vegetarianism ... why look at it in a magnifying glass

[Guest guest]

Dear Melissa,

It is strange that u speak about to switching to vegetarianism as if

some one is asking you to fast.

 

The number of vegetables, fruits and herbs and leaves are 100s of

times more than the handful of the animal stuff. call it

beaf,port,lamb meat or poultry or egg.

 

First leave the thought that u are taking to vegetarianism for

becoming slim. Then how do u explain HIppopotumus and other

communities or even the elephants that are fat.

 

If purpose of being a vegetarian is due to the fact that you dont

want to make your stomach a graveyard for the carcasses.. it is very

easy to start. Dont bother what your other family members eat.

 

You eat the vegetables and other vegetatrian food. For the time

being leave the diary alone. Consume diary items till you first

get accustomed to your main meal.

Take my suggestion and it will be easy

 

Thanks for reading and i am sure i can explain.

For me these are not difficult since I am from India and

vegetarianism is within the religious system where some sects who

indulge in the spiritual life are forbidden from taking non

vegetarian food and the entire family abstains from from nonveg as

and ordain

best wishes

m.s.sastry

 

 

 

, " Melissa Parker "

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>

> * your name or nickname Melissa

>

> * where you live (continent, region or city, whatever) Alabama

>

> * your age group - teens, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s,

> 70s, 80s or more (congratulations!)? 38

> Also:

> * Are you vegetarian (or vegan), still working at

> it, or still thinking about it? How long?

> Trying...but I've only been trying for 5 days. lol

>

> * Are you the only veggie or wannabe in your

> household? How many others?

> Yep, I'm it. My husband and 3 kids aren't doing it, BUT I do

intend for

> them all to start eating more fruits and veggies as we ALL need it!

>

> * Do you do the cooking or is it shared?

> I do the cooking.

>

> WAIT! Anything else you would like to tell us? This is your

> Big Chance!!!

> I need to lose about 20 lbs that I've managed to put back on!

Yikes! lol

>

>

> Thank you!

> Melissa in Alabama

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

>First leave the thought that u are taking to

> vegetarianism for becoming slim. Then how do u

explain >HIppopotumus and other communities or

even the elephants >

that are fat.

 

Good point

 

Well you know sometimes I have to remind myself

(although I'm not Melissa) that this group was

started back in 2003 by Laura who was a member of

another vegetarian group (as were other first

members like myself) and Laura felt that there

WAS NO veggie group that addressed the problem of

what to do if vegetarians gained too much weight.

So here is Vegetarian Slimming in response to

that problem!

 

Now I never became vegetarian to get slim -

didn't need to way back when that happened around

1980 - and I didn't do it for my health eitherl.

I did it because I didn't want to be guilty of

eating animals. I still do it for that reason.

 

However, there ARE ways that vegetarianism can

not only contribute to better health and do it

through cutting down on the less healthy and more

fattening aspects of some people's idea of a

vegetarian way of eating. We try to promote

healthier, less fattier, less junk-foodie, way of

eating here through fewer processed foods and

more healthy fresh things from the markets etc.

 

As for depriving oneself by becoming vegetarian -

that's funny, isn't it Once you take the dead

animal flesh off the table, it leaves room for

such wonderful vegetables, grains and legumes

that are so delicious in their own right!

 

Thanks for mentioning this - this was not

originally (at least) intended as a group for

non-vegetarians to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle

in order to lose weight (and then, presumably, to

return to their old ways of non-vegetarianism

once that was accomplished). It was for those

people who were vegetarian and, like the

elephants and hippopotami, had dined a little too

lavishly on the bounties of nature and needed to

find ways of getting a little more close to a

healthy weight

 

Huge hugs and love, Pat

 

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