Going Veggie

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

Just as I was starting to dabble in McDonalds burgers again, the rest of my family are leaning towards vegetarian. First went my brother, who is now 100% veggie. My dad now eats fish burgers or McNuggets, so he's leaning. My mum was getting nervy about eating a Christmas Turkey yesterday and may abstain.

Anyone leaning or going veggie?

 

[fla4fun]

Just as I was starting to dabble in McDonalds burgers again, the rest of my family are leaning towards vegetarian. First went my brother, who is now 100% veggie. My dad now eats fish burgers or McNuggets, so he's leaning. My mum was getting nervy about eating a Christmas Turkey yesterday and may abstain.

Anyone leaning or going veggie?

No, I like my beef and poultry too much. I don’t eat meat every day (mainly because it’s been so expensive) but I eat it a couple of times per week.

 

[TippyThomas]

Just as I was starting to dabble in McDonalds burgers again, the rest of my family are leaning towards vegetarian. First went my brother, who is now 100% veggie. My dad now eats fish burgers or McNuggets, so he's leaning. My mum was getting nervy about eating a Christmas Turkey yesterday and may abstain.

Anyone leaning or going veggie?

I haven't gone veggie, but I do limit my meats to fish, chicken and turkey. I haven't had beef for quite a long time.

 

[Simba's Mom]

My daughter-in-law is a pescatarian (eats veggie+fish, but no meat) and DH and I are leaning that way. I just finished a year-long class on diabetes prevention, because I was diagnosed pre diabetic. But we just got several Omaha Steak orders for Christmas presents, so it's not happening yet.

 

[jalapeno_pretzel]

Anyone leaning or going veggie?

I've been pescetarian for about 7-8 years. I just can't seem to commit to full vegetarian ... being able to eat seafood means there is still a lot to choose from at many restaurants.

 

[MICKIMINI]

NOPE!

 

[barkley]

my kids attended a strictly vegetarian school from k-8th so every lunch taken, every food item sent, every potluck/school event had to follow the vegetarian path. we have allot of vegetarian family (and at least one entirely vegan)-i applaud those that actually pay attention to ensuring they/their children are eating nutritiously (sadly not the case with all and if it has not affected their health as yet it will at some point).

 

[disneychrista]

My body needs meat. I was vegetarian for nearly 5 years and then I started craving meat, steak, burgers. About that same time I had routine blood work come back off. With a ton of more tests it was discovered I had severe iron deficient anemia. No more vegetarian for me.

 

[jalapeno_pretzel]

Keep in mind, being vegetarian doesn't automatically equate to healthy. You can eat a super processed vegetarian diet of junk food, cheese, ice cream and tons of carbs.

A better goal in my opinion than just declaring "only vegetarian, only vegan, only pescetarian, etc" is to eat a wide variety of minimally processed foods.

 

[Meriweather]

No.....I like meat and poultry.

 

[LoveDaisy]

I was a vegetarian for probably 15 years. I am mainly pescatarian. I have not had red meat since I was 15. I don’t think I could go vegan I really like cheese.

 

[Minnesota!]

I was vegetarian for many years, White Castle stopped that in its tracks at one point. Ate some beef once in a while. Went back to vegetarian in 2016 or 2017 after staring into the eyes of a cow at a county fair. I am pescatarian now.

 

[TwoMisfits]

Keep in mind, being vegetarian doesn't automatically equate to healthy. You can eat a super processed vegetarian diet of junk food, cheese, ice cream and tons of carbs.

A better goal in my opinion than just declaring "only vegetarian, only vegan, only pescetarian, etc" is to eat a wide variety of minimally processed foods.

That has been my family eating...not zero processed, but as low as possible to still be happy...

And a lot of veg and fruit...and normal amounts of meat and fish...

 

[disneychrista]

I was a vegetarian for probably 15 years. I am mainly pescatarian. I have not had red meat since I was 15. I don’t think I could go vegan I really like cheese.

I thought the same thing about my Vegan daughter. Her diet was dominated by cheese, yogurt and ice cream. But she has been vegan for most of her life at this point. It actually has forced her to expand her diet, so for her it she is probably eating healthier as a vegan than she was as a vegetarian.

 

[Simba's Mom]

I must say I'm surprised at the number of pescatarians responding. That's because the first time few times I told anyone that Lindsey was a pescatarian, they said "A what? What's a pescataraian?" But it seems to be getting to be more common.

 

[barkley]

Keep in mind, being vegetarian doesn't automatically equate to healthy. You can eat a super processed vegetarian diet of junk food, cheese, ice cream and tons of carbs.

and this is what I observed in the exclusively vegetarian environment my kids attended school in. the amount of processed foods and entirely nutritionally lacking foods that were the norm within the student's and teache's lunches, snacks (and from what they shared-routine breakfasts and dinners) flew in the face of the reasoning behind their practice of vegetarianism-HEALTH. having high sodium/high fat tortilla chips and sugar laden salsa for every lunch, high fat and sodium meat substitute frozen burritos and pop tarts for breakfast, piles of pasta loaded with jarred surgery pasta sauce/greasy cheesey bread/ veggies drowned in creamed soups-all followed up by insanely high calorie desserts night after night-just a recipie for health issues.

balance, moderation-be you carnivore, omnivore, vegeterian, vegan, pescaterian.........balance.

 

[ronandannette]

No, and I don't ever think I will. I see nothing wrong with eating meat from either a health or ethical perspective.

 

[Kitty 34]

Nope and as I speak DH just started grilling New York Strip steaks on the new electric grill I bought him for Christmas.

 

[Pink Partridge]

I did go vegetarian for 18 months. I actually had some alarming deficiencies in my bloodwork during that time. Added meat back into my life, completed my weight loss journey, and brought my bloodwork back to normal. For me, it's everything in moderation.

 

[Kitty 34]

I did go vegetarian for 18 months. I actually had some alarming deficiencies in my bloodwork during that time. Added meat back into my life, completed my weight loss journey, and brought my bloodwork back to normal. For me, it's everything in moderation.

This!!