Vegetarians or Vegans Out there?

[OneTimeSBX]

Originally Posted by 1908Revelations

mini Hijack/
Are you or her dad tall? I'm just wondering why would would assume the chemicals first.
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there are NO tall people in our family on either side lol, im 5ft4, hes 5ft5. i pretty much round out the tall women, he's about average.

i know there is a chance she will have inherited a gene from god knows where to make her 5ft11, but ive noticed even the past few months as i have limited her consumption of certain foods, she has slimmed down a bit...coincidence? i dont know. but if i can get her healthier anyway in the process, ill do it

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by mulattogyrl

I have no idea what to do with tofu

It works well as a chicken sub. Any recipe that calls for cubed chicken can be replaced with cubed tofu.

There's a little Jap-American place near my house that makes the BEST Hibachi Tofu and springrolls!

[AKA_Monet]

Good luck with Fish...

Fish increases cholesterol storage

[RedefinedDiva]

Originally Posted by mulattogyrl

I have no idea what to do with tofu.

Tofu is really easy to prepare. In fact, it's very porous, so you can marinate it and it absorbs flavor well. I love it. You can also use soy crumbles in place of ground beef/turkey. You can also use veggie dogs, burgers, and soy "chicken" patties.

Check out www.vegcooking.com for recipes or search www.allrecipes.com for tofu/meatless/vegan recipes. I have a bunch that I just printed. That should hold me until I get used to being vegetarian.

I considered becoming a pescatarian, but I just don't want to eat chicken anymore either. While I LOOOOOOOOOOVE seafood (and might still eat it until I ease into this new lifestyle), I know that I have to give it up. I need to reclaim my health.

As for the babies getting bigger, it's a REALITY!! My little cousin is almost 4 and I can already see that she is going to be big sexy fine when she gets older! It's shocking!! While I know that kids grow at different rates, it's crazy for little girls to have "shapes" at such a young age. It's frightening. I blame cow's milk and the hormones in beef/pork/chicken. These kids are starting to look older for their age, the onset of puberty is hitting earlier, their behaviors and hormones are all out of whack, etc. While not everything is the fault of milk and meats, I know that it plays a BIG part. When the Lord decides to bless me with kids, they won't be getting any of that mess.

[OneTimeSBX]

Originally Posted by RedefinedDiva

As for the babies getting bigger, it's a REALITY!! My little cousin is almost 4 and I can already see that she is going to be big sexy fine when she gets older! It's shocking!! While I know that kids grow at different rates, it's crazy for little girls to have "shapes" at such a young age. It's frightening. I blame cow's milk and the hormones in beef/pork/chicken. These kids are starting to look older for their age, the onset of puberty is hitting earlier, their behaviors and hormones are all out of whack, etc. While not everything is the fault of milk and meats, I know that it plays a BIG part. When the Lord decides to bless me with kids, they won't be getting any of that mess.

i realized that too...we went swimsuit shopping in May. i refuse to put my child in a 2 piece, and every single tank suit we tried on was skintight thru her booty. she ended up in a size 12... at the age of 6, you have no business with that much behind lol! of course, im built like that too, but my curvy genes didnt kick in until i was 19...we went school shopping 3 times last year. even buying things a size or two too big didnt work, her behind was too big. poor thing, she's skinny every where else lol!

[RitaMae1908]

Originally Posted by mulattogyrl

This is an informative thread. I have thought cutting down on my meat intake, but my problem is I just don't know what to cook or buy after a while. I feel like I'm eating the same thing over and over. I have no idea what to do with tofu, lol, but I do buy lots of soy milk, and I also buy the veggie chicken patties, hot dogs, burgers, etc. The Morning Star chicken patties really taste like the real thing.

I feel your pain. I was inspired by a relative to try Vegatarianism. I buy a lot of things at Whole Foods Market here in Houston <---relative works there so that helps... but I've tried the Vegan meatballs, made a pizza with "gimme lean" and rice cheese <----good stuff!!!, and I've bought a lot of the gardenburger products. The portabella patties/ "riblets" are excellent. I'm slowing having to learn how to eat and taking red meatout of my diet all together. I already don't eat pork (just never cared for it). I started about a month ago. I did notice though that the vegatarian products are pretty high in sodium and I've had problems with my BP after I had my daughter.

Come Veteran Vegetarians... where are those recipes!!!!

[SummerChild]

OneTimeSBX,
One thing that I have also noticed just by trying on jeans myself in places like Macy's is that the sizes nowadays are much smaller than they used to be. You cannot tell me that I wear a 12/14. I am all of 130 lbs. and 5'1". When I first started buying jeans in Macy's as a teen, I wore a 4 or a 6 and I wasn't much smaller. How is a person who is 130 lbs. all of a sudden a 12/14. Come on now. The sizes are smaller nowadays. That might be some of what is going on with your daughter if you are thinking of what a size 12 in girls *used* to be. The sizes are much much smaller now for some reason.

SC

Originally Posted by OneTimeSBX

i realized that too...we went swimsuit shopping in May. i refuse to put my child in a 2 piece, and every single tank suit we tried on was skintight thru her booty. she ended up in a size 12... at the age of 6, you have no business with that much behind lol! of course, im built like that too, but my curvy genes didnt kick in until i was 19...we went school shopping 3 times last year. even buying things a size or two too big didnt work, her behind was too big. poor thing, she's skinny every where else lol!

[SoCalGirl]

The size thing varies from store to store.

About a year or so ago one of the local news stations got a "fit model", a "perfect size eight", according to industry standards. They hit a local mall and had her try on jeans at Banana, Bebe, Gap, etc. Guess what? She was a 4 at the largest. She even fit a zero at Banana!

This is why I worry about fit and not digits on the tag!

[icebrAKA]

I'm a new vegetarian. I've surprised myself because I would clown those who are vegetarians. I started giving up pork for lent but that wasn't as much of a sacrifice so I decided to bring it up a notch and give up meat for lent. I was surprised with the changes to my body that took place. ALL impurities of the bodies were no more. I felt more energy. I never had problems with “movements”. In fact they were VERY regular. It would have been harder for me to give up rice than meat. I was surprised at all of the food that I have been able to eat.

I’d highly suggest it to anyone.

[mulattogyrl]

Originally Posted by RedefinedDiva

Tofu is really easy to prepare. In fact, it's very porous, so you can marinate it and it absorbs flavor well. I love it. You can also use soy crumbles in place of ground beef/turkey. You can also use veggie dogs, burgers, and soy "chicken" patties.

Check out www.vegcooking.com for recipes or search www.allrecipes.com for tofu/meatless/vegan recipes. I have a bunch that I just printed. That should hold me until I get used to being vegetarian.

Thanks! Now, if one day I can just trick my husband and daughter into eating tofu instead of ground beef/turkey... , because there is NO WAY they'll eat it willingly, LOL!

[lovelyivy84]

Tofurkey Italian sausages.

They taste so good that my mother thinks they are secretly NOT vegetarian and use meat casings (they don't, I looked it up). If you didn't tell them no one would believe they are not meat. SO good!

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by mulattogyrl

Thanks! Now, if one day I can just trick my husband and daughter into eating tofu instead of ground beef/turkey... , because there is NO WAY they'll eat it willingly, LOL!

Ha! That is so funny! Because if I feed my husband ANY Tofu... Whew... It will first get REALLY musical from his nether-regions, then I will need to invest into Lysol Spray shares...

Originally Posted by lovelyivy84

Tofurkey Italian sausages.

They taste so good that my mother thinks they are secretly NOT vegetarian and use meat casings (they don't, I looked it up). If you didn't tell them no one would believe they are not meat. SO good!

How do you make yours? I tried various kinds of ways and they wind up rather tough to chew.

Quron products are rather tasty as well as Veat.

[Anticipatience]

SoulVegFolk.com...kind of like Facebook or MySpace but made for all varieties of meat-estranged people of color.