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i could never do it. i love my meat. gimme beef, pork or chicken any day (don't like seafood). i mean sure, i like veggies, but if you don't put them on my plate alongside the meat, i won't go hunt for them sweatdrop several of my friends attempted it back in grade six (though, i think at the time it was a bit more of a fad...don't ask), but they gave up in no time. not sure if they made another attempt later because i lost touch with them during high school.

i'd say, if you want to see if you can do it, take a shot at it. i'm not one to criticize someone's eating habits (or at least not for very long...i might joke about it though), so long as they don't start telling me that i shouldn't eat this or that for whatever reason based on their own opinions. if it doesn't work for you, i wouldn't worry about it. you like eating chicken and fish, so i think that's what matters.

There was an article I read on a test they did where men ate nothing but red meat up in the arctic for a year. First they tried not having fats, but they got sick. Once the fat was added again, they got healthy again. They actually LOST weight and were perfectly healthy.


The best thing to do is separate your meats and starches
if you eat Meat and Potatoes for example in the same meal, there is some sort of enzyme that breaks down both of them. Eating the meats and starches means twice as much work for the enzymes.
Starches include potatoes, bread, noodles, grains, etc.
So if you do something like make a stirfry, or use egg noodles instead of wheat noodles, you can save up on that.

so in other words, meats and vegetables or starches and vegetables. meats and starches in the same meal is a nono :3 I'm doing this now and i'm feeling pretty good.

Another thing to lose weight, if you're hungry, try drinking a full glass of water first and see if you're still hungry. It's based on the fact that these days humans cannot tell when they are hungry or thirsty. My friend's lost five pounds in the past month just by switching to the water diet.

I know vegetarians that occasionally eat chicken. and eat fish all the time so you damn near are a vegetarian, just not vegan

I'm vegetarian, but just because I think about baby animals: blame the movie Babe. But that's just me personally, I don't care if other people eat meat.

I say if you like eating chicken, fish, etc., eat chicken, fish, etc..

a life without meat.. well that's hardly a life at all crying -cuddles his meats-

I love to eat meat, so I could really never go vegetarian. I don't really see much point. If you want to though, go for it! A bunch of my friends only eat vegetarian and they have a fine old time of it.

I hardly eat any meat when Im at the university.

Like you, I like chicken and fish. But I only eat chicken like.....once or twice in the 3 months Im here. But I do eat fish more often and is trying to eat at least 2 portion a week since it's the recommended amount of omega 3.

Other than that, I usually only eat veg, fruits, dairy etc etc.

I could possibly be a vegetarian. But I probably could not stand being a vegan.

(Both my housemates are a vegetarian and a vegan)

There are many type of vegetarian and someone mentioned. And it really depends on why would you want to be one.