Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

I started eating meat when I got married because my husband was a 3 meat a day kind of guy. About a month and a half ago I decided to go back to being a vegetarian (I never really enjoyed meat, just more of a convenience) and my husband reluctantly decided to give it a try. Over the past 15 yrs of marriage I have always incorporated meatless alternatives into our cooking...Boca crumbles in chili, Quorn chicken patties with pasta, etc. but this was my first attempt to have us go meatless.

I told my husband he could have grass fed meat, but the cost has made him stick with meatless meals. After a month of switching over from meat and processed foods ...we also are trying to go to a more whole foods diet... I had a routine dr visit and my BP was down, lipid levels and blood sugar levels also down...everything is normal (I am obese, but no diabetes, blood pressure or cholesterol issues yet).

One of the huge things that helped us change our eating was educating ourselves on our relationship with food. I highly recommend reading Michael Pollan's books Food Rules and In Defense of Food and watching the movies Food Inc and Forks Over Knives.

We still eat dairy and eggs, and my husband has the occasional fish. It's important to not just become a vegetarian for your health, but also cut out over processed foods...there are plenty of junk food vegetarians.

I posted a thread awhile back about making the change and it has been a lot easier than I thought, I knew I would be ok because I didn't eat much meat to begin with, but even my carnivore husband has been enjoying and loving going meatless.

Good luck and I recommend checking out your library for vegetarian cookbooks, checking out websites like those mentioned here and embrace your healthy lifestyle.