Hello my veggie friends! I'm new here, and I would like to share a short story with you about my trip to vegetarian land.
About a year ago we had hired a new employee who was a vegetarian all her life.
We got along very well with regards to our work relationship, but we vastly dissagreed on topics such as politics and life experiences. (I assume that many veggies dissagree with the meaties on alot of things)
One day the topic came up on eating meat vs. vegetatian. Being a meatie I defended my position vigerously of course. I would challenger her with questions like "Would you eat a hamburger for one million dollars". Ya know, your typical mature adult stuff
One day she challenged me to "try" being a vegetarian for only a short while.
I love challenges, so I accepted. For one week I would try not to eat any meat.
At first, it was alot harder than I thought it could be, simply because meat is absolutely everywhere. I had to make special trips to the grocery store, and I ate many veggie delights from Subway. Learning to cook without meat was trying, and I was soon running out of options.
After winning the bet there was some things I had noticed about my new eating habits that were surprising. First off, it got easier to find things to eat that were absolutely delicious. Even more so than their meat counterparts.
The second thing I noticed was that my digestion was greatly improved.(this part may get a little personal) The biggest improvement I had was that I would not...um...break wind the ENTIRE DAY. I can go days without doing this. I know that doesn't sound like a big deal, but when you're a guy and you're use to such things its strikes you odd that it just doesn't happen that much anymore.
Finally, I lost about 10 pounds. I've always been into fitness, but reducing my intake of meat has greatly effected my health more so than exersize could ever do.
I've continued abstaining from meat as much as I can for the past year now. I usually only eat meat on Sundays when I have dinner with my inlaws.
I just thought it might be interesting to share my story with pure veggie eaters and pick your brains about how a die hard meat eating man could almost switch, and see the benefits!
About a year ago we had hired a new employee who was a vegetarian all her life.
We got along very well with regards to our work relationship, but we vastly dissagreed on topics such as politics and life experiences. (I assume that many veggies dissagree with the meaties on alot of things)
One day the topic came up on eating meat vs. vegetatian. Being a meatie I defended my position vigerously of course. I would challenger her with questions like "Would you eat a hamburger for one million dollars". Ya know, your typical mature adult stuff
One day she challenged me to "try" being a vegetarian for only a short while.
I love challenges, so I accepted. For one week I would try not to eat any meat.
At first, it was alot harder than I thought it could be, simply because meat is absolutely everywhere. I had to make special trips to the grocery store, and I ate many veggie delights from Subway. Learning to cook without meat was trying, and I was soon running out of options.
After winning the bet there was some things I had noticed about my new eating habits that were surprising. First off, it got easier to find things to eat that were absolutely delicious. Even more so than their meat counterparts.
The second thing I noticed was that my digestion was greatly improved.(this part may get a little personal) The biggest improvement I had was that I would not...um...break wind the ENTIRE DAY. I can go days without doing this. I know that doesn't sound like a big deal, but when you're a guy and you're use to such things its strikes you odd that it just doesn't happen that much anymore.
Finally, I lost about 10 pounds. I've always been into fitness, but reducing my intake of meat has greatly effected my health more so than exersize could ever do.
I've continued abstaining from meat as much as I can for the past year now. I usually only eat meat on Sundays when I have dinner with my inlaws.
I just thought it might be interesting to share my story with pure veggie eaters and pick your brains about how a die hard meat eating man could almost switch, and see the benefits!