anyone eating only vegetarian/vegan food

I am vegetarian, but I eat fish once in a very great while. But I mostly eat plant based food for meals. My issue is sugar, if I could just stop eating sweets!

you are not vegetarian

You know that eating one piece of fish every once in a while doesn't mean she magically doesn't follow a vegetarian diet anymore.
People are so militant with what they label their eating habits on here.

The definition of vegetarian means not eating meat. Fish is meat. People that eat fish are pescatarian and by saying they are vegetarian perpetuates the idea that vegetarians eat fish. I cannot tell you how many times after I have told people in vegetarian the follow up question is "do you eat fish?"

I eat fish about once every two to three months (4-5 times per year?) if I'm caught hungry out-and-about and there's no veggie option or the veggie options are all awful or I'm fed up of egg mayo, but I still call myself vegetarian because if someone offers me meat or fish I pretty much say no every time, and I have to ask for the vegetarian option so much when someone else is cooking for me.

A little flexibility in the definitions makes for a happier world.

That doesn't make sense by that explanation anyone can say they are vegetarian and have a steak whenever they want. I have never been out and there's no vegetarian options even at steakhouses and bbqs.

Our opinion on the matter isn't going to change, so I don't see why you're still trying to convince us otherwise...

I am aware of what a vegetarian "is". It doesn't change the way I feel.

I am vegetarian, but I eat fish once in a very great while. But I mostly eat plant based food for meals. My issue is sugar, if I could just stop eating sweets!

you are not vegetarian

You know that eating one piece of fish every once in a while doesn't mean she magically doesn't follow a vegetarian diet anymore.
People are so militant with what they label their eating habits on here.

The definition of vegetarian means not eating meat. Fish is meat. People that eat fish are pescatarian and by saying they are vegetarian perpetuates the idea that vegetarians eat fish. I cannot tell you how many times after I have told people in vegetarian the follow up question is "do you eat fish?"

I eat fish about once every two to three months (4-5 times per year?) if I'm caught hungry out-and-about and there's no veggie option or the veggie options are all awful or I'm fed up of egg mayo, but I still call myself vegetarian because if someone offers me meat or fish I pretty much say no every time, and I have to ask for the vegetarian option so much when someone else is cooking for me.

A little flexibility in the definitions makes for a happier world.

That doesn't make sense by that explanation anyone can say they are vegetarian and have a steak whenever they want. I have never been out and there's no vegetarian options even at steakhouses and bbqs.

Our opinion on the matter isn't going to change, so I don't see why you're still trying to convince us otherwise...

I am aware of what a vegetarian "is". It doesn't change the way I feel.

So I guess I'll just call myself vegan and eat cheese daily. Probably the same thing lol

Sure thing.
I do this thing called not caring how people label themselves when it comes to their eating habits. Call yourself whatever you want. How you decide to eat has no effect on my life whatsoever, so I don't care what you want to label yourself as.

I am vegetarian, but I eat fish once in a very great while. But I mostly eat plant based food for meals. My issue is sugar, if I could just stop eating sweets!

you are not vegetarian

You know that eating one piece of fish every once in a while doesn't mean she magically doesn't follow a vegetarian diet anymore.
People are so militant with what they label their eating habits on here.

The definition of vegetarian means not eating meat. Fish is meat. People that eat fish are pescatarian and by saying they are vegetarian perpetuates the idea that vegetarians eat fish. I cannot tell you how many times after I have told people in vegetarian the follow up question is "do you eat fish?"

This. ...I've been vegetarian for about 3 years, and anytime someone new finds out they ask that, I have to tell them no, that's a dead animal. ..

I am vegetarian, but I eat fish once in a very great while. But I mostly eat plant based food for meals. My issue is sugar, if I could just stop eating sweets!

you are not vegetarian

You know that eating one piece of fish every once in a while doesn't mean she magically doesn't follow a vegetarian diet anymore.
People are so militant with what they label their eating habits on here.

The definition of vegetarian means not eating meat. Fish is meat. People that eat fish are pescatarian and by saying they are vegetarian perpetuates the idea that vegetarians eat fish. I cannot tell you how many times after I have told people in vegetarian the follow up question is "do you eat fish?"

I eat fish about once every two to three months (4-5 times per year?) if I'm caught hungry out-and-about and there's no veggie option or the veggie options are all awful or I'm fed up of egg mayo, but I still call myself vegetarian because if someone offers me meat or fish I pretty much say no every time, and I have to ask for the vegetarian option so much when someone else is cooking for me.

A little flexibility in the definitions makes for a happier world.

That doesn't make sense by that explanation anyone can say they are vegetarian and have a steak whenever they want. I have never been out and there's no vegetarian options even at steakhouses and bbqs.

Exactly, I'm a vegetarian because it disgusts me to eat dead flesh, I eat eggs and dairy but I would never think to call myself vegan even when I was eating those things rarely because it wasn't true. ...if I go out and there aren't really any options I would have a salad, even if I had to tell them to leave off the meat...because there is no way I would eat meat

I'm vegetarian, but not from India. I do love Indian food, though, and cook it frequently.

If you eat animals, you aren't a vegetarian. If you consume animal products of any kind, you are not vegan. I don't understand why people want to claim a label that you have no intention of living up to. It actually does affect the rest of us, when the general public is confused about what basic terms mean and we have to eat the fish "vegetarian option.". And it offends me that people are claiming membership in a group that I am proud to be a part of and that I have made sacrifices for. You don't want to make the same sacrifice, yet for some reason you think you deserve the label.

OP: I'm a vegetarian who eats minimal eggs and dairy. I am in transition to vegan. I am not Indian but I love to cook Indian food and visit Indian restaurants because there are so many flavorful veggie options!