My first day as a vegetarian- how did i do?!
Breakfast: Sugar-free oatmeal topped with blue berries and strawberries, two pieces of whole wheat toast lightly spread with peanut butter, a banana, and a glass of soy milk.
Snack: Grapes, an apple, and a glass of orange juice.
Lunch: A tuna sandwich on whole wheat bread with olives, peppers, and tomatoes, a kale and spinach salad, and a glass of carrot juice.
Snack: A vegetable wrap with broccoli, baby carrots, and lettuce.
Dinner: Salmon, whole grain rice with mushrooms, peas, corn, and tofu.
I also had five glasses of water through out the day. How did I do? Does it sound healthy?
Answers:
It sounds healthy, but if you're trying to be a vegetarian... you might want to cut out the fish.
Edit: Fish are alive. They're dumb as can be, but there still alive. I know you can still consider yourself a vegetarian if you eat fish, but anyone who truly practices being a vegetarian will find that infuriating. Eggs are a different story.
The difference between fish and any meat is no different then the difference between poultry and beef. It's like cheating to me, and I'm entitled to my opinion, so watch where your throwing your accusations.
REGARDLESS, I'm sure it was a delicious and healthy meal.
Edit 2: We're all obviously veg. And the fact that you just told someone that a fish was 'like not even a real animal' and followed it up with telling them that they're ignorant and should do their research is absolutely hilarious.
What doesn't a fish do that a 'real animal' does?
It eats, breathes, procreates... how is it not a real animal?
Even the goddamn wikipedia page proves you wrong in the first sentence. YOU do your research.
"Vegetarianism is the practice of following a plant-based diet including fruits, vegetables, cereal grains, nuts, and seeds, mushrooms, with or without dairy products and eggs. A vegetarian does not eat meat, including red meat, game, poultry, fish, crustacea, and shellfish, and may also abstain from by-products of animal slaughter such as animal-derived rennet and gelatin."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetariani…
I have to agree with the others: eating fish is NOT part of a vegetarian diet. A vegetarian diet is one that EXCLUDES animal products and of course a fish is an animal. Now there is absolutely NOTHING wrong to have a diet that excludes beef, pork and poultry. Based on what you listed above, it does indeed seem to be nutritionally sound and you are to be congratulated for including a good amount of veggies and whole grains. However, it simply CANNOT be called a vegetarian diet. For more information, please check out www.vegetariantimes.com. This a site that I frequently consult for nutritional information, articles, Q&A, etc. It is a very good site for vegetarians and vegans and they will also tell you that fish is NOT part of a vegetarian diet.
www.vegetariantimes.com
You honestly think a fish isn't an animal? I'd like to know how a first-day vegetarian knows more than people who have been vegan/vegetarian for years?
Read this:
Well, first of all, at the highest taxonomic classification, fish are in Kingdom Animalia (as opposed to protista or plantae), so they are clearly animals from a scientific standpoint. The key is that they are multicellular, capable of locomotion, and respond to their environment.
If someone is arguing that a fish is not an animal, I am not sure where they are coming from. Fish are fairly advanced, they have vertebrae, circulatory systems, and a brain. They are clearly not plants or single celled organisms.
Fish isn't vegetarian, because it's made of, er, fish.
That said, if you want to eat fish, go for it. The only 'rules' are the ones you make up for yourself. Just don't tell everyone that you're vegetarian, because you're not, and it confuses people. The term you're looking for is "pescetarian," Or at a pinch, pesco-vegetarian, if you prefer.
Why are you asking questions and then getting all hostile when people give you answers?
You can find more information on that word that doesn't exist here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pescetarian…
i can't believe you think eating fish is vegetarian. you are completely WRONG and are not a vegetarian. Pescetarian is a correct term and perhaps you should do research yourself. You are not a vegetarian. Fish are indeed animals which is common knowledge, an animal is living and breathing (yes they breathe that's what gills are for) with a nervous system and a brain.
veg of 5 years
go wiki vegetarianism if you think you are one. you aren't
actually fish isn't vegetarian and pescatarian is a real word. but it looks pretty good though otherwise.
http://vegetarian.about.com/od/glossary/…
http://pescetarianlife.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pescetarian…
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionar…
"Fish isn't like a real animal"...LOL. If you eat fish you are NOT a vegetarian nor vegan. You are completely and 110% misinformed hence the only person who needs to "do their research" is you. Eating fish and telling the world that you are a "vegetarian" is like saying "I believe in God but not Jesus".
If you eat fish, you're pescetarian, not vegetarian.
Edit: Actually, if you do a simple Google search on pescetarianism, you'll find that I didn't just make it up.
Vegan.
Vegetarians do not eat animals. Fish is an animal. Your diet looks healthy for a pescetarian but don't overdo the fish so much on a daily basis. Incorporate other sources of protein like eggs, cheese, nuts, beans etc.
i seems like you got a very healthy diet,but have you decided to become a vegetarian? i think it is a long way to insist.and fish is not available.good luck.
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Well its a good start that you have cut out the white and red meat and are a pescetarian. When you cut out the fish you will officially be a vegetarian. keep up your great work.
Fish is not vegetarian lol. Maybe YOU need to do your research.
This sounds healthy and delicious. You're eating lots of vegetables and grains. Any dietitian would be proud.
Most people don't consider someone who eats fish a vegetarian. Most vegetarians I know will eat fish sometimes, but don't rely on it as an every-day source of protein.
Try these non-animal and non-fish based protein sources:
nuts, seeds, peanut butter, almond butter, all sorts of beans (you ate tofu today!), hummus, seitan, veggie burgers/dogs/sausages, also miso soup is good.
You ate cheese- will you be eating other dairy and eggs? Eggs, yogurt, milk and cheese are a good source of protein and vitamin d but choose low fat varieties if you consume this a lot.
Visit your local healthfood store to find all sorts of different kinds of foods to try.
Vegetarian eating is almost always healthier than the typical American high-fat, high carb meat based diet.
Sounds yummy!wish I could eat that healthy! Keep it up! Oh, my brother in law is vegetarian and would eat fish...soo who cares keep doing what yu do!