Just discovered I am a pescatarian when I thought I was a veggie

i became a vegetarian on my 11th birthday

and I did a very good job the first year. I did not eat anything with a face basically, then the next year or two later I went to my Uncles Ranch and he literally forced salmon down my throat because I was becoming very unhealthy and not eating any protein.

So therefore I was still a 'vegetarian' I just ate salmon on rare occasion and then sushi and tuna came into the mix. Know I eat seaafood but still considered myself a vegetarian

NOW...

4 years later I am 15 and have jsut realized yesterday that I am a pescatarian I would like to continue being a pescatarian because it has become ruitine not  to eat meat or anything that does not come from the sea :) but it seems as though the last couple years of my life have been a lie.. what should I do??/ and i never knew there were so many types of vegetarians ..WOW

1 year-vegetarian

3 yyear-pescatarian

Wow! lol. I am enlightened. I thought I was vegetarian until I read this. Officially pescatarian as of 7:00 am August 15th 2009 ... its not even in the microsoft dictionary, how will I ever know if its actually spelled right. When I right click, its correction is vegetarian. At least somebody coined a term for the fish eaters like myself. :) 

http://www.musclemagfitness.com/nutrition/hea lthy-eating/pescetarian-diet-for-optimal-heal th.html

about the pesce diet.

Original Post by katesorad:

I don't really agree with pescatarianism being anything close to vegetarianism.  The whole point of being a vegetarian or a vegan is to not eat anything with a face or heart or feelings.  I guess some people do it more for health reasons, but as far as I go, I can't ever see myself eating anything that I know has feelings.  It would be like eating my husband, which would be gross.

That's YOUR whole point. other people have other reasons. it is close to vegetarian but not the same as pescatrians eat fish while vegetarians do not.

Original Post by katesorad:

Original Post by brtaylor:

Plus, keep in mind that the OP is a teen and therefore most likely still not totally independent in her food choices (in her post, it sounded like family members forced her to eat the fish).  I'm sure when she becomes an adult and can make her own food choices that she will do what is ethically sound for her.   She did mention that she did well with the "nothing without a face" concept, which indicates a leaning towards your beliefs. 

I had parents who ate a lot of meat and I still became a vegetarian, even after I ate meat at least once a day for the first 10-12 or so years of my life.  I think if a parent were to force you to eat meat, that would be considered child abuse and child protective services would need to be called.

oh my gosh. really???
making a kid eat meat and abusing a child is very different.
apparently you have never seen child abuse or been a parent.

Original Post by merylwhite1:

Original Post by ktbabyxoxo:

... Know I eat seaafood but still considered myself a vegetarian...

....and i never knew there were so many types of vegetarians....

Firstly, how the heck could you eat fish and still think you were vegetarian? It's flesh, right?

Secondly, you're not just a different type of vegetarian if you're a pescatarian. You're not vegetarian at all.

I'm not a vegetarian but it irks me when people who don't eat red meat but eat either chicken or fish (or both) say their vegetarian. If you eat meat, you ain't.

And to whoever said eating salmon might have saved her life - whaaa? Vegetarianism can be as unhealthy or as healthy as any other kind of diet. Like an omnivorous diet, it is what you make it.

i think she was very young when she made this decision. it could be confusing for someone so young. i remember thinking a lot more ridiculous things than that when i was her age.

Original Post by when_i_fly_and_look_down:

Original Post by merylwhite1:

Original Post by ktbabyxoxo:

... Know I eat seaafood but still considered myself a vegetarian...

....and i never knew there were so many types of vegetarians....

Firstly, how the heck could you eat fish and still think you were vegetarian? It's flesh, right?

Secondly, you're not just a different type of vegetarian if you're a pescatarian. You're not vegetarian at all.

I'm not a vegetarian but it irks me when people who don't eat red meat but eat either chicken or fish (or both) say their vegetarian. If you eat meat, you ain't.

And to whoever said eating salmon might have saved her life - whaaa? Vegetarianism can be as unhealthy or as healthy as any other kind of diet. Like an omnivorous diet, it is what you make it.

i think she was very young when she made this decision. it could be confusing for someone so young. i remember thinking a lot more ridiculous things than that when i was her age.

 I agree.  It seemed to me that she didn't realize the term "pescetarian" even existed.  Which is fair enough- a lot of people don't (as I've come to realize after explaining it for the 50 billionth time).