Buying other people meat/Robin

[Guest guest]

Unfortunately Robin, often this doesn't work, at least in the " healthy food "

sense. In the case of my in-laws, they are in an assisted care home. They really

enjoy my cooking and baking and I enjoy doing it for them...they always

appreciate it so. After they had lived there about a year, I asked at one of our

appointments if I should start making their " goodies " and their lunches more

healthy. I make my husband and mine healthier by using the correct forms of fat

and whole grains and raw sweeteners. We're used to it, but others aren't.

Anyways, they commented on the stuff I bring and the lunches that I make for

them and I thought that I would ask. They told me not to worry about that. The

important thing was that my in-laws ate and that if I started bringing in

healthy stuff but they wouldn't eat it, that is what would be bad. So, I still

just make what I would consider " junk-food " for them. I've tried the healthier

versions and found most of it still there when I

returned the next time. The thing too is that it's so much more expensive

making it healthy so I really hated seeing that stuff wasted.

Stef

 

robin koloms <rkoloms wrote:

Here is another alternative: speak to your parents' health care

providers. They should have spoken with your parents about nutrition and should

have referals for them for a nutritionist. If professionals tell your parents

that they should be eating differently, they may be more likely to believe this.

Lunchables are loaded with toxins and shouldn't be eaten by anyone.

 

Kendrah Nilsestuen <carebear-79 wrote: Okay, back again. Sorry to

bring this up repeatedly, but a new twist

has occurred.

 

My parents really have no interest in me buying lunch meat and making

Lunchables for them. They don't want to spend the extra money, or

even let me pick up the difference. They want the processed

Lunchables to eat. That is what they like. My mom told me this week

she didn't like the organic cheese I bought them, and wanted her old

conventional kind. And trying the vegan faux foods isn't even on the

radar.

 

Now I'm starting to get a little frustrated. I feel like I'm trying

to make a compromise here. They just can not see the problem. I

should just buy them what they want. I don't have anyone else I can

call on to buy it for them.

 

So, many of you suggested a compromise on the healthier meats. If

your parents were unwilling to do that, would you just buy them what

they ask for? My dad is just out of the hospital with heart issues.

If I don't buy them the foods they want to eat then if I know my dad,

and I do, he is going to get behind the wheel of a car (which he

shouldn't) and go get it himself.

 

My parents are sweet, loving people. They really aren't trying to

make my life hard. It is two completely different ways of viewing the

situation. They don't think they are asking me to do anything that

would compromise my own personal integrity. It isn't as if they are

asking me to eat it. They aren't even asking me to pay for it. My mom

has a (vegan) co-worker friend who bought her dinner this week. My

mom wanted sesame chicken, so that is what her co-worker picked up

from a chinese restaurant. My mom can't see why as a vegan

(especially after her vegan co-worker bought her dinner) I'm

reluctant to buy the food they want.

 

I feel like I should put people before principles, I do. But, I'm a

little perturbed right now that they won't even try to meet me halfway.

 

Kendrah:)

 

 

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[Guest guest]

It is difficult to change the way people think about food. However in time

they will learn . It is possible to show them the facts about what their

eating and how it will effect them. With a few substitutes and introduction of

new

foods , some people will be able to make the change. With the people we

love we very often have to turn a blind eye , to their diet of choice Remember

: " every man has a right to choose his on destiny " ( Bob Marley )

Even when we know it's killing them. It's their choice

 

Create A Day Full Of Blessings;

Lynda Carter

 

 

 

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