Always good to see other guy veggies...

I so much wish I could eat Quorn because it tastes fantastic, but I fall into the category of people who have the body reaction of throwing up about 15 min after eating it.

Cheers!

There are lots of veggie women on here (brilliant) but how many of us are male veggies? Interested in friending people and being inspired by food diaries, exercise and managing the two with busy lives. I live in the UK, work often means travelling between meetings (rare to be in one office all day), try to get to the gym 6 days a week. Love Quorn, exploring some of the things I've never gotten into before like bulgar wheat (bought my virgin pack yesterday) and quinoa. Graze box convert.

Intrestingly most of the members on MFP seems to be ladies.You can try some Indian food if you are looking for a change because it has huge array of options for veggies.It should not be difficult in UK to find Indian food I guess.

My husband is here, but not logging. He just counts on me to do a lot of his portion planning for him. Here's his name: VegesaurusRex. Feel free to 'friend' me if you could use any middle-aged women friends.

New to the group. I'm not a Vegetarian yet. I've been doing it a few weeks and I would like to learn more. Hopefully this group will help me see different vegetarian options.

(Mostly) Veggie guy since 1996. I eat eggs, fish and dairy, but no other meats. Happy to have other veggie (and UK) friends!

Hey! I've been a vegetarian for @ 20-some-odd years, and have slowly drifted to where my wife & I describe ourselves as 90% vegan (we allow ourselves some egg or cheese when we are out eating with friends and family, none of whom are vegetarian).

Interesting thing is that when I originally decided to try being a vegetarian, I decided to allow myself meat once a week (because I didn't think I could make it). But I never even missed it.

It’s delightful knowing there are more of me out there. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one of my kind. I wish I could say I saw the light when I was tadpole, but I feel blessed to have seen the light when I did. I've officially been a proud vegetarian for a year. Unofficially for three years. The two unofficial years I had >minor< hick ups due to social pressures and poorly thought out/weak moments, but thankfully those moments reinforced my focus, dedication, and commitment.

I think I am the only male vegetarian within a 50 mile radius of where I live. My dad’s best friend and I get together once a week at what usually seems to be either Hooters or the Tilted Kilt. I’m pretty sure I’m always the only guy in either of those places that orders a salad and you know what…….they’re not bad. I'm built like a linebacker so I get >lots and lots< of double takes, raised eyebrows, comments, and questions. With the goal of graciously raising people's awareness, I practice non threatening responses to minimize awkward social situations. Carnivores I've learned are >>>>VERY<<<< sensitive creatures so you have to be careful to not upset them. The most common question I receive is, "You don't eat meat?!?!?!?!?!........Why don't you eat meat?!?!?!?”. I used to say very respectfully with a smile and head nod, "I got my reasons", but people usually want more. So then I've responded before to that by saying, "Man/girl.....if you knew what I knew.....you wouldn't eat meat either". Lately, my go to response is, "Man/girl.......I'm just being the change that I want to see”. I’ve noticed all walks of life can find common ground with that statement. I >ALWAYS< try to mention my love for animals is too strong and I deeply disagree with how they are treated so I can't justify using them as a food source. The truth is, we all have a long list of reasons, but I am uncomfortable sounding preachy so I try my best to pick and choose my spots as best I can. I'm really not too far off from being a gluten free vegan, but for some odd reason I allow myself to fail from time to time.

Anyone else out there as worried about the fresh water supply as I am? The meat corporations sure waste enormous amounts of our fresh water supply processing animal flesh. With all the unnecessary bloodshed attached to oil, I sure would hate to see the bloodshed attached to fresh water scarcity.

Hey man, thanks for the kind comments. The bumper sticker I was considering getting reads, "THINK........it's Patriotic", but I think you're right. I should turn that into something.

I've always wanted to experience Alaska. How are things up there this time of year? Have you ever had a grizzly bear encounter? I've read that they run from blow horns.

I'm a veggi girl married to a veggi guy and could use some help from you veggi guys. I got into a small fight with my hubbi he wanted dinner and I grabbed some veggi chicken nuggets and sweet potato fries for a quick dinner and he was like "what else?" I said ummm idk veggies? He wanted to add rice and beans . I was like that two meals why would you add another protien and starch? He said "I want a dinner chicken nuggets and fries are sides." If I ate all of that in one meal I would gain 3 lbs a day! Inless I ate 1 bite of each maybe . I have like 3 meals he considers real meals and there all high cal high carb ect. He thinks I'm on this wacked starvation or akins diet because I log every thing fruits, veggies, ect. And treat them the same as I would fries. So he's not to happy with me on here it seems.
I guess the question is how to I feed him and make him feel its a meal and not just scattered sides and still not kill my diet?

Hi guys,

I am not a vegetarian myself, but I am married to a beautiful woman (dle329) who was raised vegetarian and for some reason puts up with me anyway.

Since my wife does battle WITH the kitchen rather than IN it, I am generally the one delegated to cooking duity and am usually tasked with finding new ways to veg out recipes I grew up with as a carnivore (thank God for MorningStar Farms and Worthington/Loma Linda). As a result I am eating vegetarian about 80-90% of the time.

We are both on this weight loss ride and I think I may be able to learn something here and who knows, maybe even teach some people a thing or two! lol

I am starting my journey here at 363 and am looking to get down to between 210 and 220 so I'll need all the help I can get... maybe even the type that requires certification by the time this is all said and done!! lol

Feel free to add me as a "friend", I know we can all use the help!

I'm working on transitioning to a vegetarian lifestyle. It's been a couple of weeks now, but I would appreciate any tips for helping with the change.

It's been a while but when I first went veggie I stuck to what I knew, I just made meat-free alternatives.
The real issue, I found, is looking out for animal products in items you wouldn't expect, I say wouldn't, but really I think quite a few people are aware maybe more that it's just gross. Rennet and Gelatine are the big things to look out for.
You may find that you need to take supplements but I just stick to Vitamin C + ZInc. I think there are so many vegetarian items out there now that are aimed at fulfilling all your nutritional needs.

Hey my hubby and I are both relatively new vegetarians. He's needing some support as he's a nurse on nightshift mostly so he'd love to meet other guys who are like-minded. You can add him as a friend; Rejewce88.

He'd be writing this if he wasn't at work right now!!!

I'm about 6 weeks into lacto-ovo veg. I have some fish occasionally, but I think that will go away too.

I've been vegetarian more than half my life (nearly 23 years now). Oddly, since joining MFP I have upped my intake of eggs and dairy quite a bit (trying to increase my protein intake). My son (age 9) is vegetarian as well (though he's not on MFP 8-).

Last year I went vegetarian for 3 months after a friend and I watched Vegucated and said "We should try that". The reason I stopped was because I bought the Insanity workout and it comes with a book of meal suggestions and I wanted to do it proper. But I missed the way my body felt when I was Veg, so after two months of eating raw till 4 I went vegan in March. I feel great and I don't see ever going back.

Feel free to add me.