late-in-life vegetarian

[Guest guest]

At 32, just before switching to a macrobiotic vegan diet, my veggies consisted

of frozen

peas,corn, tomatoes and french fries besides the veggies wedged between my Big

Mac. I

would eat a couple of english muffins sandwiches loaded with canadian bacon,

eggs, and

processed cheese just about every evening when I got home from work at midnight

since

my wife didn't cook for me. She wouldn't bother to wash the whole chicken she

would

serve to my sons so I didn't miss much. At six, my son refused to eat " anything

with a

face " so they were eating spagetti-o's until i found help.

 

I remember saying as a child that I wouldn't eat rice since we ate white rice

constantly

when my parents had 7 kids at home. Boy, did I eat my words!

I learned how to cook and mix flavors but didnt seem to find time when working

55 hrs

per week in a stressful factory job. I created an unhealthy situation for myself

physically besides constant stress as my wife and I broke up.

In '85, my veggie diet caused me to go from 170 to 125 in a matter of months but

eventually gained 10 lbs back which was abt right for my frame. I also came to

appreciate how my body felt when I was eating balanced so I gained an

appreciation for

various vegetables besides grains. I would say that i didnt give veggies a

chance since i

balked at overcooked spinach from a can. I wanted to have muscles like Popeye

but just

couldnt stand the green glob that would appear on my plate.

I enjoy raw spinach now and enjoyed a plate of chard with brown rice and hummus

for

lunch today... Since I didnt eat my veggies as a kid [except for carrot sticks

and celery]

it was more of a discovery to me when I starting eating them later in life.

Also, I had

not eaten brown rice until the end of 1984 when I hired a live-in nanny so the

last 20

years have been a series of discovery for me and I am a better man for it.

Cheers, David*

 

 

 

> > There's a question I have, directed towards those

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> > vegetarianism later in life, around the age of 25 or

> > older. Did you

> > become less discriminating in terms of taste

> > preferences after giving

> > up the omnivorous diet?

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