I live at home, and nobody else really encourages or supports my decision. Any thoughts on what I can do?Any advice to someone who wants to become a vegetarian?
Do yourself a favor and invest in a juice machine. This is very important when becoming a vegetarian.
Your can juice carrots and apples and have a great energy booster drink!. It great for your immune system.
No one supported me either but it didn't take long for all my other family members to join in.
Good luckAny advice to someone who wants to become a vegetarian?
You have to come to grips with images and the screams of the helpless vegetables as they are harvested..
Start preparing your own meals.
Give a list of your grocery requirements to whoever is in charge of buying the groceries in the house.
Eat beans, soy and legumes so you don't suffer from protein deficiency.
Good luck!
Research and buy vegetarian cookbooks.
Go out grocery shopping by yourself and buy vegetarian friendly things. Like fruits, veggies, nuts, ect.
well i would support u. i just dont understand why u want to stop eating meat. ok i will help u. slow down your portions of meat each day or week.increase your veggies no more than how much u lower your meat portions.
Being a vegetarian is pretty hard. So you gotta have alot of will power to do that.
yaesss!!! dont listen to the a.s.s.holes that say that ur crazy being a vegetarian is great. u can do watever you want to do with your life and you can eat whatever you want to eat.
normally you should ask a server at a restaurant if an item is vegetarian because some restruants that serve 'vegetables' also cook it with chicken broth or watever.
yeah just don't eat meat.
I'd rather eat a bowl of steamed vegetables than a steak any day
Don't eat meat .. that's how
Take vitamin supplements (especially B12).
you have to be mentally tough, cuz you will be made fun of and given a lot of crap for the rest of your life
Get yourself a couple of great cookbooks, learn a little about nutrition (not because it's ';hard'; to have a balanced diet as a veg, but because most of us need a good, solid nutritional education to stay as healthy as possible.) This might sound weird, but check out a book called ';Raising Vegetarian Children'; by Stepaniak and Melina - yes, it focuses a lot on nutrition for pregnancy, infancy and childhood, but there is a lot of very solid nutritional info in there and the recipes are great. If nobody at home supports your decision, you'll probably have to cook for yourself a lot so you might as well start with a great recipe book.
I don't know why you're making this choice, but a very well-researched book that will help you and your family understand the enormous benefits of vegetarianism is ';The Food Revolution'; by John Robbins.
Between the two of them, you'll be armed with all the information you could possibly need to convince your family that you are serious about your choice and are prepared to be a very healthy veg. If that doesn't convince them to at least support your decision, nothing will and you'll just have to gut it out.
I was a vegetarian for a week before caving into a chicken caesar salad, ha ha. Make sure you get your daily vitamins. A website I found that was very informative was GoVeg.com.
ohh your not the only one.. im vegan too!!!
show those people a video of why you should become vegan at this web site:
(click on it :) )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAhvt-OTa鈥?/a>
Learn about the nutrtion in various foods so you can get all your daily requirements. Also take a good multi-vitamin.
yes, don't eat meat...and get some vegan boca burgers.
Yeah, reconsider...just think of all that delicious food you'll never get to taste again...steak, meaty spaghetti sauce, fried chicken, meatloaf, etc. Yum.
Just calmly say that you have decided you would rather not eat meat and or fish, and or poultry. You need to ensure you get enough protein, which generally means plenty of eggs, cheese, dairy products, and nuts. It is a shame they don't support you in your decision - they should. Just point out that you can see no reason why you should treat your body as a graveyard for dead animals.
Perhaps one reson that not many support you is that vegetarians tend to have severe health problems due to malnutrition. Meat, eggs, and dairy products all provide nutrients that you must have to survive.
My suggestion is that if you do ';convert'; to vegetarianism or veganism, that you research diet and you consult a licensed nutritionist in order to avoid health problems.
Here are some sites I would recommend for planning a good vegetarian diet:
http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/
http://www.vegsoc.org/health/
http://www.vegetarian-nutrition.info/
http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/ind鈥?/a>
Being a vegetarian isn't as hard and bad as everyone makes it sound. Most grocery stores sell veggie burgers and veggie dogs (vegetarian hot dogs). There's a lot of foods you can eat instead of meat and you can still have a balanced diet. You might want to have more eggs, nuts, and beans for the lack of protein and take a vitamin daily. Whenever you eat out, you can always ask for them to take the meat out of whatever you want to eat or get a salad. It would make it easier for you if you brought a lunch to work/school unless the cafeteria has a good variety. For snacks, fruits and vegetables are a good option.
At first, being a vegetarian is really hard. I went from meat-lover to strict vegetarian, and it took me a while before I got used to it. You may not know this, but there is a certain animal product called gelatin that's in jello, marshmallows, and some other foods that you may want to look out for. You should probably read food labels before you eat something just to make sure that it's vegetarian. Email me if you have any more questions about being a vegetarian.
DONT!
^^^Best advice right there...
For every animal you dont eat, I will eat 10.
Make sure you discuss this with a doctor, preferably one that either is a vegetarian or has consulted vegetarians. In order to make sure that you get the right nutrients for your body, i'd advise that you do a bit of research before jumping right into it. There are many websites out there that can help with nutritious recipes as well as other useful tips. Google away!
When people ask you why - tell them y ur an vegetarian %26amp; ask for support. Don't critisize them. We are all different
I don't really know what advice to give except its probably alot easier to do than you think. Quorn make some really great products so vegetarians really dont miss out on much.
nobody supports me either im a vegetarian its usually me and mom who fight about what i eat and what i wont shes all it wont hurt you to eat a little meat whereas i get sick i mean really sick when i eat it!!!!!!!!!
When you live with people that are meat eaters it is hard for them to understand why you have made this decision.
You don't need any special menus you can eat with the family as usual. Just be selective on your choices. The family will see you are serious and hopefully respect you decision and support it!
There are many delicious vegetarian recipes and options today............
Good luck and remember you have to do protein replacements as in vitamins
Start by eliminating only one type of meat from your diet (like beef). Then, after some time, drop another. And, throughout this process, begin incorporating vegetarian meals into your schedule. Start off slowly, have a couple vegetarian meals a week. Over time, increase the number of vegetarian meals until all meat is eliminated from your diet. In addition, pick up some great vegetarian cookbooks to play with so you can keep mealtime interesting with some exciting meatless dishes.
I'd honestly wait until you're on your own to do this. It's going to be really hard to do if you're living with people who think being a vegetarian is wrong or crazy.
Another thing I'd suggest is doing plenty of research so you're getting the proper nutrition. It's possible to do this while being a vegetarian, you just need to be smart about your food choices.
Yeah, move out.
Don't worry, you don't need anyone's support to stop eating animals. If you learn to cook, you can have anything that you liked before going veg, just without the cholesterol and with less fat.
I'm vegan and these are some of my favorite things to eat:
Breakfast: bananas, cream of wheat with brown sugar and soy butter, cereal, pancakes or french toast with real maple syrup, vegan ';sausage'; patties, smoothies.
Snack: BRUSSEL SPROUTS =) no joke
Lunch: vegan ';sausage'; sandwiches, sandwiches with vegan deli slices(Tofurkey is the only one that's kinda funky), fruit, dinner leftovers, couscous salad, vegan sushi, potato or pasta salad.
Dinner: sloppy joes, ';sausage'; and gravy with homemade biscuits, Spaghetti and Trader Joe's ';meatballs'; or TVP, lasagna, Thai pad see ew, pad khi mao(drunkard's noodles), pad prig king, tofu+eggplant with basil sauce, yellow thai curry with tofu or vegan chikn and veggies and jasmine rice, Indian dal with homemade roti or dosai, channa masala, aloo gobi, vegetable or minestrone soup, pizza, STEAMED ';PORK'; BUNS with potstickers or spring rolls, sweet%26amp;sour/orange/lemon chikn, vegan pho or wonton soup, baked tofu, BBQ homemade seitan (tastes like BBQ'd ribs), kabobs
I use these sites to find recipes:
http://www.foodnetwork.com
http://vegweb.com
http://www.recipezaar.com
There have been vegan Olympic gold medalists and a vegan woman can create an ENTIRELY NEW,HEALTHY HUMAN BEING INSIDE OF HER. Many of these children stay vegan and grow up to be perfectly healthy adults. So just keep yourself educated about what you eat and don't let anyone tell you that a veg diet is lacking anything essential.
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http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada鈥?/a>
Here are some more veg people:
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If you want to become a lacto-ovo vegetarian, the transition should be quite simple. Almost all meats have widely available commercial replacements. All that you have to do is replace any flesh in your diet (beef, pork, poultry, seafood) with meat analogs or just leave it out altogether.
You should keep in mind that a journey such as this can be quite short but should just be the beginning of a longer one to a plant-based diet with no animal products. This is because of the reality of factory farming in which animals that are kept alive to produce milk, eggs, etc suffer much more and longer than animals that are raised to a certain weight and then slaughtered.http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/
http://meat.org
Some people use the word ';vegan'; in reference to this idea, but be aware that applying that label to yourself should always come with the inclusion of wise activism and advocacy.http://www.veganoutreach.org/advocacy/in鈥?/a>
Two extremely important examples of this are that you should never speak to someone about vegetarianism/veganism without their consent and genuine interest or as a comment on what they are eating AND your dietary beliefs should never be used as an introduction or explanation of who you are as a person. Veg*ism should be something that comes up AFTER people get to know you and they offer you a situation that makes it confusing to withhold the information/discussion. Also, if you are presented something that you choose not to eat or you are
ordering food/eating together somewhere/picking the best place to eat.
When you you hold off on the subject until it's necessary and then act like it isn't a big deal at all, people are usually surprised and WAY more interested and curious than if you were to bring it up when someone's eating or just using it as a conversation starter.
A responsible vegan ALWAYS studies the subject of their own health and how to keep their body completely provided for in every sense. http://www.veganhealth.org/sh
To neglect their body is to define a plant-based diet as unhealthy and is the opposite of helping the animals.
Just to clear things up, the vegetarian/vegan diet is not composed of salads, vegetables, fruit and fake meat. Fruits and vegetables are always important but they DO NOT make up the largest portion of any healthy diet.
A balanced plant-based diet includes grains(breads, pasta, rice,cereal), legumes(soy, beans, peas, lentils), fruit and vegetables.
http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/vsk/f鈥?/a>
http://www.peta.org/accidentallyVegan/
http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/ea鈥?/a>
Being vegan can be an art, one whose challenge is to take things that involve the suffering of the innocent and change them into something free of cruelty.
A vegan woman can create an ENTIRELY NEW,HEALTHY HUMAN BEING INSIDE OF HER. Many of these children stay vegan and grow up to be perfectly healthy adults. So just keep yourself educated about what you eat and don't let anyone tell you that a veg diet is lacking anything essential.
Technically the term ';vegetarian'; does imply that you don't consume anything that comes from the body of an animal that requires killing it. Many ingredients such as gelatin and glycerin are found in many candies, Fig-Newtons, and many of other foods as well as rennet found in many cheeses.
http://www.happycow.net/health-animal-in鈥?/a>
The best thing to remember is to take your time so that for example: when you are comfortable not eating beef and pork you can then give up chicken when you are sure you can make the commitment permanently.
Depending on your age or reliance on parents or regional options, it may not be best to give yourself a label. The important thing is to do your best to make progress and be committed to your compassion towards animals. Never put your focus onto what you or other people use to describe yourself.
If you meet someone that talks down to people for eating meat, dairy, etc or to you because they think they are ';more veg'; than you, laugh in their face and tell them they are a disgrace to the entire philosophy. People like this only hurt the idea of veg*ism AND the animals. The point of all of this is to live compassionately and and as free from cruelty as you can, all the while maintaining your health and a positive attitude. People who don't maintain either, need not open their mouths and represent our beliefs.
If you actually choose to read all of this, I hope it helps. If not, feel free to e-mail me if you have questions.
Yeah, eat meat.
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