How do I convince my parents that I want to become vegetarian?!

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Why would you need their permission.
Didn't you realize that they are people out there that will actually go for days as a vegetarian and not even notice: oatmeal for breakfast, apple for a snack, veg wrap at lunch and a coffee, spaghetti with tomato sauce for dinner... OH NO, I FORGOT TO EAT MEAT!! Really, some people SAY 'I could never eat a meal without meat, but actually they do that all the time without thinking about it.

Hey, I'm a vegetarian. I stay in India and this place is vegetarian heaven. It's great that you wish to become vegetarian too, it has so many benefits. Its will serves as an excellent lifestyle, it helps maintain weight, gives you great skin and hair, makes you more calmer and purifies your body. All this apart from the fact that you'll be helping the environment. I know there is a common mis-conception that vegetarian food is bland and tasteless, but that is not true. If cooked in the right way, you can please your senses and open up hitherto unknown culinary pleasures. Make sure you know the right recipes.
What you can do is, check out some unique recipes and make them once or twice making sure that your parents have them too. If they like it, you can continue making them and gradually you can tell them that you wish to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle.

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You'll find some new and unique vegetarian recipes. All the best :)

I did the same thing you want to do ( going vegetarian for a week) without telling my parents and I just made beans when I felt like I needed protein. I am now entirely vegetarian and my mother completely supportive, she goes out of her way to make meals that I can eat. If she were not supportive I would have only eaten meat when it was mixed in with the food (I.e. I could not separate the meat from the turkey soup but I could pick it out of a burrito ). Just eat as little meat as possible and when you move out you can go completely vegetarian.

Just calmly explain to them what you want to do. Sometimes people assume that you're dieting or that you aren't going to have a healthy diet, so you'll want to explain to them that it's a healthy choice.
Sometimes people worry about what you are going to eat instead of meat, and where you are going to get enough protein. Perhaps show them some recipes that you want to make for yourself, and address their concerns.


Also, just a word of advice for going vegetarian for a week-- are you going cold-turkey? For me, it was easier to gradually cut meat out of my diet (like, first stopped eating beef for a few weeks, then cut out pork, etc.). It's different for everyone, but that's my experience.

Show them proof about its rising popularity and say in the most "adult" way possible that it is a life style choice you want to try for many reasons. Say that they dont have to do it themselves but at the least you would just like some support while you try to figure out if it is for you or not.

Also, do some research. Find recipes that are easy and that you could make yourself for dinner. Try not to leave it up to them to cook two seperate dinners everyday just to accomodate you. Find recipes that use ingredient they already buy so its also not adding too much to the grocery list. The longer you work on vegetarianism, the more accepting they will get about it.

Yes I know what that situation feels like. I am 13 now and went veg at 11 and believe me my parents were NOT happy. Comments like "vegetarianism is a fake American thing in other places they eat meat" and "what will you do for protein?" and so on came up and stopped me untell I just said one day "no I love animals and I can't say that while consuming this filthy unhealthy product" plus my doc said I could. Show them PETA and mercy for animals clips of factory farms or just videos found on YouTube and explain the health bennifits and why you are doing this and that you are just trying it out. Hope this helps.

Hope you had a great Christmas

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Not sure why you would want to try it for a week and see. Define your reason. Is it weight loss, a healthier lifestyle or are you animal friendly, maybe all three? Research a week's worth of menus including nutritional info and make sure you understand how a vegetarian gets their proteins. You must also be willing to pay for and prepare your own meals. If you are responsible enough for the change, please take the responsibility to provide for yourself. Good Luck!!!

Tell them that it is a really healthy choice for you and that you are just gonna try it out. After a week just tell them that it is your decision and they'll ignore it after a while.

They cant stop you from becoming a vegetarian.