Today, my morbidly obese mother gave me an angry lecture at dinner, saying without any trace of irony that my vegetarian diet is "unhealthy and utterly unacceptable". FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I scolded my son at a buffet after he pointed at an obese woman in a motorized wheelchair and asked how anyone could let themselves get so unhealthy. As I lectured him on genetics and thyroid problems, she rolled past with a plate stacked with an obscene amount of fried food. FML
Today, my stepmother, an uncontrolled diabetic who refuses to change her abhorrent eating habits, berated me for how "mean" I am for limiting my kids’ junk food, and making them eat a portion of vegetables with every meal. Yeah, real mean. FML
Today, despite feeling healthier than ever, losing fat, gaining muscle and having perfect blood results, my morbidly obese relatives keep telling me that my new vegan diet is "unhealthy". FML
Today, I had to sit and listen in mortification as my mother tearfully told our therapist how much sleep she loses over my being morbidly obese. She doesn't seem to care that I'm body positive and happy with the way I am. FML
Today, after I skipped dessert for the third day in a row, my mom cornered me and accused me of being anorexic. I'm actually not far off being clinically obese and I'm just trying to diet, but nothing I say will convince her. She wants me to see a psychiatrist about a disorder I don't even have. FML
Today, I asked my mom if she could include mashed potatoes and gravy with dinner. She then went on to yell at me about my "unhealthy eating habits" and how I've "gained a lot of weight in the past few months". I'm pregnant. FML
Today, I told my mom that I think I’m anorexic and she told me she didn’t care. When I asked why, in disbelief she replied, "Honey, you are 5’3 and over 350 lbs, at this point you NEED to be anorexic." FML
Today, I decided I need help, so I confessed to my mother that I'm bulimic. After she looked it up online she started screaming at me for "Wasting food that I'm not paying for." FML
Today, I found out my mother-in-law is trying to force me to lose weight, even though I am trying, and have a medical condition. FML
Today, my boyfriend called my mother stupid and angrily argued with her at a family dinner. Why? We have a long-running family joke that "Vegan food doesn't contain calories," and my boyfriend thought my mum said it seriously, and was therefore a moron. FML
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karcummings 19
Sounds like you need to give her a lesson on what and what's not healthy.
wheresmymary 22
Her attitude is unhealthy and utterly unacceptable!
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Comments (151)
RammerJammer62 8
Well vegetarian diets are unhealthy, but not nearly as unhealthy as eating carbs or candies, which she probably consumes daily.
Dean__Winchester 16
Does she really think she has any room to talk on "unhealthy"..? Look, how I see it, don't judge someone based on their eating habits, mind your P's and Q's, especially when it CAN backfire on you, like...being insanely obese and while eating a doughnut lecturing YOU on how you choose to diet.
ViviMage 40
Make sure you read up on complete protein combinations. Soy is close to having all amino acids but no plant contains all of them. Meat have all of amino acids so nothing is loss in meat, but a "hot diet" could be created in a vegetarian lifestyle. Peanut butter and jelly is one such complete protein combo. Also, add fiber gradually to avoid gassy feelings. Your mother is a fine one to talk.
middlenamefrank 8
Judging other peoples' dietary habits is generally a bad idea and a fruitless endeavor. For you AND your morbidly obese mom.
uchihadesendent 14
OP kudos to you for sticking to a vegetarian diet and what your mom said was stupid and ignorant nuff said!
dractheripper 11
She's just gonna spout more fatlogic at you that unfortunately won't get trapped in her orbit. Try and move out or put your foot down, hard. They spew stupidity like that if they're insecure about you looking better than them.
dfiggs 17
The beetus logic is strong with this one.
nevereyes 31
Well she is right but if she's obese then her diet is by far worse
RageWolf16 31
The name is the best part... "Tardspawn"
Fairyjoshy 13
She might be projecting her self-loathing and depression on you for taking a diet she didn't have the willpower or energy to take. I'll give you a "YLS" for this one because that's still not right, and I hope she apologizes to you. But she might not be wrong. It depends on *your* specific vegetarian diet. Are you getting the right nutrients? Are there unhealthy chemicals* in them? What's your budget? Are the ingredients you desire local or will you have to order them? How are you flavoring your food? Are you eating too much fruit? Are you using too much salt? Too little salt? There's a lot of factors. And of course, you can't fit it into an FML that you've done this research. *Specified "unhealthy chemicals" because everything you eat will have natural chemicals. Some will be good for you. Some will be very bad for you. Some will have long names or short names. And the same goes for unnatural chemicals. Chemicals now looks like it's spelled wrong to me.