VEGETARIAN WEEK!

[darkme]

This idea came to me last year on VOY and I became a vegge for a whole week... it was such a fun experince and nice for a change!

what do you think about making an official week for YFCI that all of us -who want to- be vegetarians and tell here how we're facing it!
It would be great fun! tell me what do you think? so that we can set up the date and tell our members about it!

[alyssamilanofan]

well I've been thinking about that for a while it could be interesting it won't be very different for me as I don't eat a lot of meat (I just don't really like most of it) but some things will be hard to not eat.. How veggie are you thinking about? Just no meat or other stuff to like gelantine or however you spell it (it's in candy) Maybe we could do a report about it or something write down our experiences??

[darkme]

well, what I was thinking is that if we all agreed we could decide and spicify a week to do that! and I have some infos on how to be a vegge in easy ways... like we still can eat dairy products/ animal products! I can tell u more about it once we decide!
we can like be a vegge who doesn't eat meat but eats dairy products cuz u know there r different ways 2 be a vegge and we can just not eat meat and food that has animal parts in it, like animals were killed 4 us 2 eat!
so what u think?

[Zach]

Hey Nooooor; What did you eat when you became a vegetarian?

[alyssamilanofan]

yeah that's what I meant you've got people who eat fish but no other meat etc...
I think we could try it... you got my vote

[darkme]

hey thanks! well, I ate what I usually eat but u see like if there was meat I would take it out and like give it to my mom or dad! at resturants its so easy cuz u can just ask for a vegge meal! I ate loads of maccaroni.. YUM! and salads, soups and rice!
at the end it felt so HEALTHY and I felt like I was doing something! we cud make it an annual thing! say what? I mean we can at least try our bests to remain vegges 4 a week!

[Zach]

Yummm! That sounds good Maybe we could have like a YFCI Challenge or something. ??

[darkme]

hey all sounds good 2 me!

[anti]

This is really interisting topic for me. I am lakto-ovo-vegetarian for maybe 8 years. I know it is not so long and I know I still eat meals from milk and eggs but be for week vegetarian and eat only vegetables could be so cool. I many times thought about be vegetarian for all time but it could be so hard. But if there will be one week I will be in. I can be without meat all time so why not week without milk and eggs.

[Zach]

Your commitment to your values is wonderful; great idea! Karma from me.

[hekatea]

I tried being vegetarian for six months! I loved it. It's just that when you live with your family who are not vegetarians or if you live in a country where people are mostly non-vegetarians, it's difficult. I try to limit my meat with white meat or seafood Thailand taught me that I could live without meat. Anyway, the protein that we get from red meat can be taken from soya.

[anti]

hekatea I understand you very well. When I started to be my friends looked on me like if I am crazy and my parents was so worried about me. But after few years friends started tolerate and parents help. So now they cook special for me. And you shouldn't think much about proteins. I didn't eat any kind of meat for 8 years and I feel really fit. Much better then before. And my blood tests are perfect. When you eat eggs and milk and meals from soya you have not reason to be scared. And for me is so nice to see how many young ppl in my country start to be vegetarians. You know there is so many reasons why do it but for me are most important 2 of them. 1) it is good for my healt, 2) for one 1 kg of meat you need 16 kg of grain. In time when so many ppl suffer because they have not anyhing to eat, it is for me so important reason. So dont be scared from that because if you really want to do it you can.

[darkme]

hey thanks all of u for ur ideas!! and u know I agree with Anti, we shudnt be scared cuz u see it's just one week so no worries on ur health guys! I tried and everything went gr8! so I guess lets just agree on a date, lets just get Zach and Jenny bak from their trips and then we can discuss the time we'll do this! and we'll inform our members....

gr8 job everyone

[alyssamilanofan]

I agree, I'll be back around the 10th of July

[Takako]

Hello, I'm new here

Well I'm lakto-ovo-vegetarian, and this idea is really interesting!

[Justin R. Wilkerson]

well i would be willing to try :-)) but, i think i would fall off the band wagon fast... i like meats WAY too much :-) but like what i said i think it would be a great idea!

[waed89]

count me in too! I do not eat lots of meat anyways.... I have this feeling when I look at red meat sometimes that I wud get Creutzfeld Jacob's from it sum day * fblaprez just try to think this way when u look at meats and the charm wud go offffffff , guaranteed*
but I do eat a tiny bit every decade or so

[darkme]

I'm glad there r alota ppl willing to participate in this! ok all we gotta do now is set a date, which week will we do this? I think a week in August wud be gr8 since I'll be bak 2 Nizwa and its easier to be a veggie from there.. cuz here we just order stuff and its hard 2 avoid meat! but in the meanwhile lets dig up infos on types of veggies and shud we all follow the same type or everyone wud choose what they wanna be? I think the latter seems better!!

[darkme]

ok so let us get this thing going.. I just searched for the most popular types of vegetarians and here's what I cud come up with:

People often point to some food item and ask me, “Can you eat this?” My answer is always “Sure, I can eat whatever I want.” I choose not to eat certain things. When deciding what type of vegetarian you want to be, think about what you want to include or avoid. You don’t need to fit into one of these categories, but understanding them will help you think about your short-term and long-term goals.

1. Pescatarian (also spelled pescetarian)
The word “pescatarian” is occasionally used to describe those who abstain from eating all meat and animal flesh with the exception of fish. Although the word is not commonly used, more and more people are adopting this kind of diet, usually for health reasons or as a stepping stone to a fully vegetarian diet.

2. Flexitarian/Semi-vegetarian
You don’t have to be vegetarian to love vegetarian food! “Flexitarian” is a term recently coined to describe those who eat a mostly vegetarian diet, but occasionally eat meat.

3. Vegetarian (Lacto-ovo- vegetarian)
When most people think of vegetarians, they think of lacto-ovo-vegetarians. People who do not eat beef, pork, poultry, fish, shellfish or animal flesh of any kind, but do eat eggs and dairy products are lacto-ovo vegetarians (“lacto” comes from the Latin for milk, and “ovo” for egg).

4. Vegan
Vegans do not eat meat of any kind and also do not eat eggs, dairy products, or processed foods containing these or other animal-derived ingredients such as gelatin. Many vegans also refrain from eating foods that are made using animal products that may not contain animal products in the finished process, such as sugar and some wines. There is some debate as to whether certain foods, such as honey, fit into a vegan diet.

5. Raw vegan/Raw food diet
A raw vegan diet consists of unprocessed vegan foods that have not been heated above 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46 degrees Celsius). “Raw foodists” believe that foods cooked above this temperature have lost a significant amount of their nutritional value and are harmful to the body.


6. Macrobiotic
The macrobiotic diet, revered by some for its healthy and healing qualities, includes unprocessed vegan foods, such as whole grains, fruits and vegetables, and allows the occasional consumption of fish. Sugar and refined oils are avoided. Perhaps the most unique qualifier of the macrobiotic diet is its emphasis on the consumption of Asian vegetables, such as daikon, and sea vegetables, such as seaweed.


anyways every one of us can choose what type of veggie they wanna be!

source: vegetarian.about.com/od/vegetarianvegan101/tp/TypesofVeg.htm

[alyssamilanofan]

2. Flexitarian/Semi-vegetarian
You don’t have to be vegetarian to love vegetarian food! “Flexitarian” is a term recently coined to describe those who eat a mostly vegetarian diet, but occasionally eat meat.

^^ that is what I already do, I don't eat meat a lot I don't really like meat but for me Lacto-ovo would be best..