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]

yeah, cutting out a particular food is fine, but IMHO and through my own experiences, it's much easier to eat less of something than it is to completely cut it out. especially if it's one of your favorite foods. in my particular experience it's the exercise that effects the diet, not the other way around. i.e. once i get a good routine going, my cravings actually change and i don't care for the fried foods and such. anyhow if you just look at how the red meat is served, i think that's where you find the problem. eating a hamburger isn't that unhealthy. it's having it on a buttered white bread bun, with 1-2 TB of mayo, a thick slice of cheese, 3-4 strips of bacon, 2 handfuls of fries, and a 64 oz full sugar soda that's unhealthy. but people associate eating a hamburger with all of those things. if you go and look at a place like whataburger's nutrition info, if you have just a reg old hamburger w/o cheese (or hell, even with) and mustard instead of mayo (i think you can get a wheat bun too?), it's not all that bad at all.