Advise on being a vegitarian, how to and support!!?!
Advise on being a vegitarian, how to and support!!?
Ok i know this question has been asked but i wanted to ask for myself really.
I have wanted to become a vegitarian for a long time now but too afraid to do it.
I worry i will miss meat and look an idiot, i dont think i eat that much meat and i hate handling it it makes me feel sick.
I think people will think me a hypercrit due to i grew up in the countryside and animals were to eat and people think me rude if i go for a meal and i wont eat meat.
I have not seen any video of animals being killed as i have seen it all before, i am not happy at how it is done but i accept that people do eat meat and enjoy it. I went to college last October and ate alot of vegitarian food and boy i loved it.
Does it cost more if you are the only vegi in a house of 4?
What reaction did you get when you all of a sudden went veggi?
How should i do this if i decde to do it??
I know this will do me good not only for me but as you say our fury friends.
But i feel such a hypercrit though, advice please
2 days ago
ok ok i did spell it wrong, i am tired i have been on a long shift at work!
Who cares it was only the E i missed. lol
Answers: 2 days ago
ok ok i did spell it wrong, i am tired i have been on a long shift at work!
Who cares it was only the E i missed. lol Jesus it was only a spelling mistake! Some people!
Anyway lol...I'm the only vegetarian in a house of 3 and my family haven't found it any more expensive, though they thought they would and huffed and puffed and shouted and acted like I was weird for becoming one. They got over it after a while when they realised they were merely buying less of what they were eating and somethign different for me to eat.
Becoming vegetarian did give me some weird reactions, still sort of does but at the end of the day I did what was best for me. I never announced I was vegetarian straight away because I thought Id never be able to keep to it (sweets mainly as Ive never liked meat) but I didnt miss anything at all. I already hadn't ate red meat for years before becoming veggie, so I just cut out chicken (Im allergic to fish). Do it that way, if you gradually cut it out see if you like it then when your sure then tell them.
Don't feel ike a hypocrite, at the end of the day you;ve lived in the atmosphere where animals are killed an eaten and have decided that you don't want to continue being part of that culture. At the end of the day we all have free will and people shoudl respect you for that.
I'm not sayign it will be easy, I dont mean utting out meat because that was easy for me but reactiosn from some people won't be nice. At the end of the day though people will surprise you and some can be very supportive. Plus it's nice if you have vegetarian friends too as they can support you.
Welcome to our world :) I hope it all goes well for you
xx First advice: learn how to spell it before you become it First don't dye your hair pink, then..... Just do it hunny~! http://www.vegetarian-living.co.uk/...
visit this support site its ace The vegetarian society have a web site (link follows).
Just a quick word of advice: ensure you get sufficient B12. As long as you're happy and keep healthy, what's the worry?! You don't owe an explanation to anyone, you're doing it for you!
Some people will just never get used to the idea (25 years after my mum still has problems with it!)
All things in life deserve to be reviewed periodically and diet is one of the most important - equally that means you can go back to meat if you later feel its right for you.
Don't forget you still need to eat well, its not ideal to give up meat and just eat lots of cheese - but the website should help you. Hi, you've asked some questions that are complicated and every vegetarian will have a different answer to them. Yes, sometimes even the most committed vegetarian (that's how you spell it, put your thumb on your nose and wave your fingers at that rude person!) has dreams about eating hamburgers and steaks. It is really hard when, for instance, you used to love to eat salmon (like me) and you go out with someone and they order salmon and you get stuck with lettuce and tomato salad. But you won't look like an idiot unless you act like one. I've founded a group called "Transitioning to Vegetarianism" because I think it's important for people like you to be able to come to a place where you can ask these kind of questions and not have to deal with all the rude, insulting comments and open hostility. I would like to invite you to join. I'll put the link in the sources section. There are at least 12 friendly, "experienced" and knowledgeable vegetarians who want to help you there. I agree.. learn how to spell it, first!
also.. it is nothing to play around with. You can become seriously ill (anemic) from being a vegetarian for a long time. But, some are more genetically cut out for it than others. The best thing you can do is read, read, read everything you can get your hands on about it. and about good nutrition and cooking. Learn how to cook & prepare food if you don't already. Get lots of good cookbooks and USE them... learn how to buy the proper ingredients. The Moosewood Cookbook & other books in this series are a good place to start. But there's tons of good books out there now.
The most important thing is to VARY your diet... visit your local organic farmer's market and buy the freshest produce that is in season, directly from the people who grow it. Stock up on beans & legumes, different types of rice & other grains... etc. etc. It's very important to eat enough protein, iron & B-12- so you should get your blood tested once or twice a year.
The biggest problem I see with Western vegetarians is that their diets suck, they just eat the same few things, just without the meat (white bread with lettuce, lot of cheese, junk food, chips, soda, and then sometimes they smoke too, LOL)... and so many of them look like the sickliest people you'll ever see.... their bones & veins show, and they are dizzy, light-headed, flaky, low on energy, and they nod off a lot. They will insist they've never been healthier even though they look like concentration camp victims! (Often the lack of oxygen literally affects their judgment too). You will see a LOT of propaganda out there.. so try to wade through it and get to the truth.
And remember this... humans have evolved for millions of years as omnivores.. we didn't get to where we are now by eating just beans & rice. And, if you are doing it for environmental and ethical reasons.. (which is a good thing to care about, considering the terrible conditions of industrial agriculture!) look at the other side-- for example, farmers are now clear-cutting miles of the Amazon rain forest due to the demand for soy products. Ironic, huh?
I was a vegetarian for several years, many years ago and eventually became very ill... I almost had to go to the hospital & get a blood transfusion. I was getting no oxygen to my brain (due to low red blood cell count from anemia).. my brain was literally shutting down (similar to blacking out) and I could barely stay awake or walk. The doctor told me my red blood cell count was so low it was almost off the charts.. even though I was working at a health food store and eating EVERYTHING vegetarians were supposed to be eating. He sent me home with iron and beef liver pills, and those saved me.. within a week I was back to normal. So eventually I learned that good nutrition, eating a varied diet of local produce that is in season, etc.. and eating low-fat, low sugar, eliminating chemicals & junk, is far more important than being a vegetarian. So now I eat everything I learned about in my vegetarian cookbooks, I just eat meat with it. But I only eat meat, eggs & dairy that is free range, low or non-fat, with no hormones or antibiotics.. and only eat meat maybe once a week or a couple times a month. And I'm healthier than ever! Luckily we live in a place & an era where good, diverse, organic food is readily available.. not when I was a kid, you got what you got at the grocery store,, you know, the "SAD" American diet. Now things are much better! Restaurants are much more diverse & creative with their cuisine and it's much easier to avoid industrialized agriculture. Oh and one more piece of advice-- if you have a patch of soil where you live, grow a garden-- that's the best food of all, what you grow yourself.
So.. that's my story, take from it what you will.. and just be sure to educate yourself.. (and not from radical people... from more grounded and educated people!) Good luck! what is wrong with these people that have to moan at spelling ? just answer the question .ive hated the taste and texture of meat for years. i could never eat a sausage or burger or anything that had been messed with. i ate what i thought was decent meat but i still didnt really want it. i gradually eliminated meat without being totally aware that i was doing it. then when i saw what went on in a factory farm i was finished with meat and it was the best decision i ever made. its not expensive to eat veg.i love it . i enjoy food again go for it and enjoy First off, congratulations! :-)(-: If you are becoming a vegetarian for the love of animals, like me, I would also not eat gelatin. Gelatin is animal fat in starbursts, skittles, yogurt, and more. Anyways, I love edimomi, nuts, rice cakes, and more. For lunches I pack PB sandwiches, water, mixed fruit bowls, and some of the stuff I listed earlier. For meals, I buy the frozen veggies at Target or Wal*Mart for like $.77 a bag, and mix them in with noodles or rice, I make cheese pizza, have the meatless burgers/nuggets. There is so much out there to eat, and it all depends on what you like! Good luck! :-)(-:
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Soymilk smoothie recipe-
Mix all in a blender:
1 cup of any flavor soymilk (I like the SILK brand), ice, and a cup of any fruit (you can do more then one cup and different fruits) If you are going to be feeling like a hypocrite, don't do it. You don't have to announce "I'm a vegetarian". Just eat less meat. You will do better with a balanced moderate diet. If you are living at home, it's going to be a problem. Listen, honey, it's not worth getting the family all worked up, wait until you are on your own if you want to go vegetarian. Meanwhile, just cut down on the meat. We really don't need a lot of meat protein. But life is a lot easier when you are a moderate ominivore, believe me. You don't spend half your life screwing around with soy this, tofu that, veggie this, nuts that. If you aren't going to do anything worthwhile in your life or you are going to earn a load of money, then you have the time or wherewithall to fool around with this strict vegetarian or worse yet, vegan crap.