I WANT to become a vegan. I feel strongly about alot of things, but I find it hard to stick to just because alot of foods I eat are due to convienience. I don’t have time to make my food and end up buying things. Then I as I’m eating it, I go, oh yeah, this has meat in it… Just because I’ve eaten it for so many years, It’s just habit. How can I transition from eating everything to vegetarian and then eventually vegan? Any tips?
I was the same way as you before I became a vegan and its only been a few weeks now but I dont miss it at all to eat meat, dairy or eggs.Buy yourself a book like skinny bi…. or the kind diet from Alicia Silverstone.Both of these books explain to you why you should go vegan and how bad it is for your health,the animals and the enviroment to eat a diet with a lot of animal products.Its hard to eat out at the begining because so many things have meat or eggs in it and are made with butter or some other non vegan product.Just do your own sandwiches and meals for the first weeks..you can find a lot of easy recipes online or there are also tons of vegan recipe books out there.Buy a lot of veggies,fruit,grains,beans,legumes.There is a vegan substitute for everything…go to trader joes or whole foods and check their vegan products..its amazing how many different fake meats are out there.What is more important in your Life than you and your health?!NOTHING…you do something good for yourself every day you eat a planed based diet and dont be so hard on yourself if you have a little slip just be on track again at the next meal.Look in your fridge and give everything away to your neighbour or friend that has animal products in it..read ingredients.And then go shopping and have fun..its not hard at all…
oh and dont listen to what other people say its your life and your body and you can do whatever you wanna do with it.
How can I transition from eating everything to eating vegan?
February 1, 2010 6 Comments
You could watch a video like this: http://meat.org
Will power
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visit a slaughter house, seriously
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Switching from meat eating to vegetarian wasn’t so bad. I ate fish for about two months before I didn’t eat any meat to ease into it. When I decided to become vegan it was a much harder transition. There’s so much more to consider. It’s not as hard to do as some people think but it definitely kind of sucks. I mean I feel great about not consuming animal products but it’s soo boring and plain. Not eating cheese seriously is not fun. But there’s plenty of vegan substitutes for normal food. And vegan pizza is surprisingly good. There’s a lot of food that’s "accidentally vegan" as well. You can google that and there’s food that just happens to be vegan. mmmm Sunchips
Good luck.
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Being vegan
Tofu and TVP are very cheap. They’re also usually fortified with other nutrients.
Just throw in tofu, tvp, or fake meat into whatever you ate before. This is how a lot of people transition. It of course only works if meat isn’t the star of the show. If it is, there’s plenty of really simple bean or tofu based dishes out there. I just throw beans and vegetables in a crockpot and leave it. :p
You don’t have to think much more about nutrition than you did before. Just make sure to get enough iron, protein, b12, and calcium, the nutrients found in meat and dairy.
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I was the same way as you before I became a vegan and its only been a few weeks now but I dont miss it at all to eat meat, dairy or eggs.Buy yourself a book like skinny bi…. or the kind diet from Alicia Silverstone.Both of these books explain to you why you should go vegan and how bad it is for your health,the animals and the enviroment to eat a diet with a lot of animal products.Its hard to eat out at the begining because so many things have meat or eggs in it and are made with butter or some other non vegan product.Just do your own sandwiches and meals for the first weeks..you can find a lot of easy recipes online or there are also tons of vegan recipe books out there.Buy a lot of veggies,fruit,grains,beans,legumes.There is a vegan substitute for everything…go to trader joes or whole foods and check their vegan products..its amazing how many different fake meats are out there.What is more important in your Life than you and your health?!NOTHING…you do something good for yourself every day you eat a planed based diet and dont be so hard on yourself if you have a little slip just be on track again at the next meal.Look in your fridge and give everything away to your neighbour or friend that has animal products in it..read ingredients.And then go shopping and have fun..its not hard at all…
oh and dont listen to what other people say its your life and your body and you can do whatever you wanna do with it.
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