Vegetarian or Vegan?

[macallan25]

PETA killed almost 98% of the couple thousand some odd animals they "took in" last year. PETA is a bullshit organization.

I eat meat.

[SATX*APhi]

I stopped eating beef, pork, and all red meat over six months ago for health reasons and haven't missed it. My diet now consists of poultry, seafood, and vegetarian dishes but I'm considering going vegetarian.

I thought about all the hormones and other injections in beef and decided I didn't want to ingest that stuff. I stopped drinking milk (Silk Soymilk Light Vanilla is my new best friend!) and stopped eating yogurt and many other dairy products. It's been difficult to stop eating cheese and a few other dairy products so I try to eat those spairingly. I could've decided to eat organically but for whatever reason I chose not to.

In the last couple of weeks I've considered going vegetarian. Living in South Texas makes this extremely difficult though. There aren't any restaurants that cater to a vegetarian lifestyle and most restauarants down here don't offer many vegetarian options. I do cook often but I do enjoy eating out every once in a while. Not to mention, I am SURROUNDED by BBQ joints and the like. Texans eat meat. Period. It took my family and friends a good while to understand and accept that I had decided to stop eating certain meats. It's been over six months and they STILL ask questions!

I'm not sure if I will truly become a vegetarian but it's something I've been thinking about a lot lately. I only eat meat once daily, if even that, so we'll see.

[Tom Earp]

There are called Medical people who say a well rounded diet is good for you!

If you want to eat pine cones and tree bark, then please feel do.

So, do not enjoy Pizza, burgers, or steaks.

You can or cannot do!!!

Guess Taco Salad will not fit in either!

Oh well, if you die, what do you care?

[AKA_Monet]

I was a vegan, but I back to a ovo-lacto vegetarian. I recently tried eating eggs straight up, but cannot hold it down. I cannot eat flesh products.

Anyhow, you need strong amount of organic supplementation and do NOT go vegetarian "cold turkey" Stave off foods slowly, like in months. Increased your consumption of water to cleanse your system. Make sure you are getting active exercise... And proper sleep. You should be alright if you are healthy.

I chose to not eat meat. I could care less about the harm that comes at slaughter. I did it because I had to have plant products balancing my system rather than animal products. But that is my chemical make-up. Yours may be different from mine.

And let's not get into crazy PETA... Those loons would like a car accident child victim die since all the EMT products were tested on animals... What would they do if that Tatiana the Tiger mauled them?

[KappaKittyCat]

Originally Posted by SATX*APhi

In the last couple of weeks I've considered going vegetarian. Living in South Texas makes this extremely difficult though. There aren't any restaurants that cater to a vegetarian lifestyle and most restaurants down here don't offer many vegetarian options.

I work with a customer in south Texas and my team was on-site. A co-worker was from India and he was Hindu and vegetarian. We were at a generic restaurant which was, by virtue of being in Texas, a steakhouse. He politely asked the waitress whether they had any vegetarian options. She looked confused for a moment, then said, "Oh, y'all mean like chicken?"

Thus was born the Texas Vegetarian.

[SATX*APhi]

Originally Posted by KappaKittyCat

I work with a customer in south Texas and my team was on-site. A co-worker was from India and he was Hindu and vegetarian. We were at a generic restaurant which was, by virtue of being in Texas, a steakhouse. He politely asked the waitress whether they had any vegetarian options. She looked confused for a moment, then said, "Oh, y'all mean like chicken?"

Thus was born the Texas Vegetarian.

Ha!

[CutiePie2000]

I recycled this post from another thread, but I feel that 'tis a good one:

Well, no matter what happens, if any of you practice "vegetarianism", please don't go around saying "I'm a vegetarian, I only eat chicken and fish" as those are animals.

KTHXBYE.

[SATX*APhi]

Originally Posted by CutiePie2000

I recycled this post from another thread, but I feel that 'tis a good one:

Well, no matter what happens, if any of you practice "vegetarianism", please don't go around saying "I'm a vegetarian, I only eat chicken and fish" as those are animals.

KTHXBYE.

Oh, I hear that! When I tell people that I don't eat beef but do eat poultry and seafood, most look at me with a confused look upon their face and ask, "so you're a vegetarian?" Umm, no. Let's try this again....

[Eclipse]

I am participating in a spiritual fast and am only eating fruits and veggies for 21 days. So I guess you can say I am somewhat a vegeterian right now. lol I just finished my first week and it has been great although I don't think I can do this forever. The biggest issue I have had has been with the bloating and gas, but let me tell you, prayer works!

I have been traveling quite a bit for work and have done pretty good with making sure I get enough to eat each day. It can be a challenge though. It is amazing though that so many salads in resturants have meat on them and how few truly vegeterian options there are out there.

Last night I went to Chili's and had a black bean veggie burger (I skipped the bun, nothing processed for me right now) with lettuce and tomatoes, grilled onions, peppers and mushrooms, and steamed mixed veggies no butter last night. The black bean burger was delish! I had a veggie burger from Ruby Tuesday's on Friday and it was not as good.

I do like veggies so I have found if all else fails I can do just a plate of sides. I have not been fanatical about it, but I do have to spend extra time asking how something is prepared.