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disastrous.
Cliché Catastrophe
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Posts: 411 | July 26th, 2008 at 06:36am Just make sure you get your proper vitamins/minerals and such and you should be fine.
Good luck and I hope you have fun with it. |
Mortiferous
Fanfic Fanatic
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Posts: 1870 | July 26th, 2008 at 06:44am ^ I have health issues, but it should be fine for me to go veggie. I had a nightmare yesterday where they took me to the hospital for it... scary.
I should! I can finally get veggie burgers without my friends yapping at me. Thank you! |
Ianto Jones
Fanfic Fanatic
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Posts: 2571 | July 26th, 2008 at 12:06pm Good luck being Veggie  |
pulmonary archery.
Ink Slinger
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Posts: 980 | July 26th, 2008 at 12:15pm Good luck! I'm sure you'll do great 
Veggie burgers are indeed amazing. XD |
Ianto Jones
Fanfic Fanatic
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Posts: 2571 | July 26th, 2008 at 12:30pm If you can get then, Linda McCartney Sausages.
Anyone else get these? They are my ultimate favourite veggie sausages.
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Scarecrow Angel
Cliché Catastrophe
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Posts: 351 | July 26th, 2008 at 12:47pm Blut:Okay, I'm super excited because I'm going veggie starting now. I just hope, hope with all of my heart, that I'm not hauled into the hospital.
Wish me luck on going veggie!
I'm going to go one better than luck and give you advice. 
I'm not vegetarian, but I know a lot about nutrition on account of various other conditions. Do your research- if you're going to give up meat, you need to make up what it would account for in your diet. For one thing, meat is your main source of essential protein. The average person needs about 100g per day- so that's four serves of nuts, or eight of milk, eggs or cheese. You'll also need iron (tablets are good, otherwise dairy or tons of legumes), calcium (900mg- dairy, enriched soymilk, some supplements), and good fats and omega oils (nuts, canola oil, margarine, fish oils).
Going vegetarian isn't just about cutting out a huge food group, so you have to compromise with your diet. Be sensible and I'm sure you'll do fine.  |
ChemicallyImbalanced
Wordsmith
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Posts: 10206 | July 26th, 2008 at 01:43pm I just discovered a supermarket that has an entire section for vegetarians.  |
Scarecrow Angel
Cliché Catastrophe
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Posts: 351 | July 26th, 2008 at 02:01pm ChemicallyImbalanced: I just discovered a supermarket that has an entire section for vegetarians.
MY supermarket. 
Also has a section for gluten-intolerant persons and diabetics, hooray! |
ChemicallyImbalanced
Wordsmith
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Posts: 10206 | July 26th, 2008 at 04:20pm Scarecrow Angel:ChemicallyImbalanced: I just discovered a supermarket that has an entire section for vegetarians.
MY supermarket.
Also has a section for gluten-intolerant persons and diabetics, hooray!
It's great! It has soups and burgers and sausages and everything. All without meat! |
pulmonary archery.
Ink Slinger
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Posts: 980 | July 26th, 2008 at 05:26pm Ianto Jones:If you can get then, Linda McCartney Sausages.
Anyone else get these? They are my ultimate favourite veggie sausages.
I love them
We have some in the fridge right now, 'cause I had them for dinner last night. XD |
dallas winston.
Amateur Author
Age: -
Gender: Female
Posts: 239 | July 26th, 2008 at 06:34pm I'm not a vegetarian. But I don't eat pork, I simply don't like it. I have the occasional steak or burger maybe once every three months or so, but the rest of the time, I eat things without meat or chicken/turkey. It would be very hard for me to be strictly veg. My parents wouldn't have it. Although I heard that it's great for losing weight and getting healthy. So I might do it for a while.
I have a friend who is a vegan and he does not get the proper amount of iron, protein or anything. I'm not saying all vegans don't but, my friend surely doesn't. He has pale, pale skin, he's about 5'5 and weighs 92 pounds, and has fainted on several occasions because he hadn't ate that day. Although, that may simply be his mother starving him. |
disastrous.
Cliché Catastrophe
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Posts: 411 | July 27th, 2008 at 03:57am ChemicallyImbalanced:Scarecrow Angel:ChemicallyImbalanced: I just discovered a supermarket that has an entire section for vegetarians.
MY supermarket.
Also has a section for gluten-intolerant persons and diabetics, hooray!
It's great! It has soups and burgers and sausages and everything. All without meat!
It's hard to find vegetarian-friendly soups!
I need to find a store like that (: |
ChemicallyImbalanced
Wordsmith
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Posts: 10206 | July 27th, 2008 at 12:23pm They are really good, they don't have any animal products in them either, which is good for vegans. |
Coldwind4
Cliché Catastrophe
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Posts: 334 | July 29th, 2008 at 01:58am I'm a vegetarian and have been one for awhile. I eat eggs, and a little bit of fish (not very much, and I'm slowly cutting it out.) I just couldn't eat meat with a clear conscience, and I've seen how animals are handled. Not good.
With that, I'm not judgemental at all, and if someone eats meat in front of me I don't mind...unless they try to get me to eat it too, which some have. That I mind. |
Mortiferous
Fanfic Fanatic
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Posts: 1870 | July 29th, 2008 at 02:16am Scarecrow Angel:Blut:Okay, I'm super excited because I'm going veggie starting now. I just hope, hope with all of my heart, that I'm not hauled into the hospital.
Wish me luck on going veggie!
I'm going to go one better than luck and give you advice.
I'm not vegetarian, but I know a lot about nutrition on account of various other conditions. Do your research- if you're going to give up meat, you need to make up what it would account for in your diet. For one thing, meat is your main source of essential protein. The average person needs about 100g per day- so that's four serves of nuts, or eight of milk, eggs or cheese. You'll also need iron (tablets are good, otherwise dairy or tons of legumes), calcium (900mg- dairy, enriched soymilk, some supplements), and good fats and omega oils (nuts, canola oil, margarine, fish oils).
Going vegetarian isn't just about cutting out a huge food group, so you have to compromise with your diet. Be sensible and I'm sure you'll do fine.
I eat too much to ignore what I need. I hate nuts though...
And I drink a ton of milk, goat and cow.
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The System Maintains
Cliché Catastrophe
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Posts: 358 | July 29th, 2008 at 03:02am Ianto Jones:If you can get then, Linda McCartney Sausages.
Anyone else get these? They are my ultimate favourite veggie sausages.
I was eating them cold with kechup yesterday, soo good.
I like their pies better then sauage rolls ^__^ |
Scarecrow Angel
Cliché Catastrophe
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Posts: 351 | July 29th, 2008 at 05:07am ^ They're pretty good, but vegetarians have to be wary of convenience foods just like anyone else. In particular, if you're going vegetarian you need to be sure your diet isn't lacking in nutrition.
A diet mainly of raw or fresh fruits and nuts, eggs, milk, cheese and fish (if you are so inclined) with the odd convenience food or meat substitute would be tons better for making up the protein, calcium, iron and vitamins you need in a day. A good way to assess your diet as having enough vitamin variety is by thinking about colour- a rich diet should involve eating about 30 different coloured foods per day. |
acid martyr
Amateur Author
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Posts: 259 | July 29th, 2008 at 06:16am I became a vegetarian in early March, and have been since. I think being vegan would be much to hard, however, as I love drinking milk.. And ice cream.. And a lot of other delicious foods that include milk, eggs, cheese, etc.
I became a vegetarian because I highly loathe animal cruelty, and think animals should be treated as humans, not butchered up to feed our fat faces. (No offense or anything lol)
And, I was watching a video of Frank Iero discussing it, and someone posted a link to a site for more information on youtube. So technically, it's Iero's fault, as my mama puts it.  |
clouds and cities
Fanfic Fanatic
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Posts: 1144 | July 29th, 2008 at 06:24am God, I need some advice here.
My dad keeps openly insulting me about my vegetarianism. At first he just didn't approve of it, now hes openly insulting me and practically force feeding me meat. He hasn't suceeded, though. I have told him I've been vegetarian for a YEAR and am not quitting now, but it's really pissing me off.
My friend was eating some bacon he made for breakfast, and he's all, "See, Catie, she's NORMAL. Being 'vegetarian' is absurd."
Stuff like that. I need some help :/ |
ChemicallyImbalanced
Wordsmith
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Posts: 10206 | July 29th, 2008 at 07:14am ^ This is your lifestyle choice. You're not hurting anyone by choosing it, make it clear that you have your reasons and that their are many people who are vegetarian. It's actually quite normal. |
