Frustrated (parents)

[shiznit2169]

My parents are being totally anal about the number of egg whites i eat in the morning. They keep claiming that it is bad for my health, especially for my cholesterol. They think i should only be eating 1-2 egg whites every morning rather than 7-8 (with only 1-2 whole eggs) which is how many i have been eating.

I want to prove them wrong that it's not bad for our health. Are there any relevant studies i can print out to have them read or what should i tell them. I prefer to have factual scientific studies to support my claims because my parents just won't listen to me.

Please help me out here people!

 

[Vieope]

Tell them Vieope said you were right.

There is that study about the cholesterol in eggs not affecting our body cholesterol. That is the only one I can remember.

 

[shiznit2169]

This is why i love being alone at school. Everytime i am home, they get on my case about these things and question why i eat so much. My dad is already pissed off about the food bill. Even if it's just funny, sarcastic comments to make fun of me .. it's still pretty annoying. When are they going to realize that this is my life and i enjoy eating 6 large meals a day, drinking 2 gallons of water a day, and lifting hard. No, it always has to be "you're taking everything too serious", "enjoy life", "your not going to be the next arnold", comments i hear everyday.

On a side note, a lot of this has to do with the fact that my family generation is known to be genetically skinny. We're all pretty much ectomorphs and some are mesomorphs like my brother for example. So, that means we all can pretty much eat whatever the hell we want anytime we have big family dinners or shit like that and never have to worry about gaining weight. But, i'm the center of attention here because i prefer to eat chicken, veggies, potatoes, fruit, and a large glass of water rather than a double cheeseburger with fries and they just can't seem to get it.

*I know i'm off topic here but i just needed to vent somewhere*

 

[msunid83]

I know about the sarcastic comments bro. My dad would give me crap for how much money I spent on food. Maybe they'll start to get used to it. You gotta explain to them how that crap annoys you. The "enjoy life" comment can really dig into one's patience. Explain how annoying it is and how they should respect your goals and the fact that you are doing something with your life that (while maybe relatively anal) is one of the better things to be really concerned about...your health. Good luck.

 

[bigss75]

My parents were just like this when I was lsing tons of weight. I got down to around 16 percent and they said I have an eating disorder. Thats once I started college I have taken summer classes or had a job so I dont have to live at home. When I come home for a couple of days they dont bug me about anything and maybe throw some cash at you.

 

[fUnc17]

to a certain extent they are right. parents will be parents, they want you to live and make sure your bodybuilding lifestyle isn't taking away from anything else in your life. parents will complain regardless, you have to learn to tune them out. shit, instead of arguing with them, just agree with them... it is your life after all and your going to do things regardless of what they say. agree with them, shut em up and do what ya gotta do.

 

[Jodi]

Here is one on 3 Eggs a Day for the Ederly. I know you aren't ederly but figured it would be helpful to prove that if ederly can eat 3 whole eggs a day then you can eat what you are eating: http://www.enc-online.org/pdf/New R...ggs a Day Okay for Healthy Elderly People.pdf

Here is another on eggs for overweight people. Again, I'm going to extreme here but figured it would be helpful. http://www.enc-online.org/pdf/Dhurandhar JACN05.pdf

And lastly one to prove your point and suppor the other 2 docs: http://www.acsh.org/publications/pubID.716/pub_detail.asp

 

[shiznit2169]

thanks guys and girls

 

[GFR]

Tell them Vieope said you were right.

There is that study about the cholesterol in eggs not affecting our body cholesterol. That is the only one I can remember.

Tell them you have a 4.0 and take 19 credits a semester....that should shut them up.

 

[TheCurse]

tell them ok ill stop bb'ing for a hobby and start doing dope like most kids my age, then ill knock up some random fugly chick when im drunk, have a few kids, and wind up living in a trailer park working nights at the circle K.

 

[VanessaNicole]

My parents are being totally anal about the number of egg whites i eat in the morning. They keep claiming that it is bad for my health, especially for my cholesterol. They think i should only be eating 1-2 egg whites every morning rather than 7-8 (with only 1-2 whole eggs) which is how many i have been eating.

I want to prove them wrong that it's not bad for our health. Are there any relevant studies i can print out to have them read or what should i tell them. I prefer to have factual scientific studies to support my claims because my parents just won't listen to me.

Please help me out here people!

ALL of the fat and the cholesterol contained in an egg is in the yolk.

Egg white has zero fat or cabohydrate. It is pure protein (and I might add perfectly complete with 100% Biological Value rating and 100% Amino Acid Scoring). It is, as a matter of fact, the reference protein against which all other proteins are rated.

Wow, your parents are incredibly uninformed when it comes to nutrition.

Go to calorie king, or fitday.com and look up egg whites and print it out and show it to them.

VanessaNicole

 

[shiznit2169]

Tell them you have a 4.0 and take 19 credits a semester....that should shut them up.

.. i wish but it's still irrelevant

 

[shiznit2169]

tell them ok ill stop bb'ing for a hobby and start doing dope like most kids my age, then ill knock up some random fugly chick when im drunk, have a few kids, and wind up living in a trailer park working nights at the circle K.

I see where you're getting at .. but they are happy i chose a healthy lifestyle an d that i am lifting weights to get bigger and accept me for who i am, but they do think i need to relax a little bit and not get so caught up in it all the time .. especially when it comes to nutrition.

 

[shiznit2169]

ALL of the fat and the cholesterol contained in an egg is in the yolk.

Egg white has zero fat or cabohydrate. It is pure protein (and I might add perfectly complete with 100% Biological Value rating and 100% Amino Acid Scoring). It is, as a matter of fact, the reference protein against which all other proteins are rated.

Wow, your parents are incredibly uninformed when it comes to nutrition.

Go to calorie king, or fitday.com and look up egg whites and print it out and show it to them.

VanessaNicole

Thanks, i'll do that

 

[fufu]

ALL of the fat and the cholesterol contained in an egg is in the yolk.

Egg white has zero fat or cabohydrate. It is pure protein (and I might add perfectly complete with 100% Biological Value rating and 100% Amino Acid Scoring). It is, as a matter of fact, the reference protein against which all other proteins are rated.

Wow, your parents are incredibly uninformed when it comes to nutrition.

Go to calorie king, or fitday.com and look up egg whites and print it out and show it to them.

VanessaNicole

I wouldn't go so far to say they are incredibly uniformed about nutrition. Let's be real - what does the average person know about nutrition? Really. Next to nothing. Being uninformed is the norm, most people don't really know or care what they are putting into their bodies.

 

[VanessaNicole]

I wouldn't go so far to say they are incredibly uniformed about nutrition. Let's be real - what does the average person know about nutrition? Really. Next to nothing. Being uninformed is the norm, most people don't really know or care what they are putting into their bodies.

Well, they are still uninformed. Even if they are not more uninformed then the average person.

VanessaNicole

 

[fufu]

Well, they are still uninformed. Even if they are not more uninformed then the average person.

VanessaNicole

Yeah, but it isn't suprising or anything.

 

[assassin]

for the comments about spending much money on body building and obsession with this sport tell them that obsession with a sport isn't something bad and it's better than spending ur money on smoking and other useless harmfull things and if u r not gonna be arnold but u could reach something good...and about enjoying ur life don't show ur will and looking after bb infront of ppl ..... show them that this is the way u enjoy ur life .. and u r doing something u like and at last u r acheiving results u want.,and that this results in improving ur health .....

 

[shiznit2169]

"Obsession is a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated"

 

[VanessaNicole]

"Obsession is a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated"

Yeah. Good way to put it.

By the way, it looks like you're doing great so far. Keep it up.

VanessaNicole

 

[assassin]

i corrected (edited) some words in my post sorry i know my english still stucks but i think i'm getting better

 

[leg_press]

My Dad was exactly the same, he called whey protein 'that shit', kept showiung me those big ass strongmen in te competitions who lift the concrete balls and pull trains and asked if I wanted to be that big cus thats how I'd end up. Whenever I said i wouldnt cus it takes years and eating loads of calories and most of them are fat he went mental at me and stormed out of the room.

 

[assassin]

my parents were saying the same now they r used to it.......

 

[Fitgirl70]

tell them ok ill stop bb'ing for a hobby and start doing dope like most kids my age, then ill knock up some random fugly chick when im drunk, have a few kids, and wind up living in a trailer park working nights at the circle K.

 

[VanessaNicole]

My family was always like that, too. I would just blank them out.

Just ignore people like that and keep on doing what you need to do.

VanessaNicole

 

[assassin]

My family was always like that, too. I would just blank them out.

Just ignore people like that and keep on doing what you need to do.

VanessaNicole

agree

 

[oaktownboy]

how about ignoring them?

 

[themamasan]

tell them ok ill stop bb'ing for a hobby and start doing dope like most kids my age, then ill knock up some random fugly chick when im drunk, have a few kids, and wind up living in a trailer park working nights at the circle K.

Yeah, amen to that.

 

[mike456]

My dad always says instead of exercising with weights go do yard work, he says ill be building muscle and cleaning the yard at the same time

everytime he wants me to do some work he says its good exercise

 

[assassin]

My dad always says instead of exercising with weights go do yard work, he says ill be building muscle and cleaning the yard at the same time

everytime he wants me to do some work he says its good exercise

lol ...tell him sorry dad i'm doin HIT right now and i'm bulking i don't want to lose muscles by doing low intensity