Stay Vegetarian

I have just finshed watch a programe about free range and i turned round to my mother and said’thats it i am becoming a vegetarian but the thing is i am a real meat eater well i was anyway.I need some help also i need to know is it healthly for me at this age lets just say i am between 11-14 right now and i need to know if it is healthly or if it is a health risk.My dad is from the carbieen and we always have at least 2 times a week a meal with meat in it.I also get ussaly ham sandwich for lunch when i am at home and my little brother is a meat eater just like my um and dad so i need a little help on ways to stay positive about staying vegetarian and also stay comited.My mum when she was 15truned vegetarian for about 7 months but i have tryed it so many times a failed i think now i am a little bit older i can uderstand a little bit more PLZ SOMEONE HELP!

ive been doing this for almost 4 months now.
i feel better about myself.
and i feel better for the animals.

I went veggie last year for lent, and pretty much loved it…
So this year the day classes started, (Aug. 6) I started again. I’m still not having a whole lot of trouble and I really hope it stays that way. =]

been vegetarian for nearly 8 months, don’t crave meat or anything, only downside is parents keep forcing me to eat fish, i either refuse or there was a tuna salad, i ate around the tuna to look like i had eaten it

Over the past 6 months, I’ve been dreading dinner more and more, and becoming downright disgusted with the dishes I used to eat. I didn’t know why it was happening, and didn’t know what I could do about it until one day when my mom asked me to take some pork and pass the plate around, I surprised myself by blurting out, “I’m going vegetarian!” When they took me seriously, I made myself a salad for dinner and haven’t eaten- or craved(blech!)- meat since. My mom is having a ball finding vegetarian alternatives online and whipping them up for my dinner. I was sullenly picturing salads for the rest of my life, but my mom’s research has led to some delicious dishes my ENTIRE family has enjoyed! My favorites so far are butter bean burgers and eggplant parmesan. Yummy! Much to my mother’s relief, I’ve stopped putting up a fight over coming out to eat dinner and actually look forward to it instead. I feel so much cleaner, healthier, lighter…it’s also jump-started my exercise program and I’ve started spending less time on the computer as a result :) Who knew getting rid of meat in your diet could nudge your life in the right direction?

I’m really not looking forward to maneuvering my way around dishes at friends’ houses or restaurants, but I’m confident I can do it!

been vegetarian for 7 months, want to keep at it

Okay, so I admit I fell of the wagon. I had a major operation and started eating meat the day before surgery. But now that I’m feeling pretty covered now, I am going back on the proverbial wagon as it were. Okay. Here it goes!

i was vegetarian for two years but somehow fell off the track. I don’t eat meat that often, but would find it hard to give up seafood and chicken. Even so, i plan in the near future to become vegetarian again. It’s good for the environment, its healthier, cheaper, and nicer to know that animals weren’t killed just so you can eat them.

about becoming vegan. Thinking about it.

“Just do it.” That old Nike slogan reminds me of high school running laps around a track in spandex shorts and white Nike high tops. I played volleyball back then and I was a vegetarian, too. I was in the best shape, physically as well as mentally. The focus and drive were incredible.

Can being a vegetarian again at 26 bring that all back? Who knows, but I’m not a wishful thinker. I do know that it feels great now, after only 7 days. I feel closer to myself somehow and my acne is clearing up some. I find myself less distracted by my life and little more relaxed overall.

The challenges: well, this first week was pretty easy. I didn’t try tofu, yet. I did eat a lot of low fat cheese and dairy products. For protein I ate a lot of legumes, chic peas, black and pinto beans, soy beans. I also ate red kale lightly stir fried, which helped my body make the switch more comfortably. Kale is a major detox, but a gentle one.

Let’s see how next week goes!