i want to be a vegetarian....

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Perhaps Psych yourself up first .. think it could well be harder starting and maintaining it all,than giving up Cigs, to some ..??



maybe i should have added .. assuming you smoked Cigs, CMeow ha
but i sure get your drift ..
 
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Well, it's not as simple as not eating meat.

I've been a full-on vegetarian for 3 years now. For many years before that, I ate no red meat, but did occasionally indulge in poultry.

Here are some of the things to consider:

1. Why do you want to be a vegetarian? The answer to this will help inform the answers to some of the following questions.

2. What type of vegetarian do you want to be? There are many. Lacto-ovo is the most common, by which you eat some animal products, but never animal flesh. There's also dietary vegan (you don't eat any animal products, but don't necessarily avoid all animal products for other uses [eg clothing]). Another less-known variant is "pescetarianism" where you'll eat occasional fish, but no other animal flesh. Which one of these, or other innumerable variations thereof you choose is largely based on the reason why you want to be a vegetarian.

3. What is your budget like? Some meat replacements are expensive. You may need to adjust your answer to number two to fit your budget.

Once you've answsered the above questions, do a lot of research. You'll need to get a minumum of 60 grams of "complete" protein per day. Complete protein provides all of the essential amino acids. Some sources will claim that Soy provides a complete protein. This is technically false. While it does contain all of the essential amino acids, it falls short on the quantity required. Most people are capable of attaining the full set of amino acids by pairing soy (or another legume) with grain (brown rice, whole wheat, whole corn).

I, personally, eat a lot of products that have soy protein isolate (tofu, in essence), and seitan (wheat gluten). This provides a quality protein source, without an overload of carbs.

If you choose to be lacto-ovo, you can suppliment your daily intake of protein with cheese, milk, and eggs. Just be careful, as those sources tend to be high in saturated fats and cholesterol.
 

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Well, it's not as simple as not eating meat.

I've been a full-on vegetarian for 3 years now. For many years before that, I ate no red meat, but did occasionally indulge in poultry.

Here are some of the things to consider:

1. Why do you want to be a vegetarian? The answer to this will help inform the answers to some of the following questions.

2. What type of vegetarian do you want to be? There are many. Lacto-ovo is the most common, by which you eat some animal products, but never animal flesh. There's also dietary vegan (you don't eat any animal products, but don't necessarily avoid all animal products for other uses [eg clothing]). Another less-known variant is "pescetarianism" where you'll eat occasional fish, but no other animal flesh. Which one of these, or other innumerable variations thereof you choose is largely based on the reason why you want to be a vegetarian.

3. What is your budget like? Some meat replacements are expensive. You may need to adjust your answer to number two to fit your budget.

Once you've answsered the above questions, do a lot of research. You'll need to get a minumum of 60 grams of "complete" protein per day. Complete protein provides all of the essential amino acids. Some sources will claim that Soy provides a complete protein. This is technically false. While it does contain all of the essential amino acids, it falls short on the quantity required. Most people are capable of attaining the full set of amino acids by pairing soy (or another legume) with grain (brown rice, whole wheat, whole corn).

I, personally, eat a lot of products that have soy protein isolate (tofu, in essence), and seitan (wheat gluten). This provides a quality protein source, without an overload of carbs.

If you choose to be lacto-ovo, you can suppliment your daily intake of protein with cheese, milk, and eggs. Just be careful, as those sources tend to be high in saturated fats and cholesterol.

thanks you so much. and i want to be vegetarian cause I don't eat much meat now anyways. just minor poultry like boneless chicken breast and eggs. I don't eat pork or fish. Only beef I do eat is like a sausage. Anyways meat is getting expensive and i want to lose some weight. So I knew i would still need to eat some animal products. I didn't know that Lacto-ovo was the name for it.

One thing tho is that I hate to-fu. So wish me luck.
 
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Just read that the human body sheds over 30 to 40 thousand skin cells an hour, bout a million a day, along with every one elses and other animal dead skin cells floating around I wonder how much we consume through breathing. Could not find an answer to that..but, I am kinda feelin a little bit queasy.
 

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Eggs....chicken embryos floating around in their embryonic fluid. That grosses me out enough to stay away from eggs.

Commercial eggs, and most eggs from "egg farmers" are infertile. That means there is no embryo. Commercial egg producers don't keep roosters on the premises, because it precludes fertilization. Infertile eggs keep longer than fertile ones.
 

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Joyboytoy offers great advice.

Titrating yourself off meat is a good idea. As with anything else, just dumping an element of your diet can be a shock to the system. So it's good you already don't eat many meats. Try reducing the number of meals with meat in them over a few months and see how your body reacts.

And yes, getting a balanced diet usually means pairing foods like rice/corn/quinoa/millet with beans/nuts/lentils. You can get a lot of protein in your system that way. Personally, I would depart from joyboytoy's diet in that tofu, tempeh, seitan, and the like are much too processed for my diet (I went nearly veg - still eat meat occasionally - to get processed food out of my diet), but that's a personal preference.

As for salads, I would suggest mixing your greens (no iceberg lettuce, please) with tasty fresh veggies (shallots, radishes, peppers, avocados) and something that can help add protein, like nuts, or toasted chickpeas. Making your own balsamic vinaigrette (one part balsamic vinegar to two or three parts olive oil, with salt and pepper to taste) is a good (and cheap) way to cut out a lot of the gunk you get in store-bought dressings.

As for losing weight, being vegetarian or vegan won't necessarily help you any. I know lots of chunky vegans - vegan brownies are still as high in calories as non-vegan brownies, after all. Stay away from food that comes out of cans, bags, or other packaging. Stay away from foods loaded with sugar (check the label - it gets snuck into lots of foods as fructose, glucose, syrups, "corn sugar", and other names, especially in the US) and simple carbohydrates (white flours, plain pasta), which are readily converted to sugar.
 

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Commercial eggs, and most eggs from "egg farmers" are infertile. That means there is no embryo. Commercial egg producers don't keep roosters on the premises, because it precludes fertilization. Infertile eggs keep longer than fertile ones.

So in essence it's like eating a chicken menstrual cycle in a nice little capsule.:biggrin1:
 

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Yeah, veggie meat replacements can be spendy... but, believe it or not, you probably get enough protein from the foods you eat without any special protein additives.

Try this: Cut meats out of our diet. Changing nothing else, tally up the nutrition information (you'll need to measure your servings), and keep a running tab for a week. At the end of the week, divide your total protein by the total days you tallied, and figure our average daily protein intake - by just cutting meats and not adding anything new.

If you come out short, then add only as much meat replacement as you need to make up the deficiency. That should help save you some money.