Vegeterian, From a proud meat eatin texan Options

[The Fanatic]

So, i'm thinking of becoming a vegetarian for a month or two just to see if maybe my fat ass can lose some weight doing it. In actuality, it's more of an experiment to see how my body reacts to no longer eating meat every meal. Any suggestions and helpful hints from those who have tried vegetarianism? I'm esepcially interested in still staying meaningfully healthy. And if you don't want to contribute anything meaningful that's fine, please don't post. I DO NOT have any sort of PETA affiliation. I will post my results in this forum as time progresses. I probably won't start this trial until monday of next week.

[impala454]

there is no one particular food that is "the enemy". fat, carbs, protein, none of that is the enemy either. it's the portion that's people's problems. it's having a 16 oz steak when a 6 oz steak would have been plenty. but merely ingesting some red meat does not somehow throw off your whole plan or hurt you in any way, in fact it's good for you in the right quantity. just like red wine is supposedly good for you. well it's not so good for you if you drink a bottle per day and destroy your liver. it's exactly the same thing, it doesn't mean staving off red wine will make you healthier. it's always been funny to me, it's the ones who don't eat red meat who like to tell those that do that it's unhealthy. just stick to your own reasons for not eating it... you don't like it, think it's gross, don't want to eat mammals, etc, those are fine reasons. but unhealthy, it aint.

and red meat does not "bulk you up". exercising is the only thing that bulks you up. all that you require is to eat enough calories to get your body through the workout. some protein might help, and red meat has some creatine in it that will help you recover, but that's not going to make that big of a difference for any of us (short of maybe zach or anyone else who's doing specific training for a sport).

and yes, you probably do have the metabolism of a 4 year old . we'll see if that metabolism still holds when you're 30