hehe - me too. Only heavy ones though - no time for frilly stuff!

in June 2008

As a lapsed vegetarian, I will foreswear meat for the Canada Day holiday. Cheers from Canada by the way!

in July 2008

I wish I could get the rest of my family to eat less meat as well!

in July 2008

Farmers market every Saturday in Oakland. We're on the brink of veggie season!

in July 2008

I'm an athlete and protein is essential in my diet. Is there a way I can eat more veggies and cut back on meat, but get more protein and the nutrients I need?

in July 2008

"I'm an athlete and protein is essential in my diet"

There are quite a few vegan athletes out there. Even raw food athletes.

Unfortunately most sports nutrition is based on conventional nutritional "information". You will need to search wider to find alternative information.

Have a look at http://www.thegardendiet.com/ the author is a 58 year old guy who only eats a raw vegan diet and is very active (long distance running, mountaineering etc).

My son is a raw vegan and plays competitive sport at a national level.

I have even met vegetarian weight lifters.

Still, even if you stay on a cooked meat/veg diet you can still shift further towards a vegetarian diet without going all the way. It does not have to be an all or nothing proposition.

in July 2008

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in August 2008

I will not stop eating meat, but I do eat lots more veggies than meat. I do garden and grow lots of our veggies, it's in the future works to grow some chickens (for eggs and meat) and maybe even some rabbits for meat and fur.

Wretha

in January 2009

I once thought I would never be able to give up meat. It tasted too good, but honestly it isn't as difficult as people think it is. Just spice up the veggies. I've been vegetarian for three and half years and haven't had a problem. If I did it, anyone can do it.

in April 2009

OK, eating the veggies, started the vegetable garden, on the road to being a localvore. :)

in May 2009

Happy to say it's the time of year that they are super-fresh veggies grown 20 ft. from where I currently sit.

in June 2009

Buying from local farmers @ farmer's markets or joinig a Community Supported Agriculture farm are some good ways I eat more veggies. I also have my own garden and love to share the produce with family and friends. My grandchildren love to help pick the veggies and cook them or eat them raw.

in July 2009

I've always been a veggie lover. My sons are, too. I insisted when they were children that veggies & fruits wouldn't go away! In the last 5 years

in August 2009

Over the past couple years I have been increasing the amount of veggies and fruit I eat and reducing processed foods in general. Now, if I could just get my daughters to follow suit.

in August 2009

I'm growing them, so I am eating them. I like meat too much to give it up, but I am trying to keep to one meatless day a week, and putting more vegetables and less meat on the plates the other days.

in August 2009

Vegetables are extremely good for you and can contribute to healthy weight loss.
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in September 2009

I also love veggies!

in October 2009

I figure eating veggies directly makes a lot more sense than feeding them all to animals and then eating them. No, I'm not a vegetarian, but I have a lot less red meat than I used to.

in November 2009

This is very helpful action. I would love to do this again and again.

in July 2010

After discovering that I had iron deficiency, my every meal is accompanied by a big of green salad. Never felt better.

in September 2010

I'm already doing this. It's easy.

in August 2011

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in September 2011

so good when you can grow them yourself as well

in December 2011

I've been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for about 5 years, and love it! With all the soy/seitan fake-meat products out there now, I think it's an easier transition than ever (though being a vegetarian also really forced me to expand my knowledge on vegetables and my culinary creativity in working with them).

I've considered going vegan for a while now, though I'm still too weak to forgo cheese (though I'm excited to see more cheeses using vegetable rennet appearing all the time).

in February 2012

Many people I met in Burma set one day a week when they didn't eat meat (for spiritual rather ecological reasons). This could be a doable option for those who want to reduce their consumption a bit, on an ongoing basis.

in May 2012

Veg diet is so relaxing and provide so much stamina and energy. I really feel good now and more younger than before.

in October 2012

My wife and I watched the documentary Vegucated, see it via netflix or learn more @ http://www.getvegucated.com/,
And it really did change our life. We have reduced our meat/poultry intake and purchase more humanely when we do. We also have reduced the portion sizes of meat and increased our fruit and vegetable intake greatly.

in February