So today my parents threatened to ground me if I didn't eat pancakes and bacon with them. I didn't really know what to do so I ate the pancakes but not the bacon and now my body feels terrible. My parents also lectured me on eating too much fruit saying it would make me incredibly fat.... Obviously my parents are not well educated and it really makes me mad when they lecture me on my diet while they are completely unhealthy and sick all the time. I feel like it'll be impossible to be fully raw while I live with them, what can I do?
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Thanks so much for all the support and suggestions guys! With some persistence I managed to get my family to watch Forks Over Knives with me and they have become a lot more understanding about everything! They refuse to change their own diets but as for me they've decided to let me handle what I eat. Really appreciate all the help guys :)
I feel for you so much. I think that you should be completely honest with them, don't let their ignorance (for lack of a more accurate word) intimidate you. Try to inform them of the lifestyle and diet: show them pictures, videos, testimonies of people who have healed from diseases. Let them know how amazing you feel when you eat living foods and express what you really feel.
They don't know what they don't know and until you expose them to this knowledge they will stay blind to the beauty of it. Don't ever let them control what you are putting in your body, they are not nutritionists or even aware of how bad their food is so be courageous and stand up for what you KNOW is true.
Try to focus on eating as much fruit as you can so if you do have to compromise with cooked food it will be more balanced than if you were eating raw fats and oils. Also, instead of focusing on how they don't understand, focus on them being understanding, focus on being patient with them and yourself, pay attention to how you might react to them and if it's really helping the situation. And honestly, being grounded feels a lot better than eating cooked food ***especially meat, animal products, and gluten. So don't be intimidated by their words, they probably just want to sit down and eat a meal with you, maybe you could make your own so you can all sit down together even if you are eating different foods-that's what me and my sister did for a while.
Hope everything works out :)
Wow, i feel sorry for you... I have the almost same situation as you have.. I would say talk to your parents about this and just say that you feel good and that you don't need these things for your body. Try to make a compromise with them you can try to make your own raw pancakes the recipe is easy! You also don't have to eat 100% raw, you also can make banana pancakes! Good luck, i hope your parents will start supporting you <3
I was lucky that my parents were supportive of this lifestyle. If I were in your shoes I would first try to educate my parents with books, DR/Free's vids, or some other source. If that doesn't work then I would probably resort to high carb cooked vegan but only fruit for breakfast/lunch and grains for din. Eventually you might be able to ease into full raw without them even noticing it.