so, I don’t know, petty and fake? Eat what you want. Wife can eat what she wants. If this is the biggest source of conflict in your marriage, count your blessings and calories together.

You sound fat.

Nope PP is right. They are both weirdos.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I will consider eating a meatless day but I need the protein from chicken or salmon to feel full. Unless you laid it up with beans and avocado, vegetables and salad are not going to fill me up and keep me full all night long.

I am not vegan.
One vegan meal I like and fills me up is falafel in pitas with tahini sauce and romaine. The romaine not so much but it adds a great crisp. I like the frozen falafel Traders Joe’s and I have made baked falafel from Trader Joe’ s mix.

Agreed.

My husband makes Egyptian koshari.
A layer of rice, a layer of chickpeas, a layer of lentils. Spicy tomato sauce and fried black onions as a garnish. Delicious and filling. I promise.