How Hard Is It To Make The Transition To VEGETARIANISM?

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It really depends on you. Some people have an easy transition, others will experience cravings. It takes some will power.

Most restaurants will have vegetarian options. Just ask the cashier/waitress what they have for vegetarians. They may not list them on the menu....Show more

Well, see that's the thing about being a vegetarian. Most restaruants WON'T have your food. That's another reason why we are healthier. Forget fast food restaruant when you go vegetarian. I went cold turkey. I don't eat meat anymore because it's bad for you. Go online and google what they do to animals and the antibiotics they feed them. Or something like that. I read a book about it. That completely turned me off from eating meat. That's how I went cold turkey. And for the record, there are different levels of vegetarianism. You can eat meat and still be a vegetarian. You can only eat pouletry though. You can eat chicken, turkey, and fish. I don't eat meat at all though. There's also Vegan. Vegans don't eat animals or anything that comes from animals. Anything that contains milk, eggs, or anything of that nature are not allowed for Vegans. Decide which one you want to be. And you really need to get that refrigerator running. Basically anything you eat will be fresh unless you eat canned foods or junk foods....Show more

Eat all the things you LOVE that don't have bodies in them. Beans, fried rice, noodles, peanut butter on toast, baked pumpkin with cheese, pasta, stuff like that. If you need to eat vegetarian burgers and bacon, there are lots of types. Look at Indian food- lots of curry dishes and vegetarian is the main cuisine. Buy FRESH, not old tofu, and pressed tofu. Get good tofu chicken, tofu tuna etc and FRESH tofi from a good asian shop- thai, chinese or korean, they'll sell the real stuff. Get used to eating cleaner, good wholefoods. Get used to sauces, marinades, and different spices, because there are thousands of foods out there and different cuisines which don't ever use animal pieces....Show more

So let me get this straight: You plan to eat completely at fast food restaurants for the rest of your life, and you think that bananas are somehow a factor in becoming vegetarian.

You live somewhere so slummy that you don't have a fridge and you're okay with that, you plan to work around it.

And you consider fish to be a plant, cause you want to stop eating meat but you think fish isn't included in that.

Scary stuff! Good luck with that....Show more

To correct the person above, plain "vegetarianism" is actually defined as not eating red meats I believe. However, I don't think it should be defined this way. If you eat no meat (that means not eating fish as well) but eat eggs and dairy, you are a lacto-ovo vegetarian. When you stop eating eggs and dairy as well, you are a vegan.
And, you can go to places like taco bell and order pretty much everything, but just say "beans instead of meat".
Also there are meat substitutes you can buy in the frozen section of the grocery store by Morningstar Farms.
Hope this helps!...Show more