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Hello all! I'm not a "strict" vegetarian yet, but I'm on my way. Doing it for the healthful benefits & nothing really politically motivated. I'm 33 & have had high blood pressure but refused to go on meds, so I took fish oil & I've gone from being checked in December being 145/95 to 122/82 a week ago. The meals here are MEAT and STARCH! THat's IT! SO, I'm trying to lose 20 pounds. I'm not obese or visibly overweight, but the measurements the navy uses for body fat %age puts me 3% over the limit & 21 lbs overweight. I have an athletic build, but them'z the standards...
For health purposes I'm slowly going veg. I've cut meat DRASTICALLY, and I'm increasing leafy greens & fruit intake as well as whole grain. Just shopped at Whole Foods today, spent $150 and I didn't get too much! This veg. thing is going to hurt the wallet I think, but I think organic is the way to go because I heard that Strict vegetarians are affected MORE by pesticides & chemicals used in veggie farming. Meat somehow offsets that. I dunno, I'm no Phd in veggie matters yet, but I've cracked the books open & I'm spongeing up good info, so I'm off to a good start.
Things I've started off with are bok choy, kale salad greens, buckwheat noodles, beans, nuts, etc. I DO have fish, (giving up seafood is asking the impossible, LOL!) I can give up the grill & BBQ, that's alright because there's substitutes. Anyhow, I'm going to be checking out the bells & whistles of this forum & engage in as many conversations as I can due to being extremely inquisitive as to how people do it without feeling the pinch. Glad to be aboard! Right now I'm not STRICTLY veg, but pretty soon, I'll be on my way to being corn-fed & chowdah bred....lol
For health purposes I'm slowly going veg. I've cut meat DRASTICALLY, and I'm increasing leafy greens & fruit intake as well as whole grain. Just shopped at Whole Foods today, spent $150 and I didn't get too much! This veg. thing is going to hurt the wallet I think, but I think organic is the way to go because I heard that Strict vegetarians are affected MORE by pesticides & chemicals used in veggie farming. Meat somehow offsets that. I dunno, I'm no Phd in veggie matters yet, but I've cracked the books open & I'm spongeing up good info, so I'm off to a good start.
Things I've started off with are bok choy, kale salad greens, buckwheat noodles, beans, nuts, etc. I DO have fish, (giving up seafood is asking the impossible, LOL!) I can give up the grill & BBQ, that's alright because there's substitutes. Anyhow, I'm going to be checking out the bells & whistles of this forum & engage in as many conversations as I can due to being extremely inquisitive as to how people do it without feeling the pinch. Glad to be aboard! Right now I'm not STRICTLY veg, but pretty soon, I'll be on my way to being corn-fed & chowdah bred....lol