Maintaining a Vegetarian diet?

Question

I was wondering how i could maintian a vege diet without affecting my family, they eat meat-and arent prepared to stop (fair enough). How could i work around this problem?
And what are some great substitutes?
and are fish and chicken included in a vege diet?

P.s im also growing.. im 15. So how can i still sustain growth?

Answer 1

Fish and chicken are animals. Vegetarians do not eat animals ever. There is no such thing as a semi or partial vegetarian either. Either you are or you aren't.

You could always replace the meat with a faux meat product if you are talking about dinner time. Other then that, just make sure you eat a well balanced healthy breakfast and lunch. There is a great book for teens called vegetables rock! with nutrition info and recipes.

Answer 2

You can cook ur own food and mind it eating and living animal is considred as NON Veg. Eat beans and many more protein rich vegetables.

Answer 3

I only eat seafood and chicken myself.
So I guess I'm considered a partial vegetarian?
My family doesn't shop around my eating habbits.
Veggy burger is really good. I tried it at a texaco and fell in love with it. Heh.
ramen noodles are a really good substitute and pretty cheap when i go to friends' house for the weekend and they're eating stomach flipping types of meat that i won't touch with a 100 foot pole.
i'm only 14, i've been a semi-vegetarian for a few years. i seem to be in pretty good health. i eat chicken and seafood though so i guess that's the main thing saving my ass because my family eats chicken alot and i always have access to seafood because i live in teh south. so i guess me and you are two different cases.

Answer 4

According to me, fish and chicken are non-veg. U can use tofu, mushrooms, potatoes as subsitutes.