Thinking about going vegetarian

[mrk2010]

They have been saying those sorts of things for as long as there has been man and media. It's called slow news day. Interesting that more and more things are bad for us but the life expectancy keeps going up

If you're happy and healthy, no need to change your diet, but you can change your habits to balance out your diet.

Mmmmm maybe I'm a bt undecided still.

[pellaz]

... and one day leaving the gym feeling miserable he felt an overwhelming desire to go into Burger King (and he hates fast food) and eat a huge burger, and says it was like a spark bringing his body back to life and never went back to being a vegetarian again. ...

serious more often it works the other way; after dinner at BurgerKing the vegan life looks better

[brybry87]

I've been eating a lot of veggies lately, but I still eat white-meat like chicken/turkey and fish.

I remember a few years ago I was seeing someone who is a veggie. When we're together and we're eating out or cooking food together I tried all the 'meat-alternatives' they had. And even after we stopped seeing each other it kind of stuck.

I'm not a big meat eater to begin with so it wasn't that great of a stretch. Prior to this though, I've had a major weight-loss from dieting and exercise, and when I started to eat the meat substitutes I started to feel like I was gaining weight, and I was.

So I just decided to go back to eating chicken and fish/seafood and my veggies and I've been maintaining my weight.

I still buy the meat-alternative stuff once and awhile mostly cause some of them are pretty good.

[mrk2010]

I've been eating a lot of veggies lately, but I still eat white-meat like chicken/turkey and fish.

I remember a few years ago I was seeing someone who is a veggie. When we're together and we're eating out or cooking food together I tried all the 'meat-alternatives' they had. And even after we stopped seeing each other it kind of stuck.

I'm not a big meat eater to begin with so it wasn't that great of a stretch. Prior to this though, I've had a major weight-loss from dieting and exercise, and when I started to eat the meat substitutes I started to feel like I was gaining weight, and I was.

So I just decided to go back to eating chicken and fish/seafood and my veggies and I've been maintaining my weight.

I still buy the meat-alternative stuff once and awhile mostly cause some of them are pretty good.

I may actually go pescatarian so I can eat fish mmmmm choices.

[pellaz]

i cant see how this all matters. how good does this stuff taste really and for how long ( 6 seconds) )?

[Pix]

serious more often it works the other way; after dinner at BurgerKing the vegan life looks better

As far as I know he only ate there that one time and it was because it was right in front of him as he walked home. He hates fast food, which is part of why makes his experience so notable to me, his body must've been desperate.

Come to think of it I can't recall when he ate a burger at all, even the one time we went to a cookout with burgers and hot dogs he stuck to the hot dogs. He did like sausages, and salmon sandwiches, both of which I made for him enough times. He didn't eat that much meat, though, often sticking with PBJs and various refried bean dishes. He even ate tofu quite a bit (which he liked to mix with cheese and potatoes), though one of his favorite jokes was to put a lot of spices on it (or have me put a lot of spices on it) and call it "gag suppressant."

[princealbertofb]

Marshlander and I are vegetarians (ovo lacto version however) and I will very occasionally have fish (but generally when I go out to the restaurant because vegetarian is not alwyas an easy option when you eat out). Mostly we don't have any meat in the house nor fish nor shellfish. It's more complicated (to some extent) to be a vegan for the vitamins and minerals etc... but there are good options with nuts and seeds and mushrooms, pulses and beans, for instance, and I think you could survive quite well provided you were ready to have a look into it seriously. Buy a few books, read up on it and then make sure you have those foods in store. Leafy vegetables are full of calcium and vitamin C, dairy products have calcium and minerals and vitamins too. Fruit are generally good too.
One of the best things about a vegetarian diet is fiber.

I've been a vegetarian for about 30 years now, when my girlfriend (at the time) who was a vegetarian decreed that we'd have no meat or fish in the house. I took this as an interesting challenge and have thrived on it till now. The good idea here, is maybe to retain some form of flexibility for when friends invite you, or if you go out. For instance, in Spain, it is practically impossible to go out to a restaurant and find a dish in which they haven't put shellfish, fish or some kind of meat. If it's not a religious thing, it is easier to manage, I'll agree. Marshlander will not eat anything that's died, so fish is out of the question for him, it's his personal choice and we manage very well with that choice. Some people don't realise though that they can't make a dish with a vegetarian side and a carnivorous side that has been cooked in the same pot or pan... It is rather either -or... In doubt, for any invitation, take something that you can eat and share with the other guests, if you are afraid of making your host and hostess uncomfortable about your eating practices (if you haven't disclosed to them previously). I've found that technique to be very supportive of the hosts' food display and complementary if they are worried that you won't have enough to eat.

[fenris]

True ... it´s hard to eat in a Restaurant .... and in my case nearly impossible.... I eat nothing what laid near meat, what had contact with meat...and I don´t eat something when I can´t be sure that it is not touched by someone who touched meat before.
I ´m just lacto-vegetarian ... means... I drink maybe 3 liters milk a week....

Yesterday my man and I were shopping... and he want a sausage ( no kiss for the next 8 hours *g )... he buyed some...and the seller asked what I want... nothing, I can´t eat here... he said they have pommes frites... but I can´t eat there... it smells like meat, and I don´t know what has bathed in the oil. It´s so disgusting...

Or at home... I have 2 fridges only for my food.... and a smaller one...called "the morgue".. for his food. Sometimes his parents bring him some meat... and because its easier they place it into my fridge in the kitchen. Some weeks before I heared my man "Mom... where is the meat" ..and she said she had placed it in MY fridge... my man said "are you stupid... if he find meat in his fridge he kick the complete fridge out of the house" :-)
He has his own pots and pans.... because I don´t eat out of a pot where meat was on.

There are only a few persons where I can eat.... one is my female friend... and the other is my neighbour ( he is a cook in a Restaurant )... they both know that I´m very critical with my food... and I can be sure that they watch my food - rules.

[DasFischer89]

I thought about going vegetarian. Just because I hate how big meat corps influence are food industry. But its hard as hell to stop eating cows, pigs, and chicken especially cows. And I hate corn but its in everything we eat so there is no stopping that.

Corn in coke is amazing but whats better is actual sugar.

[younglove]

Food can either be the best, most effective medicine or the slowest poison.