Vegetarian?

Question

I AM 14 years old
Ive seen the videos
Done some studying on the subject
and i wanna make the switch to vegetarian
but
i cant seem to keep away from meat
i dont really know what to do because everyone is a meat freak
and with thanksgiving coming up...
please help with how i can
thanks

Answer 1

You should try out a flexetarian diet. It allows for some meat consumption. Google flexitatian diet.

Answer 2

I tried quitting meat cold turkey once (no pun intended) and it didn’t work well – I cracked in 6 days.

For the last few years, I have been trying to make a conscious effort to reduce my meat consumption, but I didn’t know if I would ever be able to completely stop eating meat – I love it too much! But recently I’ve been coming to the realization that going vegetarian or vegan is probably the best option for me due to a health condition I’ve had nearly my whole life. Again, I won’t quit cold turkey because I know I’ll fail. Instead, I’ve been gradually cutting down on certain things that I eat – for example, I’ve switched to Soy milk in my breakfast cereal in the morning (I used to think soy milk was disgusting in cereal until I found Soy Dream – it almost tastes exactly like milk!). I always have a hard-boiled egg with my breakfast for protein, and lately I’ve been throwing away half the yolk. Eventually I’ll throw away the whole yolk. I used to do scrambled eggs for breakfast on the weekends, but lately I’ve been having oatmeal with brown sugar instead. For dinners, I’ve steadily been moving away from red meat altogether, and most recently even chicken. I’m eating more fish but eventually I might even give that up – we’ll see. When I went grocery shopping yesterday, I picked up a few meatless items, like soy chicken burgers, tofu, and chickpeas.

As for Thanksgiving, it’s funny how everything just revolves around the turkey, but it doesn’t have to. I’ve only recently realized that – even though I’ve always loved meat – I usually focus more on the yummy side dishes than the turkey anyway! Things like the stuffing, yams, mashed potatoes, veggies, and cranberry sauce. If you load up your plate with those things, you may not even miss the turkey. Seriously! You could even try just putting a tiny piece of turkey on your plate, eating everything else first, then deciding if you still want to eat it. You may not even want to!

Answer 3

There is no magic solution. Why are you doing the vegetarian diet??? Because of health?? it is a great healthy way to eat if you make sure you do get Omega 3 and maybe some B12. If you eat properly it is a good diet, but be sure you get a balance of nutrition or you will get sick. A good supplement is: http://www.juiceplus.com/nsa/pages/Home.soa?site=Lb53116

I love meat also and have been cutting back. Load your plate with lots of veggies and a small piece of turkey. Instead of going cold turkey, just cut back and cut back and soon you will not miss the meat at all. Most of my friends who have gone vegetarian are not Vegan. So a little meat now and then doesn't send them into a panic.

Find a place that is good for you and don;t feel guilty either way.

Answer 4

I quit eating meat when I was 12, so I was close to your age. I loved meat, so it was hard at first, but now I hardly even think about it anymore. First I filtered out all red meat from my diet. For a month all I ate was chicken and turkey (I have never liked fish). Then I stopped eating any meat but I made sure to fill my diet with flavorful meals, and not just pretzels and bread. Meat substitutes are helpful because most of them actually taste like meat. Boca burgers are good. With Thanksgiving coming up you could try Tofurkey, I love it! It's just a tofu turkey substitute, it tastes a little different but still satisfies that part of me that wants a slice of the turkey.

Answer 5

Thanksgiving will be a big test of your dedication! As you probably eat what your family makes for you, start by eating side dishes. Eat only what you know wasn't made with meat products. Or you can make the switch to vegetarianism slowly, by cutting out the turkey in your thanksgiving dinner but still eating things you know were made with turkey... like stuffing.
If you like meat so much, you might have to wean yourself off of it slowly.

Answer 6

Just fill your plate up with all the vegetarian side dishes and don't leave room for the turkey

We cant help you stay away from meat that is something you must be willing to do. If you cant stay away from meat then you must not really want to be a vegetarian

Answer 7

This is a popular thing for people your age to do. I know my daughter (15) has friends that are just getting on the "vegetarian" band wagon. If you come from a family of meat eaters, don't expect to change them overnight. As for Thanksgiving, just eat what you can that is meatless. Go for the potatoes, yams, salad, green beans and rolls.
As a family of vegetarians, we found it difficult to get some of our extended family to understand. Had one family member who could be counted on to put meat in everything, even the potatoes! Good luck.

Answer 8

Most of the food at Thanksgiving is plant based. Explain it to your parents and at the table, eat alot of the plant based foods like yams, potatoes, etc...and say that you're too full for the turkey. It works for me whenever I'm at an omnis house.

Answer 9

if your already having trouble staying away, just go eat turky at thanksgiving and then switch. its not worth the inner struggle. after that just replace meat with good food. if it gets hard just think about all the animals slaughtered for your food

Answer 10

If you actually wanted to be a vegetarian you would! You must not really believe in the reasons or you wouldn't even want to even look at meat. Don't jump on the band wagon.