Excuse me Vegetarians

[delirium]

Research is great but so are first person accounts.

 

soooooooooo....

 

How long have you been a vegetarian? What inspired you to change your eating habits and how did you start your lifestyle change? If someone was eventually considering changing to vegetarianism, what's the best piece of advice that you can give me someone? 

[Deâ„“phina]

Don't do it. Bacon is life.

[VIP4EVER]

I was veggie since the birth.

 

But I would advise those people to slowly cut down meat or animal products. 

[sakurahanabira]

I've been a vegetarian since I was 17. I guess it was my dad who sort of inspired me to become vegetarian? He was a Buddhist vegetarian. Though I actually didn't become vegetarian until a couple of years after he passed away. But one day I decided I didn't want to eat meat anymore (not that I ever really enjoyed it in the first place--I was very picky about what kind of meat I ate and for the longest time ate only what's called Vietnamese ham) and stopped eating meat altogether. 

 

The only advice I can give is to do research on becoming vegetarian and make sure you can afford that lifestyle before you decide if you want to embark on being one. Being vegetarian can be expensive and the price of produce is expensive in some areas. It doesn't help that in recent decades the government has become strict on growing your own vegetable garden and requires you to have a license to do so (I've seen news stories in the past of people getting fined for that).

 

Also, learn to read the ingredients label because sometimes there'll be traces of animal products in what you think are vegetarian-friendly food products, and be ready to ask basic questions like "is this vegetarian-friendly" at restaurants because again, even vegetarian-friendly dishes can have animal products in it (especially at Korean and Japanese restaurants. Those kimchi have traces of anchovy on them and Japanese tofu dishes/miso soup usually contain bonito flakes in them). 

[Moonbyun]

I've been a full-time vegetarian for a year and a half now. My parents have been vegetarian for 20 years now so I grew up in a family where there wasn't a lot of meat eaten, but they would cook some for me sometimes because I didn't like a lot of food and it was easier for them at the time.

 

I've always wanted to become 100% vegetarian because meat has always made me feel terrible (nausea and stomach pains) and because I don't want animals to die and suffer when it's not even needed for my survival. But because there wasn't a lot of food that I liked, I waited until I discovered new healthy food (asparaguses and chickpeas are my life now even though i hated them so much before) to go with a strictly meat free diet. Now I'm very happy and my stomach is pain free after a meal :D

 

What I would advise you is to find things that replace the proteins found in meat: anything that's tofu, cheese (not if you're vegan though) or chickpeas (and more of course) is full of proteins and won't make you feel hungry after a meal! They're also very important for your energy level and overall health. You should go look on the internet for more substitutes. You can start by eating meat once every 4 days and then going less and less, but honestly I stopped all at once and it wasn't a problem at all for me. After a month, I felt disgusted by the thought of bacon even though it used to be my life!

 

Only make the decision if you feel you're ready for it

[全能Mingyu]

I thought that most of meat tasted disgusting since I was little, but my parents forced me to eat it, so in the end, I got used to it. When I was older, I realized I don't want living beings to die only so I could live and just stopped with it.

The advice I can give you is that if you are itching to eat it, just endure. It will stop eventually. Tho after two years of being veggie I still  yearn to eat fish meat, but I can't make exceptions   my taste won't win over my choice.

[매웬 Œ ミツキ]

Don't do it. Bacon is life.

Don't forget KFC. 

[MidnightEXO]

I've been a vegetarian for about eight years. Simply put, the best advice I can give to you is stay away from saturated food. It's okay to indulge in veggie burgers such as morning Star or Boca, but you have to be very careful on how much to eat of it, because too much of it is not healthy even though it's vegetarian it's still not as healthy as rice, fruits and vegetables. Also just being vegetarian also include working out if you're doing it for a healthy lifestyle completely. 

 

I say take short spurts into becoming vegetarian then full on right away because your body has to get used to it. So slowly introduce yourself to veggie burgers and tofu and also make sure to eat very iron heavy food because you will lose a lot iron.. So that's also important to so if you want to take supplements for that you can.. I will encourage you to take your time and if you have any other serious questions you will like to ask 1 on 1 my inboxes always open.

 

Also good luck way enjoy being a vegetarian I haven't had pimples since high school lol

[delirium]

I've been a vegetarian since I was 17. I guess it was my dad who sort of inspired me to become vegetarian? He was a Buddhist vegetarian. Though I actually didn't become vegetarian until a couple of years after he passed away. But one day I decided I didn't want to eat meat anymore (not that I ever really enjoyed it in the first place--I was very picky about what kind of meat I ate and for the longest time ate only what's called Vietnamese ham) and stopped eating meat altogether. 

 

The only advice I can give is to do research on becoming vegetarian and make sure you can afford that lifestyle before you decide if you want to embark on being one. Being vegetarian can be expensive and the price of produce is expensive in some areas. It doesn't help that in recent decades the government has become strict on growing your own vegetable garden and requires you to have a license to do so (I've seen news stories in the past of people getting fined for that).

 

Also, learn to read the ingredients label because sometimes there'll be traces of animal products in what you think are vegetarian-friendly food products, and be ready to ask basic questions like "is this vegetarian-friendly" at restaurants because again, even vegetarian-friendly dishes can have animal products in it (especially at Korean and Japanese restaurants. Those kimchi have traces of anchovy on them and Japanese tofu dishes/miso soup usually contain bonito flakes in them). 

Why are they cracking down on that???

 

I've been a full-time vegetarian for a year and a half now. My parents have been vegetarian for 20 years now so I grew up in a family where there wasn't a lot of meat eaten, but they would cook some for me sometimes because I didn't like a lot of food and it was easier for them at the time.

 

I've always wanted to become 100% vegetarian because meat has always made me feel terrible (nausea and stomach pains) and because I don't want animals to die and suffer when it's not even needed for my survival. But because there wasn't a lot of food that I liked, I waited until I discovered new healthy food (asparaguses and chickpeas are my life now even though i hated them so much before) to go with a strictly meat free diet. Now I'm very happy and my stomach is pain free after a meal :D

 

What I would advise you is to find things that replace the proteins found in meat: anything that's tofu, cheese (not if you're vegan though) or chickpeas (and more of course) is full of proteins and won't make you feel hungry after a meal! They're also very important for your energy level and overall health. You should go look on the internet for more substitutes. You can start by eating meat once every 4 days and then going less and less, but honestly I stopped all at once and it wasn't a problem at all for me. After a month, I felt disgusted by the thought of bacon even though it used to be my life!

 

Only make the decision if you feel you're ready for it

That's quite important for me, meat actually makes me feel drained

 

I've been a vegetarian for about eight years. Simply put, the best advice I can give to you is stay away from saturated food. It's okay to indulge in veggie burgers such as morning Star or Boca, but you have to be very careful on how much to eat of it, because too much of it is not healthy even though it's vegetarian it's still not as healthy as rice, fruits and vegetables. Also just being vegetarian also include working out if you're doing it for a healthy lifestyle completely. 

 

I say take short spurts into becoming vegetarian then full on right away because your body has to get used to it. So slowly introduce yourself to veggie burgers and tofu and also make sure to eat very iron heavy food because you will lose a lot iron.. So that's also important to so if you want to take supplements for that you can.. I will encourage you to take your time and if you have any other serious questions you will like to ask 1 on 1 my inboxes always open.

 

Also good luck way enjoy being a vegetarian I haven't had pimples since high school lol

That's great since my mom takes supplements...and always tell me that I need to start taking them but I don't listen 

 

 

 

thank you all for your responses 

 

Don't do it. Bacon is life.

   Bacon is looking pretty cute in your sig

 

 

 

Don't forget KFC. 

 

Using Kai AND Kris against me really isn't fair

[Hosh]

How long have you been a vegetarian?

almost my whole life! my mom is a weird granola astrology anti-vaxxer type so she raised me and my sister vegetarian until i was about 8, when we moved to the south and started eating meat because it's almost impossible not to there. i actually stayed vegetarian when they switched back to being omnivores though, until i was 10 and the doctor said i wasn't getting enough protein and i needed to start eating meat again. then i went vegetarian again at 14, and haven't looked back since.

 

What inspired you to change your eating habits and how did you start your lifestyle change?

i had a few reasons, personally. one of them was just the fact that i was used to eating vegetarian, having been raised that way. another one was that i really don't care for the taste of meat (except chicken/seafood). but the thing that convinced me to go vegetarian (and now vegan) most of all was just how i really don't want to support such a cruel industry when i have the resources and willpower not to. i love animals and i always have, and it never sat right with me to talk about how much i love them and then eat them for dinner that night, if that makes sense? idk, the only difference between animals bred for consumption and bred for companionship is which one we humans arbitrarily chose. i wouldn't feel right eating a dog or a cat, so...why a chicken or a cow?

for me it was relatively easy to cut cold turkey, but most people don't have much success with that. wean yourself off meat gradually.

 

If someone was eventually considering changing to vegetarianism, what's the best piece of advice that you can give me someone? 

- take supplements! i recommend DEVA daily multivites, they're inexpensive and the company is really great and they make tiny tabs for people who hate swallowing big pills like me! and make sure to get protein! beans/legumes, nuts, soy products, and protein powder are essential.

- go cruelty free! a lot of vegetarians with good hearts sadly don't seem to be informed about the cruel practices in the beauty industry with animal testing, but it's super easy (much easier than going vegetarian) to go cruelty free and it is a really great thing to do. even if you don't wear makeup often or at all, all of the personal hygiene and cosmetic products you buy (soap, toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, lotion...) can be and usually are tested on animals. but thankfully a lot of big brands are cruelty free and it's usually not more expensive to buy cruelty free, you might not even have to go out of your way much at all besides doing a little extra googling.

- power through! i promise you, as tough as it seems to not be eating meat at the beginning, and as much as you feel like you're going to die if you don't eat some, it gets sooooo much easier. when you get to a certain point (at least, i've found) it becomes difficult to transition back into eating meat instead, because you start to compartmentalize 'food' vs. 'animal' instead of having them in the same category.

 

congrats on the decision to transition! it's pretty awesome, we get cool FAUX leather jackets

[delirium]

How long have you been a vegetarian?

almost my whole life! my mom is a weird granola astrology anti-vaxxer type so she raised me and my sister vegetarian until i was about 8, when we moved to the south and started eating meat because it's almost impossible not to there. i actually stayed vegetarian when they switched back to being omnivores though, until i was 10 and the doctor said i wasn't getting enough protein and i needed to start eating meat again. then i went vegetarian again at 14, and haven't looked back since.

 

What inspired you to change your eating habits and how did you start your lifestyle change?

i had a few reasons, personally. one of them was just the fact that i was used to eating vegetarian, having been raised that way. another one was that i really don't care for the taste of meat (except chicken/seafood). but the thing that convinced me to go vegetarian (and now vegan) most of all was just how i really don't want to support such a cruel industry when i have the resources and willpower not to. i love animals and i always have, and it never sat right with me to talk about how much i love them and then eat them for dinner that night, if that makes sense? idk, the only difference between animals bred for consumption and bred for companionship is which one we humans arbitrarily chose. i wouldn't feel right eating a dog or a cat, so...why a chicken or a cow?

for me it was relatively easy to cut cold turkey, but most people don't have much success with that. wean yourself off meat gradually.

 

If someone was eventually considering changing to vegetarianism, what's the best piece of advice that you can give me someone? 

- take supplements! i recommend DEVA daily multivites, they're inexpensive and the company is really great and they make tiny tabs for people who hate swallowing big pills like me! and make sure to get protein! beans/legumes, nuts, soy products, and protein powder are essential.

- go cruelty free! a lot of vegetarians with good hearts sadly don't seem to be informed about the cruel practices in the beauty industry with animal testing, but it's super easy (much easier than going vegetarian) to go cruelty free and it is a really great thing to do. even if you don't wear makeup often or at all, all of the personal hygiene and cosmetic products you buy (soap, toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, lotion...) can be and usually are tested on animals. but thankfully a lot of big brands are cruelty free and it's usually not more expensive to buy cruelty free, you might not even have to go out of your way much at all besides doing a little extra googling.

- power through! i promise you, as tough as it seems to not be eating meat at the beginning, and as much as you feel like you're going to die if you don't eat some, it gets sooooo much easier. when you get to a certain point (at least, i've found) it becomes difficult to transition back into eating meat instead, because you start to compartmentalize 'food' vs. 'animal' instead of having them in the same category.

 

congrats on the decision to transition! it's pretty awesome, we get cool FAUX leather jackets

THEY MAKE SMALL TABLETS???  that's perfect, I hate huge pills with a passion.

 

My skin is very sensitive, so I have to be careful what kind of products that I use anyway.

 

thank you thank you thank you

[sakurahanabira]

Why are they cracking down on that???

 

 

idk I just remember reading articles of people getting fined/arrested for growing vegetables in their gardens