new vegetarian, accidentally ate gelatin, not being taken seriously
it's honestly been making me sad all the stuff i can't eat. i just found out that poptarts have gelatin after eating a packet of them and now i feel sick to my stomach. i can't eat mcdonalds or KFC French fries because they contain beef and chicken, and my family eats out all the time so it'll be hard to avoid. i don't have much to eat at home since i just found out that a ton of the stuff i got from the store isn't vegetarian. can someone help me make a list of all the things that i may not know contains animal parts? thanks.
i've also been dealing with the issue of not being taken seriously since i've only been vegetarian for a few days now, whenever i tell someone i'm vegetarian now they say "how long," i say "a few days," and they laugh like i'm not serious about it. i really genuinely want to stop eating meat and stuff like rennet and gelatin but i've been feeling down recently and pretty invalid since i see people on this sub that have been vegetarians for 5, 8, 12 years.