Vegetarian, could someone please help me out?

I'm a 15 year old female who has been vegetarian for roughly 5-6 months. I don't eat poultry or fish or red meat. What are nutrients I am missing such as protein, and from what could I get them. Thank you so much for your time!

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• Personally i don't get the point of depriving your body of a whole food group, but peanuts have protein. Eat lots of peanut butter
• There is protein in eggs and dairy, nuts, seeds, beans, peas, lentils, chickpeas, grains especially quinoaThen for iron eat green leafies, spinach, beans, wholegrains, nutsPlant based proteinhttp://www.vrg.org/teen/enough_protein.phpIronhttp://www.healthaliciousness.com/articles/food-sources-of-iron.php
• Have your parent schedule you an appointment with a dietitian and be sure your Dr. knows so when blood work is done your diet is taken into consideration. Vegetarian/Vegan living is much easier today and there are lots of resources. You can start at VegWeb.com for recipes and guidance. Good Luck!
• Protein you can get from soy, and you may need omega 3, you can get that from flax seed.
• The main thing you'll be lacking as a vegetarian are complete essential amino acids. Your body can combine the incomplete ones as long as you eat the proper food groups. Proteins and fats will be lower in your diet, so be sure to supplement with lots of nuts. Eggs are a good source of proteins, fats and micronutrients, nuts contain a lot as well. Try to eat a lot of grains, legumes and vegetables. Fruit are good for carbohydrates, but shouldn't be the main focus of your diet. Spinach is a good source of protein in general (More per weight than even red meat!) as well as being high in vitamin a and c.
• The only thing you can't get from vegetables/fruits/nuts/grains/seeds/legumes is b12(which is easy to get in a supplement). I would suggest you go vegan. Cow milk is for calfs. Eggs are chicken periods. Neither are healthy for you. Both cause a lot of animal cruelty.
• Protein and Iron are the only two foods you may need to worry about. You may need to make a conscious effort to eat more nuts/peanut butter, eggs, beans, soy etc as it is recommended that you get in at least 50grams a day (if your an athlete you want to shoot towards around 100)Iron can easily be found in raisins and sports drinks (if you drink sports drinks).
• Hello, I am 15 years old girl as well and I decided on my own to be vegetarian about a year and a half ago. My mom was very worried that I would not get enough essential nutrients. I am taking a multivitamin with iron, which I miss from not having meat, and a blue-green algae supplement, Omega 3, which I miss from not having fish. If you buy supplements, make sure they are labeled vegetarian. My mom mainly worries that I do not get enough protein. Beans, cheese, yogurt and eggs are all full of protein. Hope this helps, those are the tree things most vegetarians miss from their diets.