From the article: How to Go Vegetarian or Vegan
How did you go vegetarian or vegan? Gradually? All at once? Share your tips for cutting out meat, eggs and dairy so that others can learn from your experience! Share your tips!
I know how to go vegan.
- I'm 11 and I went vegan on last wensday. I was so tempted to eat meat. Like at school, they had my fave lunch and my friend saw that I was going to eat meat so she took it off of my plate. friends help me to go vegan.
- —Guest Abigail
Awesome life!
- I have been a vegetarian (lact-ovo) since friday. My friend is a vegan and I asked why, and when she told me why, i was chewing a meat ball and I spit it out. She told me how they where slaughtered and i wanted to cry. Now every time I see meat i think of being a animal being slaughtered and why i am a vegetarian at the age of 11! I am so happy I am a vegetarian. And i am not the only one. NO MORE MEAT FOR ME! Thank you for reading this.
- —Guest abigail
Save me, save our Earth
- I just recently became a vegan. I read John Robbins' The Food Revolution. The "poor animals" theory was never incentive for me (I grew up on a farm), but realizing the health benefits, and the concern over the destruction of our world, has convinced me that being a vegan is my only moral food choice. I am still trying to convince my husband, but I think that is only a matter of time.
- —Guest Lisa
My bestie and vegies
- I strted becoming a vegetarian on monday, and i love it!! I get to eat foods that i had never even thought of. i tried meat tonight, and i felt sick. Never going back to the meat, because i love animals, and i hate thinking of how they are killed.
- —Guest Cycy
Long time vegetarian
- I've been a vegetarian since my mom met my step dad (I was 8 yrs old...44 now) and it's just a way of life for me. Meat smells good, looks good, but I can't get past the idea of biting into flesh. It is important to eat as balanced as possible, and just because your a vegetarian, doesn't mean you'll be skinny. I have battled a weight problem most of my life, but that comes with too much cheese, bad carbs and sweets. I do Weight Watchers with ease as you can do just about any "diet" on WW. Lost a lot of weight on Atkins several yrs ago, but extremely difficult if you don't eat meat.
- —Guest Alicia
Food combining;
- Happy to find this web site for sharing, after being disappointed with a presumed professional vegetarian/vegan networking website only to find it overrun with negative nonsense piled high with hostility, all of which can easily be found by turning on a television. Tired of stomach ailments I found vegetarianism through time, research and help from friends. A major value to me has been utilizing the chart of proper food combining, following the rules and/or science particularly with fruit, alleviated considerable discomfort. With all the information available to us through books and the internet, it’s still difficult to know exactly what’s right or wrong, fact or fiction. Keeping it simple not using too many ingredients made it easier for me to distinguish the foods that better agreed with me from those that did not. Amazes me that in a world full of technological developments how vegetarianism can still be viewed by some as an anomaly.
- —ke14ll
Loving the New Vegetarian Lifestyle
- I too have recently transitioned to the vegetarian lifestyle. I love it and I feel so great. Unlike some who are opposed to eating meat, it never bothered me. I LOVED a good steak. I did it for health reasons. I am 100# over weight , high blood pressure (170/80) and felt tired all the time. I have a 10 and 6 year old and I could not keep up. I started on a low carb diet and felt even worst. So I started researching and reading and realized that I need to eat the things God gave us originally from the ground to start feeling better. So I transitioned to ovo-lacto vegetarian. My kids are concentrating more, I have more energy, my BP is 125/70 and I have lost weight, not even trying to diet! All because I am eating off the land! If you are thinking about this lifestyle change I highly recommend "The Vegetarian Bible Cookbook" These are so easy to prepare and easy to find things. My kids...meat lovers...have loved every meal so far. Who knows we may go Vegan, but I do love my cheese! LOL
- —Guest NutBugs
The Chicken's Eyes!
- I've never really considered becoming a Vegan but today my mother brought in a chicken to slaughter as a form of charity to the poor. Her intentions were good but one look at the chicken and how it was sleeping peacefully, a bowl of food and grains besides it - I don't know. I just decided that it's time to stop just feeling sorry for them and actually do something about it. Wish me luck :)
- —Guest Zainab
Mommy of 4!!!!
- I was never a big fan of meat. But I became a vegetarian after having my last child. I breast feed so I need 2 be the healthiest I can be & I wanted my body back. And I had 2 do it the right way. Its not hard. I love it. My husband is not a veg. & there's no prob. I cook their meals & mine. Its great!!
- —Guest Cris
Best choice I've ever made!
- This is my 3rd week as a vegetarian, and I feel great! I feel more alive, more active.. I used to be very lazy, but now, I'm doing what I have to do, and with lots of energy! I turned into a vegetarian, due to the movie Earthlings... I cried a lot, and I think my will to not eat meat will stay for plenty of years!
- —Guest Daphney Oliveira
6 years as a Vegetarian.
- Hi all! I am proud to say I have been a full vegetarian for six year (no meat, fish or poultry AT ALL and no gelatine). I live to cook and as I have been a vegetarian so long I naturally adapt any recipe I see to a vegetarian version- lentils are your friend! In the last few days I have made the switch to going full Vegan, something I've been considering for a while. It's been an easy, natural step for me. The supermarkets stock so much vegan things these days!
- —Guest Mikki
Its been 2 years
- Well its a complete transformation for me to be precise. In a nutshell I have decided not to kill lives to to lead my life, that's the least humans should do in my opinion. I am proud to be a vegetarian. Feel light physically and mentally. Getting close to birds and animals guilt free.
- —Guest Raja Anandan
Going vegetarian at 50!
- A newbie and still learning the ropes. Trying the vegetarian diet and enjoying it so far! Still on some dairy such as egg whites and cottage cheese. Just almond or rice milk these days. It has only been a week and I am feeling good and looking forward to making this a new lifestyle. I have gotten some resistance from friends, coworkers, neighbors and family members, but oh well, they can just get over it. My doctor was happy for me :-)
- —Guest chococat
Almost at 3 months vegetarian now!
- Hi everyone! I just recently became a vegetarian and I love it. I feel cruelty-free and amazing on the inside and out. I became a vegetarian not to lose weight or anything but because i simply just love animals so much. I was inspired by others to become a vegetarian and i watched some youtube videos about slaughter and farmhouse animals and i cried for days. My heart can't take the thought of eating another living and breathing creature. THEY FEEL PAIN TOO. These animals are tortured and separated from their families and never get to actually live and be free. It's depressing and I have educated myself through organizations like PETA and others. I'm only 15 but I plan to live meat-free the rest of my life. I'm trying to work my way up to vegan...maybe someday. It's hard at first to make sure you're getting the right nutrients so I'm still working on that but I recommend to anyone being vegetarian. Did you know each vegetarian can save about 100 animals per year? GO VEG! SAVE LIVES!
- —Guest Jules
Laid back veggie
- I became a vegetarian at Uni (via eating fish only to start with) at the late age of 31. The transition took half a year. The college served veggie food, and I learned to cook some simple stuff too when out of college. I am far more keen on not eating food from factory farming than in the difference between veggie and meat eater. At least give the animals respect! (I find this approach also helps with finding common ground with many meat-eaters). So always milk, eggs, cheese is organic. Respect to the vegans! :-)
- —Guest hippo
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