Should I go vegetarian tomorrow?!
Answers: I'm not a big meat eater. Is it difficult to be a vegetarian?
yes you should! For me, i personally didn't think it was that hard to start, only because i was so excited about it, the thought that i was actually doing something to help fight animal cruelty made me feel so good about myself that i couldn't even like bring myself to eat meat if i tried. You don't even have to have natural self control, cause i know i don't! when it comes to like cookies and stuff. but what you do need is a passion for what you are doing. You need to decide the exact reasons you are doing this and why and then stick with it.
If you are doing it because of animal cruelty: Good on you! same with me. It's the best feeling in the world. Some of the benefits include saving an average of 100 animals a year! It's a fact I read on the peta website, and i read somewhere else that the average vegetarian saves about 36 pigs a year (i can't remember how many other animals). It makes you feel SO good about yourself, to know that you are not contributing to the inhumane torture and slaughter of innocent, defensless animals. Vegeterians are unique people who are slowly becoming more and more common, only for the better! We are the people who care:):):)
If you are doing it for health reasons: good on you again! In my opinion becoming vegeterian is one of the healthiest things you can do. There is no nutrients you can get from meat that you can't get from a balanced vegeterian diet and/or dietry suppliments. You do end up taking in more vegetables than usual by eating vegeburgers instead of meat ones, vege-lasagne, etc. Not eating meat can dramatically decrease your chance of getting a heart disease, and you will most likely lose weight as well as having your body detoxed.
dw, its really easy to make your normal meals into vegetarian ones.. i thought of these myself :)
*tacos/burritos (instead of meat, beans but with the same spices)
*have sandwiches with vegetables and lots of cheese (you could add toferky but i personally think it tastes like dog food)
*vegetable lasagne
*when your family eats burgers, have a VEGE burger, you can buy them in the frozen section their goood
*tofu cooked with spices, soy sauce, and sweet chilli/tomato sause, when your family is eating meat
*PASTA
*cheese/vegetarian pizza
*stirfries
*noodle boxes (their boxes of like pad thai, satay noodles and stuff and all you do is add water and microwave)
*vege-nuggets (havent had them but apparently their even better than chiken nuggets)
*avacado and cheese quesidillas
*ceasar salad
*spinach queche- no ham of course
theres really soo many options! If you start cutting out meat you won't crave it anymore, thats what i did.
here are some sights that also might help with tips and recipes as well:
http://vegkitchen.com/
http://www.vegetariantimes.com/
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/...
http://www.recipesource.com/special-diet...
http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Everyday-C...
http://www.vrg.org/recipes/
Hope this helps!!! :D:D:D
Actually, being a vegetarian is relatively easy. Take lots of iron supplements and talk to your doctor about getting enough protein. If you are truly committed, you can do it. Just make sure that you don't suffer health-wise. As a 9 year vegetarian, I speak from experience.
It's not hard, but there's an adjustment period. You may want to phase out red meat or all mammals first, then give up poultry and fish, then the animal products you don't think about, like gelatin (in yogurt, marshmallow and all sorts of items) and rennet (derived from calf stomach, found in many cheeses).
I went vegetarian last April and haven't looked back. I make sure I take in plenty of lentils, beans, tofu and meat substitute products as well as follow the daily recommended intake of fruits and vegetables to ensure I'm getting my iron and other essentials.
Experimenting with recipes is fun, there are some incredible cookbooks out there! I use the library to find ones I really like and then copy the recipes I like for my files.
I went cold turkey (no pun intended, really) with mine, so it's possible for sure, but many people ease into it.
Being vegetarian used to be more difficult, but now just about every supermarket stocks delicious faux meat products and you can even get a veggie burger at Burger King these days.
See http://www.vegcooking.com/makingthetrans... for lots of tips to get started. Good luck!
For someone who has a habit of eating meat, it can be difficult to make the switch to a vegetarian lifestyle. The best thing you can do for yourself is to study up on what exactly you will have to do to keep yourself healthy while making that diet switch. The biggest mistake people make here is thinking that all that is required is to cut meat out of your diet, but balance and food combination are key. If you can afford it, talk to a nutritionist first, and if not pick up a book or two on the subject. I have included a link to a good one to check out has been very helpful to quite a few clients of mine. Good luck!
http://www.amazon.com/New-Becoming-Veget...
Surprisingly easy. I had always thought it would be to hard, that I would be craving meat like crazy. But it wasn't, I find the idea of eating flesh rather disgusting nowadays. I think blood type A people are supposed to be healthier on a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet than an omnivorous one, and do not crave meat so much.
I do advise you to do some research to insure you are getting enough nutrients. This is a good website I stumbled upon http://www.vsc.org/protein.htm . And if you are having any doupts about the lack quality of care livestock recieves this is a good link http://www.humanefood.ca/foodfacts.html .
Some options for protein.....
You can use the simulated version of these if you are vegan;
milk, cheese, cottage cheese and yoghurt.
Combine these with whole grains to absorb the protein;
nuts, nut butters, beans, lentils and hummus.
Even on their own whole grains have protein. Here are some examples;
Couscous, rice, quinoa, wheatberry, multigrian bagels, buns and toast.
Also, you can eat meatless meat such as;
tofu, tempeh and seitan.
its quite easy
just replace meat with soy. :]
Yeah, be a vegetarian tomorrow, and an emo next week, then a goth, then a punk, then a hippie, then get over it all and be yourself.
not at all, its very easy and you will be healthier by not consuming dead animals :) vegan is alittle harder, but tofutti makes really good soy cheese and ice creams :P
go for it!!! you are doing animals a HUGE favor and are saving lives. you can do it!!!
Honestly thats your choice, my friend hates being a vegetarian but its her culture to.
Unless you are surrounded by people that want you to be a meat eater, being vegetarian is very easy.
It's not very hard to get all of the correct vitamins and minerals and vegetarian food is easy to find.
It's not difficult if you're doing it for the right reasons and not for some cute little trend or label.
Why don't today? My kids are already vegan yesterday!
Any change that one makes in life is only as hard as you want to make it.
If you want to hard enough - it isn't hard at all.
Only if it's truly something you want to do.
That being said, I was a big meat eater for the first 15 years of my life, then one night I made up my mind that I would never eat animal flesh again and from that point on I was a vegetarian. It wasn't difficult for me. I simply substituted soy patties for when I would have eaten meat...it's much healthier and delicious as well! Morning Star has been a great product for me. Expect to get some criticism for it but who cares? If it's something you want, don't let anyone get in the way of it!
Eat whatever you want. Just don't be one of those preachers whining about the poor treatment of animals to the rest of us