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I'm giving up eating meat and switching to a vegetarian diet! (1 Viewer)
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El Floppo
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Limp Ditka
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msommer
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AAABatteries
Footballguy
Don't do it.
Captain Cranks
Footballguy
First off, good decision. Secondly, become well educated on nutrition. You need to make sure you're getting complete proteins in your diet. Third, get used to farting. Eventually your body will learn to process things so that you're not always gassy, but that takes a little time.
Any other vegetarians on the FFA have advice to offer?
It's a commitment, and isn't easy, but well worth the effort.
ETA - what prompted the decision?
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AAABatteries
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captain_amazing
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captain_amazing
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Also, screw nutrition, protein and all that jazz. It's very easy to be a vegetarian. Pasta, cheese, and pizza. Rinse and repeat.
captain_amazing
Footballguy
There's no such thing as a vegetarian that eats white meat. There's another word for them.
Captain Cranks
Footballguy
Short and long term health. Meat greatly increases the risk of cancer and heart disease.
sbonomo
Footballguy
ah i see...i hear people all the time say they are giving up meat then proceed to order fish or shrimp. It really confuses me. For the sake of this discussion i will assume the OP is giving up all animal based meat.
bosoxs45
Footballguy
I was curious about feeling better and lots of my friends suggested a plant based diet. Once in a blue moon, I'll have a steak or eggs
captain_amazing
Footballguy
Yea, it's annoying when folks say their vegetarian but have a burger, chicken, or fish "every once in awhile." You either don't eat meat or you do.
Also, "vegetarians" that eat fish are pescatarians. Very few of them self identify as that, though.
#themoreyouknow
Captain Cranks
Footballguy
Vegetarians don't eat meat or fish but eat dairy.
Pescatarians are vegetarians who also eat fish/seafood.
Vegans won't eat any animal based products including dairy.
I don't know what the hell you call someone who only eats white meat.
captain_amazing
Footballguy
I felt better when I ate meat. But I eat terribly as a vegetarian. Everyone's different, I suppose.
captain_amazing
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bosoxs45
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Captain Cranks
Footballguy
My sister was a vegetarian for years and was always sick and lethargic. She never replaced the nutrients she got in meat with something plant based. That's why it's important to read up and find out what you'll be missing and how to replace it.
Like I said before, it's a commitment and a lot of work. I don't begrudge anyone who "cheats" here and there because it can be difficult to never eat meet; especially when you're on the go.
Captain Cranks
Footballguy
I tried vegan for a couple months and it was too tough. Cheese is probably the most difficult thing to replace with something plant based. I gave up and have settled on pescatarianism.
sbonomo
Footballguy
Did you give up beef, chicken, pork, lamb, etc due to personal taste or for health reasons (just a few sentences is sufficient). My girlfriend is convinced that non organic will cause cancer (she trying to become a pescatarian as well). It is very annoying at times to have to make two separate meals because i disagree with her and refuse to pay substantially more for organic product.
captain_amazing
Footballguy
For me, has nothing to do with what I'm missing. I've been a vegetarian for a decade and have never had an issue with low b12 or protein (which is overrated). My issue is I simply eat poorly (pasta, cheese, and pizza... or and beer).
I guess it being hard is relative. I find it easy, but I think some folks can't handle limited options when they go out or don't want to eat faux meat, like Gardein. For me, I'd happily eat dirt if it was my only option.
I also do bregrudge people who cheat, but it depends more on why they choose to go vegetarian. If they are going vegetarian for dietary/health reasons, then who cares. But if it's for animal rights reasons, then they can go #### themselves. Also it's different to have a "vegetarian diet" and "be a vegetarian," so it depends on that too.
captain_amazing
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AAABatteries
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Captain Cranks
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I watched a documentary called "Forks over Knives" that moved me towards trying veganism (it's on Netflix). It discusses the links of animal based diets to various diseases.sbonomo said:
About five months after beginning the change, I had routine blood work done and the doctor mentioned she hasn't seen levels that good in a while. The documentary covers several anecdotal cases of people who reversed diabetes and ended the need for meds by switching to a vegan diet.
As for organic, I'm cheap, so the organic thing was never important to me. I just bought a lot of rice, beans, nuts, fruits and vegetables in bulk to keep the cost down.
I do think that in about 50 or so years, our processed, meat based diet will be looked upon by society as being as harmful as cigarette smoking.
jhib
Footballguy
The funny thing is there's another thread around here where people are basically saying the same thing (with the same conviction) about carb-based diets. I guess the processed part is something in common, at least.
SacramentoBob
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Peens.Captain Cranks said:
Long Ball Larry
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SHIZNITTTT
Footballguy
This is bigger than actually coming out.
-OZ-
Footballguy
Funny, I was about to comment how a buddy telling you he's going vegetarian is like him coming out homosexual. Congrats? It's not for me but if it makes you happy I'll support your choices, but grandpa is going to act weird if you visit us for Thanksgiving.
Captain Cranks
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Godsbrother
Footballguy
I like meat, cheese and eggs. The key is to eat a wide variety of food and in moderation
jhib
Footballguy
bosoxs45 said:
Any other vegetarians on the FFA have advice to offer?
Okay, so I'm not one to offer advice very often, because what do I know, you know? But I went the vegetarian route for a couple of years some time ago (10 or maybe 15 years ago?), and some of the responses you've already gotten made me think to offer the following:
For me, my reasons were a little bit of everything. I always felt a little bit of guilt when I really thought about what I was eating, and thought about how I'm not sure I would eat much meat at all if I were the one who actually had to do the killing of the animal (I might only be okay with fish on that front). I was curious about the health aspect and how my body would respond. And there was more than a little bit of a simple desire to test my will power. But overall, I didn't have the strong "all in" conviction that many vegetarians have and certainly didn't go out of my way to advertise my eating choices to others.
But if I were going to do it again, the one thing I would change is that I would go further than just not advertising it - I would not even tell anyone about it at all. If I were going to a friend's for dinner, I'd just keep my mouth shut and eat what they served. That's basically what I wanted to do anyway since I felt that it was the polite thing to do if nothing else, but if they found out (usually from my wife) they'd either look at me funny and apologize or they'd go way out of their way to do something special for me, neither of which made me comfortable. Even now, years later, we'll be visiting one of our families or friends and someone will look at me funny when I'm eating meat and mention how they thought I was a vegetarian, even though I'm sure it's come up many, many times since then that I'm not. Then there were the questions about why you were doing it and some people would invariable try to turn a discussion about it into a debate, and I wasn't really interested in any of that, either.
So my advice is that if you're going to do it, at least consider doing it on your own time and not bringing it up to anyone but those who talked you into it in the first place. If you are with others, eat some of the meat served (it won't kill you), and just fill up more on the vegetarian options and sides. If you're anything like me, those kinds of situations don't come up that often anyway, and half the time they do, no one is really paying attention to what you're eating anyway.
Of course, you could also just go the complete opposite route and proclaim to the world your dietary choices and make it clear that you're judging anyone who chooses differently.
I know a few of those people and they sure do seem to have a blast with that lifestyle. 
FishTacoTuesday
Footballguy
Being a vegetarian should be pretty easy. You don't have to replace meat with plants. Everything important in meat is also in eggs and dairy.Captain Cranks said:
Being a vegan is trickier, but it doesn't sound like that's the OP's plan.
Politician Spock
Footballguy
Good thing I'll be dead by then. Life without a diet of meat sucks.
My wife and I have bodies that respond very differently to foods. If she doesn't get enough carbs, she feels like she starving. If I don't get enough protein, I feel like I'm starving.
I'm glad people are finding diets that work for them. What pisses me off though is when they think everyone should eat their new diet too.
bosoxs45
Footballguy
Yeah, I don't have the patience to become vegan. However, I am going to try vegetarianism out for 30 days.
