Looking for fellow new vegetarians

TheMainShane
TheMainShane Posts: 23 Member
edited November 10 in Getting Started
With the coming of 2015 I finally decided to commit to my diet change to vegetarianism. It was a rough first few weeks, but this is the first week I've been able to go completely vegetarian and I thought I would finally come back to better record my progress.

Also thought this would be a good place to find other new(and veteran) vegetarians for support and advice. So add me if you want. :smiley:

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  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    Hiya :) I'm a veteran vegetarian, coming up on 22 years since I last ate meat (and was on and off for several years before that, but mostly vege). If you have any questions about ensuring you're getting enough protein etc please just ask. My diary is open if you want to take a look :)
  • TheMainShane
    TheMainShane Posts: 23 Member
    Thanks! I'll keep that in mind. When I tried going vegetarian in the past, I would always get sick after a few weeks and I'm pretty sure low protein was the main cause.
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    Tempeh is my new favourite thing (can't believe it took me this long to 'discover' it), really good source of protein. So are eggs.

    You may want to take a multivitamin to keep your iron levels up also.
  • queen_of_disaster
    queen_of_disaster Posts: 61 Member
    Hey there, and welcome! Vegetarian for five and a half years now. :) The first two weeks are always the hardest, but if you stick it out it's so rewarding.
  • KatDJZ
    KatDJZ Posts: 224 Member
    My goal was to also go vegetarian with the beginning of the year. Hasn't really happened yet... I've stopped buying meat when grocery shopping and won't make it at home anymore, but I'm still eating it out and at other people's houses. It's a rough transition for me... it's just so tasty!
  • xSelliMarie
    xSelliMarie Posts: 12
    I'm not a new Vegetarian either. Been one for about 5-6 years. If you have any questions, feel free to message me.
  • Nyssa1912
    Nyssa1912 Posts: 3 Member
    I'm a Lacto vegetarian, I've been one for about 9 years
  • CandiedCarrion
    CandiedCarrion Posts: 94 Member
    I'll definitely add you. I've been a vegetarian for three years.
  • TheMainShane
    TheMainShane Posts: 23 Member
    queen_of_disaster wrote: »
    Hey there, and welcome! Vegetarian for five and a half years now. :) The first two weeks are always the hardest, but if you stick it out it's so rewarding.

    I can believe it! This is my 3rd trying to make it stick. The first time I went about 2 weeks before I started to get sick. The 2nd time I had to stop because I had to move back with my parents. But I'm hoping the 3rd times the charm as I am finally making a life of my own.

  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    I was lucky, I never really liked most meat and didn't eat a lot of it anyway, so it was an easy transition for me.
  • TheMainShane
    TheMainShane Posts: 23 Member
    KatDJZ wrote: »
    My goal was to also go vegetarian with the beginning of the year. Hasn't really happened yet... I've stopped buying meat when grocery shopping and won't make it at home anymore, but I'm still eating it out and at other people's houses. It's a rough transition for me... it's just so tasty!

    I know how you feel. It's hard being a vegetarian in my family. So much meat! It's always the biggest part of the meal. It took so much time for me to get around the idea that vegetables could be center stage at dinner time.
  • TheMainShane
    TheMainShane Posts: 23 Member
    Nony_Mouse wrote: »
    I was lucky, I never really liked most meat and didn't eat a lot of it anyway, so it was an easy transition for me.

    Meat has been such a big part of family meals. It was almost unthinkable that I would making the leap to vegetarianism at all in my life.
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    I was really lucky to have one of those mums who didn't make me eat stuff I didn't like. She was also happy to eat vegetarian some of the time herself. Find yourself a good vegetarian cookbook (or even better free recipes online!), and also do some reading on healthy vegetarianism, combining proteins to ensure you're getting all your amino acids, that sort of thing :) - http://greatist.com/health/complete-vegetarian-proteins
  • cariburke
    cariburke Posts: 17 Member
    I was raised vegetarian (off and on vegan) and am primarily a vegetarian (I will eat soup with chicken stock and I have, in the past, resorted to atkins with chicken out of desperation to fit into bridesmaid dresses). My biggest source of protein is probably beans with rice or a tortilla (you need to mix beans with a whole grain to get a complete protein), closely followed by eggs.
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