lele25
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Newly Converted Vegetarian
Posted: 01-10-08 23:54pm
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Hey all! I am a new vegetarian...as of 2
weeks ago. I was never a big red meat
eater in the first place, but I did eat
chicken or seafood a few times a week. I
decided to make a change after reading the
book "Skinny B***h", which in case you
haven't heard of it, it is about the
veganism. I haven't gone vegan yet, just
vegetarian so far, becaise I am fond of my
dairy products. If all goes well though, I
will plan on gradually giving up dairy and
eggs as well. So far the transition to
vegetarian has not been difficult at all
and I am already beginning to feel and
look better. Look forward to chatting with
y'all!
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Good Luck!
Posted: 01-15-08 00:27am
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changing to vegeterian diet has been the
best decision in ma life. I did it 2years
ago when I started to study abt ayurveda.
since I cut off red meat complitly I
became more calm and less stressed.
2 tips 4 ya: the only vitamin that you
can't get from veg diet is B12. and you
should take multy vitamin pills once in a
while. and try to do a random blood test
every 6month,searching for anemia.
and try not to place a big pressure on
urself and if u crave for ur favorite meat
meal! have it.otherwise this craving will
grow and turn in to obsession.
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lele25
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Posted: 01-15-08 16:23pm
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Thanks for the tips! I have had a few meat
cravings which I have satisfied with Bocca
Burgers or the Morning Star Chik'N
breasts. My husband is a big meat eater,
so watching him chow down on a steak the
other night was kinda hard....and I'm not
even a steak fan! Tonight we are going for
sushi, and its gonna be hard not eating a
tuna roll! Thanks again so much!
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nnik
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how did it go?
Posted: 01-27-08 03:22am
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sorry dude, I have'nt been around.
so, what did you do abt tuna roll? you
know, according to my ayurvedic diet I can
eat fish(sweat water fishes only) but I
hate fish! anyway  I
think the effect of fish meat on your body
is not as animalistic as red meat and even
chicken.
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lele25
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Posted: 01-27-08 13:19pm
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Hey! Well I was good and stuck with the
veggie rolls! They really are just as
good...it's just the thought of a spicey
tuna roll..... its so tempting. I live on
the Gulf Coast and we are constantly
eating seafood so eventually I'm sure I'll
cheat and have some shrimp or fish!
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Posted: 01-27-08 13:50pm
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You could be a pescatarian, like me!
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The_one
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hi!
Posted: 01-27-08 13:59pm
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Hey everyone!
I've been totally vegetarian for about 3
weeks or so. I really like it b/c i dont'
want to be eating my friends! I still eat
dairy products and such, except for eggs,
i don't really like eggs. I don't like
them fried or anything like that, but i'll
eat them in brownies or such. I don't
like fish at all either. I hate to sound
so picky but I hate fish. WEll, talk to
you all later!
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fiona05
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Posted: 01-28-08 20:00pm
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i was brought up vegetarian and have never
eaten meat in my life. i was brought up
eating fish though. i loved fish. but i
gave it up when i was about 9. i wouldnt
be able to kill a living thing whether it
be a dog, a fish or a spider! so i thought
it was hypocritical to eat fish when i
wouldnt have the heart to kill it myself.
it seemed sensible to be consistent so i
gave it up. i miss fish though. it has
been 12 years since i have had a jacket
potato with tuna on top. god i drool at
the very thought!!!
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lele25
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Vegetarian critics?
Posted: 01-28-08 20:23pm
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Hey! Have any of y'all expirenced any
criticms for you choice to be a
vegetarian? The reason I ask is that since
becoming a veg. I've been criticized and
poked fun at by friends and
family....Comments such as "you'll never
make it past a week", (I've gone almost a
month so far) "what are you some kind of
hippy-dippy-earth lover now?", and on and
on....Tonight my hubby and I went over to
my grandparents for dinner. They cooked
chicken and various veggies. After fixing
my plate with veggies only, my grandmother
looked at me and said"well if your doing
this no meat thing for weight loss it sure
isn't working"! My grandmother is always
very rude like this....I'm not fat..yes I
have gained a few pounds since I got
married but I still wear a size 8 and
that's perfectly fine with me. So anyways,
I told her that "I'm not doing this for
weight loss, I'm doing it to better myself
and the world around me". She said that
she was going to start a pool going on how
long I'll make it. She informed me that
"we are meat eaters and its silly to think
we could/should be any different".
Ugggggg!!!! I'm so mad!!!! Sorry I just
had to rant and see if anyone else had/has
similar problems. Ok now I'm going to have
a glass of wine! 
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Posted: 01-30-08 10:48am
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oh yes, i have had much mockery thrown my
way in my time! if i had a pound for every
time someone saw me eating and went "oh my
god the poor vegetables you're killing
them!" etc etc i would be very rich.
then there's the retarded hypothetical
questions, eg "so, if you were alone in a
desert, right, and you had no food left
and you were going to die, and then all of
a sudden a plate appears in front of you
and there's a steak on it, would you eat
it?"
ahh memories of being a child! though
you'd be surprised how often adults come
up with stuff like that too!
i dont mind someone finds out i am veggie
and asks me why as long as it is a genuine
question and they are really interested to
hear my views. most people who ask you
why don't want to listen to you they just
want to take the mickey out of you. i was
at a houseparty a while back and there
were savoury munchies being passed about
and i said no thankyou, i'm veggie, and
this guy just shot an awful look at me and
wen't "why??!!" it wasn't even a question
it was just a verbal assault!! he didn't
want to hear what i had to say, he just
wanted to embarrass me in front of
everyone or something. i hate that. and
that guy got quite an earful 
hey, i started a veggie debate in the
general debate forum, you should add your
views i'd be interested in hearing them x
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Posted: 01-30-08 11:39am
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I eat fish from time to time but no other
meat. For simplicity I will ask for a
vegetarian option at a restaurant and
invariably one or other of my veggie
friends who happen to be there will say,
'Ah yes, but you're not a REAL vegetarian,
are you?' which is just veggie fascism in
my opinion.
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Posted: 01-30-08 13:31pm
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that must be annoying! to me, although
fish are still creatures, someone who eats
fish can still be considered a vegetarian.
fish are caught in oceans so they are free
up until the time they are caught and
killed, so it takes out any of the issues
of cruelty associated with the inethical
rearing of animals and stuff...
a 'demi vegetarian' is someone who may eat
fish or chicken. i understand fish, but i
have never understood why it's ok for a
veggie to eat chicken. if anything that is
the *worst* animal to eat because they are
kept in the worst conditions imaginable.
but i suppose there are those who are
vegetarian not on moral grounds, but on
health grounds...
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Posted: 01-30-08 13:56pm
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I agree - and for that reason I have not
eaten chicken for 16 years. I have only
recently started eating fish, as a matter
of fact, because I was beginning to worry
about the lack of omega-3 etc in my diet.
I would no longer call myself a veggie but
the way other veggies carry on about my
eating a small portion of lemon sole, you
would think I had sold my soul to Satan.
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Posted: 01-30-08 14:18pm
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does reek a bit of veggie fascism! i
wouldn't ever criticise people for eating
meat. this is probably cos i know i would
have no friends left if i did 
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lele25
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Posted: 01-30-08 15:00pm
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It almost seems as though some meat eaters
get deffensive when they become aware of
veggie among them. My husband is great, he
could care less if I ate all veggies or
all meat! Other's however, are just so
dang annoying...hopefully some of the
critics will shut up after they see that I
have made a real comitment to this, that
its not just a "stupid phase".
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Posted: 02-01-08 12:07pm
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i don't see why any attempt to make a
positive change in one's life should
result in ridicule. i suppose people see
it the same way as if i turned round to my
friends and said i was giving up drinking!
they probably make fun of you because they
don't think you are sincere or they don't
think it will last. once they get used to
the idea it'll die down i'm sure
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nnik
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Posted: 02-04-08 09:48am
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it happened to ma alot too: people who are
meat eaters feel like I'm insulting them
by telling that I'm a vegeterian. I don't
know why exactly but I do know that when
people don't undrestand some thing they
say it's foolish. and some times I get
this feeling that maybe they are a little
bit jealous coz they can't give up meat,
you know, breaking habits is not so easy!
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lele25
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Posted: 02-04-08 16:12pm
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| nnik
wrote: | | it happened to ma alot too:
people who are meat eaters feel like I'm
insulting them by telling that I'm a
vegeterian. I don't know why exactly but I
do know that when people don't undrestand
some thing they say it's foolish. and some
times I get this feeling that maybe they
are a little bit jealous coz they can't
give up meat, you know, breaking habits is
not so easy! |
Ah Ha! That's what I'm begining to
think...maybe they feel insecure about
their lack of will power.
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nnik
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Skinny b*tch
Posted: 07-14-08 00:24am
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Hi! I just read it and I am totally
converted. It's been a week and I haven't
had any meat or dairy. It just feels
natural...I'm surprised I don't miss it at
all. I am doing to be more healthy and
because I couldn't bear what they do to
animals...but I would really like to lose
weight. I haven't yet...maybe I'm eating
too much? How is it going for you? Have
you stuck with it?
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