New memeber/New and struggling veggie

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Hi there, I'm Leia

I joined a while back and am just now getting around to posting. I'm

pretty new to the veggie lifesyle and to be perfectly honest I'm

having a lot of trouble with the transition. I can't even call myself

a vegetarian b/c I can't seem to get over my occasional love affair

with chicken. This isn't helped by the fact that the few chickens

I've met in person were kinda mean so I wasn't inclinded to feel as

sorry for them as I would say a cow. I decided to go veggie for the

health benifits anyway so animal rights (while very important to me)

wasn't my objective.

So whats my problem exactly? My family is a real meat and potaoes

crowd of people and they strongly disapprove of my new diet choices.

I still live at home so I find it difficult when the family fires up

the trusty 'ol B-BQ and cooks steaks. I have by the way had not much

trouble at all giving up red meat. cheers for me lol.

Now I'm sure it would be alot easier if we didn't keep meat in the

house except when somebody plans to cook it and eat it for dinner

that night. Thats not an option though not even when I move out and

live on my own. Here I should insert that I etch out a living as a

dog professional trainer/dog show handler and am going to college. I

tried vegetarian options to the meat I use in training (mainly

hotdogs) and they just didn't cut it. The dogs simply refused. That

and we feed a specialized diet which includes meat and other raw

ingerdients. No kibble here. I have my own beliefs about dog

nutrition and am not ready to argue them. Soooo while I am aware of

the vegetarian options for dogs I've tried them and met with failure.

I am at this very moment thinking about stealing a hotdog from the

dog stash and feasting

I'm hoping to make new friends in this group who can give me the

occasional virtual smack when I need it to help keep me on track and

help me with the inspiration and motivation I need. I'm a blank slate

looking for guidence (and recipes) in the world of the non meat

eater.

Can't wait to get to know you all !

 

~Leia