Vegetarian?!

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Vegetarian?

Im becoming a vegetarian , Ive real alot on it and I would like to know any tips from anyone.

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I gave up eating meat as a gradual process; first of all i have never liked lamb. I was three when i saw a hog roast, i remember feeling sorry for the pig it had a metal spike up its butt and through its mouth its eyes where black and roasted its skin was crispy and blackened. I remember visualising a pig on a machine cooking alive above a fire! Pork out the window. Beef now here is a bit of a mistery for me, but it was probably steak that did it, it was fried and chewy, chewy had to hack at it with my knife! not worth the effort i was about 8 here. beef (oven cooked). You know this is probably the most tempting food for me, beef in a roll, but no! you see it smells horrible when you really think about it and it is the same thing as steak really. sausages now i knew where sausages came from alright, pigs, yet it was different. I have never eaten meat with bones in it i have always been disgusted at the thought, I ate a sausage and thank god though I didnt enjoy it at the time it contained bone and gristle, it makes me retch, thats sausages out the window. even before i stopped eating sausages i had given up bacon yuk it tasted strong salty, in essence, meaty, i had sausages wrapped in bacon one christmas dinner, me mum told them before the plate was handed to me and it was corrected leaving only sausages and veg. i tasted the sausage expeting to enjoy it yet to my surprise i didn't tase sausage how confusing, i tasted bacon so i spat that in the bin, next i attepted my veg, no surely not that as well, my veg tasted of, guess what bacon! pure and simple I don't like it. by the time I stopped eating sausages i also stopped eating fish, it had that grey scaly stuff attached, its skin, yukyukyuk uggh disgustin', i began to realise i was vegetarian, and they don't eat meat, i kicked out turkey, but i reamian to eat chiken twice a year maybe out of need. I may be hungary and there is KFC, but i only eat the breast,. ie no bones, i sometimes eat it on a barbeque, you see I am distanced from the animal as i don't see it in an uncooked state, if i do i am appalled. I am not really a moral vegetarian I would happily consume meat if very hungary and, It wasn't so bad for you, it didn't come with, bone skin and veins etc, which it does, and it wasn't every chewy disgusting thing that it sometimes is. Also imagine a dirty pig rolling around in its S**T do you really crave that? I can't stand imitation bacon or ham, you know why? it is to damn reallistic, it makes me retch the taste ugh. but most other imitations are alright . therefore i know dont like prok, excluding sausages because of the taste! i would leaste like to eat pig products. I am almost physically sick!

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here is a good site which should easily help you give up meat
www.vegetarian.org.uk

always think that vegetables keep you away from doctor... how nice right?

yea have extra food at home, food that you can store, like noddle, soups, garonala bars, frozen veggs,
and make menus and plan out what you'll eat 1 week in advance, and find out what resturant you can and can't eat at

Just have fun with the foods you eat and don't let anyone bully you into eating meat- if you don't want to at that point, that is. Also, if you have a reason for cutting off, it makes a great mantra if you start missing anything.

Good luck!

Eat a variety of "whole foods," with plenty of beans, nuts, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables. Avoid unhealthy foods like trans fats, which are usually listed as partially hydrogenated oils. Deep-fried foods often contain trans fats. Choose margarines that use nonhydrogenated oil, like Earth Balance or Smart Balance. Although a diet consisting of Coke and French fries is technically vegan, you can't be healthy if you eat nothing but junk food. Vitamin B12: Vitamin B12 is produced by bacteria, and some experts believe that vegetarians used to get plenty of this vitamin from bacteria in drinking water. Since drinking water is now treated with chemicals that kill the bacteria, it's important to make sure that you get enough vitamin B12 from fortified foods (like most brands of soy or rice milks, some breakfast cereals, and many brands of nutritional yeast,also eggs and milk) on a daily basis or by taking a sublingual B12 tablet of 10 mcg per day

Iron-beans, dark green leafy vegetables (like spinach),whole grain breads, Also eat something with vitamin c when you eat something with iron, it increases absorption

Calcium-dark green leafy vegetables (spinach, broccoli, soymilk)

Protein-Isn't really hard to get, just eat a variety of foods, good sources are beans, brown rice, nuts, whole grain breads, soy foods

Omega-3 fatty acids-flax seeds/oil,walnuts,canola oil

Zinc-pumpkin seeds (best source), beans and lentils, yeast, nuts, seeds and whole grain cereals

Selenium-Brazil nuts are a particularly good source of selenium, so try to eat a couple every day. Eating a small bag of mixed unsalted nuts can be a convenient way to get your daily selenium intake, but make sure it contains Brazils. Bread and eggs also provide some selenium.

Vitamin D- Vitamin D, often called the sunshine vitamin, is another common deficiency in those not drinking vitamin D fortified milk. Synthetic vitamin D is added to both cow’s milk and most brands of soy milk today.

Vitamins A (beta carotene),C, K, E and Folate-variety of fruits and veggies

Iodine-Iodine is a trace mineral that's important for healthy thyroid function. Table salt is the most common and reliable source of iodine in Americans' diets. (However, sodium in processed foods usually does not contain iodine.) If you don't consume table salt, you can get iodine from a multivitamin or from kelp tablets.

The first month of becoming one, it's hard. After that, it'll get easier. For the first month, trying eating meat substitutes like Chik'n nuggets from Boca. They taste almost like the real thing!!!

Take it slowly to begin with as it can be a bit overwhelming.

Learn to cook. Friends will love you and you will never go hungry.

Learn to cope with the 20 questions that almost complete strangers feel it OK to ask you regarding your diet.

Be a healthy vegetarian - why not? Make sure you eat a varied range of veggie food. Do not eat too much dairy, fat, salt or junk food.

Look forward to clear skin, great, shiny hair and a youthful appearance.

Good luck!

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