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caio  ·  4713 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Share Your New Year's Resolutions
My girlfriend's a vegeterian, going for vegan. I'm (kind of) vegetarian. I stopped eating red meat for about a year now. Can't say I noticed any physiological difference, possibly because I generally still have some white meat on the side (chicken and fish). My cooking however has improved a thousand percent.

My lunches used to be meat, rice and beans and a salad. Now I generally eat a banana instead of the meat. I don't miss it at all.





thenewgreen  ·  4712 days ago  ·  link  ·  
It sounds like you have a healthy diet. I don't. I travel a lot and will eat unhealthy fast foods while on the road. I know I could have just given up "fast food" but I thought, why not try and give up meat too? My wife doesn't eat much meat so it won't be hard and I think she will appreciate it. I look forward to learning new styles of cooking too.

I doubt I'll miss it much either.

caio  ·  4712 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I gave up fast food way before I gave up meat. I also cut down hard on sodas, but still drink coffee everyday. I eat a lot of cookies too, so not really that healthy. Baby steps.
thenewgreen  ·  4712 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Back when I drank a lot of soda, I was fat. I used to drink it all day long when I worked in restaurants. Once I cut that out of my diet it was amazing how quickly I lost weight. Within a month I had dropped between 15-20 pounds. That stuff is pretty horrible for you. I think a lot of people make the mistake of thinking that because it's "diet", it's somehow good for you. I know people that drink gallons of diet soda every day.