I guess life isn't fair... Today is kind of a shitty day. You see, in addition to PCOS, which I have under control, I have a rather awful case of IBS. Its not unmangeable, as long as you avoid trigger foods and can manage your stress appropriately. The awful part is, my first group of trigger foods are vegetables. Specifically raw veggies (good bye salads) and leafy things like spinach, lettuce, arugula and cabbage, but most things that grew from the ground will cause some kind of discomfort. Some things I can get away with if I cook them to death, but its generally a crap shoot. I'd do a lot of very bad things to be able to eat an arugula salad or stirfry again without fear. The second trigger food, which seems to have only become an issue over the last week or two is baked sweets. I like to enjoy a few holiday treats on occasion. But now, two bites of cake leaves me in agony for the next several hours. Here comes the especially fph relevant part:  Most of my family is overweight. They run the gamut from only a little overweight to 400lbs of deathfat. I am the last bastion of fitness in my famiy. But, clearly they're healthy because they "eat vegetarian," right? No, its not healthy if its a vegetable that's fried and smothered in an entire bag of cheese! It doesn't matter what kind of low fat icecream you buy if you still eat the entire half gallon container in a single sitting! I started buying my own food, when i lived there, because eating their food would have wrecked my digestive system. I couldn't hide my food in my room because it would have attracted the cave crickets (we have an exterminator, but I really CANT deal with bugs). So naturally, what do hams do? They ate my food of course. All of it, without telling me, repeatedly. So now I have serious issues with people touching my things. They're really only vegetarian when its convenient for them. And of course, I either went hungry or survived on protein bars and shakes.  I'm going home for Christmas tomorrow. Im not going to be able to enjoy most of the Christmas meal because its mostly vegetable based things, and donuts. I don't want to spend Christmas sick as can be. I'm going to be antagonized by my family because they refuse to understand why "I'm not eating the good food they're providing" . And, I'm going to look at the sad, fried and greasy excuses for veggies that theyre serving, when I want nothing more than to eat a damn salad, or enjoy peppers and onions in my eggs. Not to mention, watching them all hoover this crap down. I don't think they even chew....  Sorry for the length, but I needed to vent a bit.