Becoming Vegetarian!

brianlux

g under p wrote:

I'm on my phone and I don't type very well. We juice the beets and carrots skin and all. The beets to me tastes much better kind of sweet compared to the carrots. We just make sure it's stirred before drinking. Don't get the beet juice on your clothes it's hard to get out.

Peace

My computer died and I'm using a borrowed one without a mouse. I feel like a vegetable. Please don't throw me in the vege stew!

But yes, beets and carrots are one of my favorite juices too! Also good with an apple tossed in. A friend sold me her spare Champion juicer years ago. I'm VERY lucky to have gotten it. Makes great juice!

chadwick

i need some good healthy tips from vegetarians. what do i need to do? what makes you feel great? what do i not want to do? i do foresee myself consuming very little to no red meat at all.

"one day a light switch went on" since then (almost a month now) my life has changed

what vitamins do i need to take? why? & what do you do?

here is my typical daily foods:
cheerios & banana
spinach salad
spinach salad
spinach salad
spinach salad
i like broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, mushrooms & fruits like kiwi, apples, oranges, bananas, grapes, & melons

i am enjoying visiting the produce section daily
it is a positive healthy feeling & calming

brianlux

chadwick wrote:

i need some good healthy tips from vegetarians. what do i need to do? what makes you feel great? what do i not want to do? i do foresee myself consuming very little to no red meat at all.

"one day a light switch went on" since then (almost a month now) my life has changed

what vitamins do i need to take? why? & what do you do?

here is my typical daily foods:
cheerios & banana
spinach salad
spinach salad
spinach salad
spinach salad
i like broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, mushrooms & fruits like kiwi, apples, oranges, bananas, grapes, & melons

i am enjoying visiting the produce section daily
it is a positive healthy feeling & calming

I'm loving eating lots of fruit this summer, as well. Blueberries, peaches, watermelon (little nutrition- lots of flavor!) apricots. Yum!

I'm told that as we age, vitamin D3 becomes important. B complex, and C are big on my list as is calcium/magnesium. I was taking fish oil but due to the oceans being over-fished I've switched to adding organic golden flax seed meal to my diet- which are great in pancakes- (any form of flax is good but I like the taste of golden flax meal the best) which is High in Omega 3 which is what the fish oil was for.

I'm with you on cutting out red meat, Chadwick. I very rarely eat red meat- almost never.

chadwick

brianlux wrote:

chadwick wrote:

i need some good healthy tips from vegetarians. what do i need to do? what makes you feel great? what do i not want to do? i do foresee myself consuming very little to no red meat at all.

"one day a light switch went on" since then (almost a month now) my life has changed

what vitamins do i need to take? why? & what do you do?

here is my typical daily foods:
cheerios & banana
spinach salad
spinach salad
spinach salad
spinach salad
i like broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, mushrooms & fruits like kiwi, apples, oranges, bananas, grapes, & melons

i am enjoying visiting the produce section daily
it is a positive healthy feeling & calming

I'm loving eating lots of fruit this summer, as well. Blueberries, peaches, watermelon (little nutrition- lots of flavor!) apricots. Yum!

I'm told that as we age, vitamin D3 becomes important. B complex, and C are big on my list as is calcium/magnesium. I was taking fish oil but due to the oceans being over-fished I've switched to adding organic golden flax seed meal to my diet- which are great in pancakes- (any form of flax is good but I like the taste of golden flax meal the best) which is High in Omega 3 which is what the fish oil was for.

I'm with you on cutting out red meat, Chadwick. I very rarely eat red meat- almost never.

yes!

i will write down golden flax seed on my next grocery list.

i love blueberries, peaches & apricots, however like last year the peaches i pick out seem to be fantastic while in the produce section but once i am home & wash the fruit & bite into the peaches i am surely saddened to find out the peaches are dry & even the seed is broke open & the fruit doesn't meet my expectations. but i do love a good peach. in the old days of my life i'd dip the peaches in sugar

i haven't had sugar since i been on this vegy kick. this means zero cups of hot tea. this was a huge undertaking as i was big into hot teas & consumed a good 10-15 large cups a day. cold tea for me requires zero sugar. basically a good 500 calories per day just in sugar. not cool

mca47

Good for you Chadwick!

I haven't had red meat in like 16 years...I do eat birds and fish on occasion...
Anyways, my diet is made up of all fresh produce, and I try to buy local and organic when possible.
It sucks having to go to the store every damn day, but it's also fun because you get to come up with creative ways to cook all that fresh stuff.
Eating a fresh diet with little to no meat...you'll feel amazing after a couple weeks! You won't want to go back to your old ways.

brianlux

chadwick wrote:

brianlux wrote:

chadwick wrote:

i need some good healthy tips from vegetarians. what do i need to do? what makes you feel great? what do i not want to do? i do foresee myself consuming very little to no red meat at all.

"one day a light switch went on" since then (almost a month now) my life has changed

what vitamins do i need to take? why? & what do you do?

here is my typical daily foods:
cheerios & banana
spinach salad
spinach salad
spinach salad
spinach salad
i like broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, mushrooms & fruits like kiwi, apples, oranges, bananas, grapes, & melons

i am enjoying visiting the produce section daily
it is a positive healthy feeling & calming

I'm loving eating lots of fruit this summer, as well. Blueberries, peaches, watermelon (little nutrition- lots of flavor!) apricots. Yum!

I'm told that as we age, vitamin D3 becomes important. B complex, and C are big on my list as is calcium/magnesium. I was taking fish oil but due to the oceans being over-fished I've switched to adding organic golden flax seed meal to my diet- which are great in pancakes- (any form of flax is good but I like the taste of golden flax meal the best) which is High in Omega 3 which is what the fish oil was for.

I'm with you on cutting out red meat, Chadwick. I very rarely eat red meat- almost never.

yes!

i will write down golden flax seed on my next grocery list.

i love blueberries, peaches & apricots, however like last year the peaches i pick out seem to be fantastic while in the produce section but once i am home & wash the fruit & bite into the peaches i am surely saddened to find out the peaches are dry & even the seed is broke open & the fruit doesn't meet my expectations. but i do love a good peach. in the old days of my life i'd dip the peaches in sugar

i haven't had sugar since i been on this vegy kick. this means zero cups of hot tea. this was a huge undertaking as i was big into hot teas & consumed a good 10-15 large cups a day. cold tea for me requires zero sugar. basically a good 500 calories per day just in sugar. not cool

How about a little honey in the tea- or are you going 100% totally sugar free? Good for you if you are! I should try that again myself!

chadwick

i would love honey in my tea but i am taking a extend break altogether from anything sugary

peacefrompaul

Maybe you can learn to like your hot tea without sugar or honey. You already enjoy the cold stuff without it.

If I'm drinking hot tea, I can't have anything in it. Ruins the flavor of the tea for me.

chadwick

peacefrompaul wrote:

Maybe you can learn to like your hot tea without sugar or honey. You already enjoy the cold stuff without it.

If I'm drinking hot tea, I can't have anything in it. Ruins the flavor of the tea for me.

i've read this about you before. it has helped me & has given me hope

shortstack

chadwick wrote:

i need some good healthy tips from vegetarians. what do i need to do? what makes you feel great? what do i not want to do? i do foresee myself consuming very little to no red meat at all.

"one day a light switch went on" since then (almost a month now) my life has changed

what vitamins do i need to take? why? & what do you do?

here is my typical daily foods:
cheerios & banana
spinach salad
spinach salad
spinach salad
spinach salad
i like broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, mushrooms & fruits like kiwi, apples, oranges, bananas, grapes, & melons

i am enjoying visiting the produce section daily
it is a positive healthy feeling & calming

you need more variety than that!

check out: http://www.whfoods.com/

http://www.whfoods.com/foodadvisor.php

you'll need to take some type of b12 if you go strict vegan. i get mine from nutritional yeast because the supplements upset my tummy.

Bronx Bombers

Try using seitan and tofu as a meat substitute

Heres a great alternative to chicken

http://www.beyondmeat.com/

prism

for anyone interested this the best vegan site http://thugkitchen.com/

not that i'm vegan but i follow the thug kitchen fb page...hilarious and the recipes & ideas are actually really good :thumbup:

shortstack

prism wrote:

for anyone interested this the best vegan site http://thugkitchen.com/

not that i'm vegan but i follow the thug kitchen fb page...hilarious and the recipes & ideas are actually really good :thumbup:

that's awesome. food looks good so far too.