I've consumed way too much meat that I even got myself sensitive skin and other symptoms now. Been wanting to be a dedicated vegetarian but I would always somehow get back to meat again and again. Not a religious person here, so how can I help myself?
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Change your lifestyle slowly. Opt for vegetarian foods. Once you remove meat completely out of your system, you wont miss it.
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Eating every livestock, be it red or white meat in moderation is the wisest if you dont want to clog up your arteries.But of cos avoid the fatty parts of the meat even if its white meat.Always remember to eat fruits and vegetables after every meal of meat to help in the digestion of the meat eaten.Dont forget also to drink plenty of water too.
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Other than your hair line how do you feel? If your feeling great about not eating meat,don't. Get a supplement for your diet. Sometimes hair receding hair lines are hereditary.
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This is something that you shouldn't do all at once. I have been a vegetarian for 50 years so I know people can mess their health up doing it wrong. You need to know which foods make a complete protein when combined: beans and cornbread, peanut butter and bread, etc. If you don't drink milk, soymilk is o.k. Take a multivitamin that has B12 in it. Don't just start dropping foods from your diet, replace them with nutritious whole foods. Don't make this hard on your mom or whoever does the cooking in your house. Get some good recipies and learn to make them.  http://www.notmilk.com/veganrecipes.html
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I can't handle anyone else telling me what I can and can't eat.\n\nCurrently, I have lost 26 pounds by just doing my own thing.  I eat two Dannon Light n Fit yogurts, a bowl of raisin bran with 1/2% milk and a sensible dinner each day. I don't say anything is off limits, but I have to watch that I only eat ONE serving of things. I occasionally allow a treat.\n\nIf someone had told me to eat only that every day I would not have followed it. I think sometimes you just really have to figure out what works for you. \n\nA little exercise and a little less food works wonders. And no fast food! EEk, that stuff is horribly calorie-laden.\n\nGood luck to you.
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I like veggies. I don't believe God really cares about you being a vegetarian. As for the dominion we have it without slaughtering animals. Adam and Eve never ate meat in the garden of eden only afterwards did God say that you could. So having dominion is control of them(Which we still do).
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i understand.  been in that boat.  u gotta do something to re-start your metabolism.\nlots of different things can help.\n*drinking more water than u do already.\n*do a liquid diet for a couple of days.\n*up your exercise routine.\nbut what i did when i hit the weight loss slump, i became a vegetarian!
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Try to avoid eating meat products(chicken, beef, fish) 100%totally. Try to eat more vegetables and fruits. They are very healthy. I hope this helps. God bless you!
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Well definitely cut down on your complex carbs (potatoes, rice, etc).  balance protein, carbs and fat (very important).  Get protein from turkey, chicken, tofu, tuna, egg whites, fat free yogurt and protein powder.  Carbs from fruits, vegatables.  Fat from olive oil, avacado and almonds. Always have hard boiled eggs in the fridge. \n\nIf you don't like to exercise, then only drive when you absolutely have to, and walk as much as possible.  People underestimate the power of cutting out vehicles by at least 20%. \n\nDrink water as your primary source of liquid.  Do not drink any soda at all - it is completly unnecessary.  \n\nChange your eating perspective to 'one meal at a time'.  If you over eat, or eat something very fattening that's okay, you are one meal away from eating healthy again.  You should never feel deprived.  It is important to try and make a committment. \n\nAfter living like this for a few months you will feel you don't want those unhealthy foods so much.  \n\nThe main issue for most of us is not having ever learned how to eat healthy.  Our bodies want healthy food, and it's much more natural for us to walk than get into a vehicle.  This is not a novelty or fad, this is how it's supposed to be.  \n\nBy following this, without strenuous excersise, your body will get to its optimum weight naturally and in a reasonable amount of time.\n\nGood Luck
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You do NOT need meat in your diet, contrary to what some others have said. I haven't eaten meat in 13 years and I'm still alive!\nYou do need to make sure you get enough protein. Veggie burgers, tofu, and other faux meat products are all great sources (check the veg seciton of your grocery store--there are lots of veggie meats to choose from!). Make sure you're eating your veggies, fruits and whole grains. Drink plenty of water!\nA pound of fat is worth 3500 calories...Sooo if you exercise off 500 calories a day, you can lose 1 pound a week (that's a lot of exercise and it may take you a while to work up to it). Cut your food calories back to like 1200 a day (dont go below this or you'll slow down your metabolism) and you can probably lose a second pound every week. I don't know if you can lose 80 pounds in 7 months...If you do what i've described, 50 should be no problem though.\nGood luck!
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You have probably upped your intake of carbohydrates (breads, pasta, etc.), and in some people that can cause severe heartburn.  Also, you may be eating more legumes, and that can cause digestive upsets.  \n\nYou sound younger, so if you want to continue on this diet -- it's not for every body type -- then I suggest to take a few Tums when you are hit with the heartburn (which is actually acid indigestion, and can lead to acid reflux disease).  I know it's probably not what you want to do, however, it does sound like your body is reacting to the foods you're eating now that have replaced what you ate before.\n\n(I actually have experienced heartburn with too many carbohydrates, especially bread and pastas, and found that drinking orange juice or some citrus juice -- lemon in the water, etc. -- often modified the "heartburn.")\n\nA macrobiotic diet is almost a vegan diet, however, it does incorporate a little fish or poultry (but no dairy or eggs) now and then, and that helps.  Plus many macrobiotic menus are extremely creative (99% of the menus don't have any fish or poultry) and delicious, so you may want to check at Amazon.com for some titles under macrobiotic cookbooks and try some out.  If you don't want animal products, at least try some macrobiotic menus to get an idea of how to combine all the foods you're eating -- the combination of foods can interact in your digestive tract the wrong way and also cause heartburn.\n\nKeep a meal log and write down what you eat each meal, and have a column for heartburn -- see which meals bring it on more.  That should help to narrow it down.  And if worse comes to worse, maybe add in some of the foods you had eliminated, and see if that reduces it or gets rid of it -- you just may be one of those people who needs more animal products in their diet.\n\nGood luck to you!
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Im vegetarian too, and I eat lots of vegetables like 6 servings a day and 4 servings of fruits. Then I eat 1-1 1/4 servings of nuts. It helps you lose weight, regulate your metabolism, won't get any disease except you need to buy vitamin b12 supplements (found in meat products especially in beef and chicken breasts). Eat peanut butter good source of protein so you won't lose hair or slower skin development.
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I'm a vegetarian. Lentils are full of protein.  I've posted a link that is awesome and full of tons of great info.
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I had this problem. too!\nI really thought it was something with my heart...\nI went to doctor and he said that was just a result on stress and overworking (overstudying)... So, he said that the best thing is just relax and go to the gym to energize there...\nI did that...\nI started to go to the gym: not so often and i didn't work out very much...But, it helped..\nAnd, i started to eat a little less (but i didn't eat too much, just though to let you know :) )...and because of that i begun to feel lighter and all pains gone...\nHope, that will help at least a little bit :)\nHope that nothing serious with you\nTake care
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I would say you should try COD LIVER oil that is molecularly distilled and see if you have a reaction.  If it is fine for you then try www.icelandichealth.com\n\nYou are right that it is very important since we are not eating wild and grass fed animals that our bodies developed on and need.
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Hi scared....Boy do I know how you feel!  I walked into the emergency room on June 23, 2003 holding my chest.  My Cholesterol was >500, triglycerides >1200, and I weight 230 pounds....about 70 pounds over for me.  For some reason I turned down an angiogram and anything invasive and started on a quest for health.  I’ve been a Chef for years but the idea that food (and exercise) could so dramatically affect health escaped me somewhere....as it does just about all Americans.  The fact is that we in America have created this nice little fantasy world that exists apart and separate from the environment that nourishes us; the earth.  My journey has led me to a greater understanding of my own body and how it fits into the earth system.  I took two drugs for a few days over 1 month, just until my Doctor indicated that the momentum had switched to blood lipid reduction and I through them away and realized way more than half of my blood lipid reduction through diet and exercise alone.  In under 6 months I had bounced off of 150 ponds and settled about 160...my cholesterol was <150, triglycerides <100, I’d put on 10 ponds of muscle mass....I felt and looked GREAT...the best I’ve looked or felt in 45 years!\n\nI’m presently studying to become a Registered Dietician so that I can help plain folk like you and I help themselves faster and easier.  Although I could....and WILL in the future....offer some very concrete advise, especially on how to get through this on a day to day basis, I’m going to defer to several well qualified sources below that will get you going...spend a few hours on the vegsource website....find a teacher-Doctor there that appeals to you....I’ve highlighted two below.....get their DVDs (as well as the vegsource lecture DVDs) and books......put what they teach into daily practice......turn off the TV and tune in to life......exercise DAILY and eat right....become apart of the earth environment!  \n\nGood luck.....you can do this...I KNOW because I did it MYSELF.....I and others are with you!!\n\nDr. John McDougall\nhttp://www.drmcdougall.com/index.html\n\nDr. Neal Barnard\nhttp://www.nealbarnard.org/index.htm\n\nJohn Robbins\nhttp://www.foodrevolution.org/\n\nVegSource....a great resource for tons of health oriented teachers...\nhttp://www.vegsource.com/
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eat more meat...sugar... and talk to your body..... you are in charge....,. your brain is stronger than the rest of the problems.... you alone can fix it and are in charge.... take control.