Guest guest Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 > >Who in your life has influenced you most in your decision >to be a vegetarian? Probably my closest friend at the time, who went vegetarian just before I did. But about 10 years later I was fortunate to hear Howard Lyman speak live. He influenced me to go vegan, which I did for 9 years. Sherry in Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 My mother influenced me most in my desire not to eat meat or fish. Not because she was a vegetarian herself, but because her cooking was so awful and the meat she bought was so nasty that my earliest memories are of hating meat and then of hating the idea of eating meat when I realised where it came from. I didn't know that there was such a thing as a vegetarian - I was just labelled a fussy eater and I was absolutely delighted when I realised as a teenager that there were other people like me. Christie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Buddha Meg ~ PT ~ wrote: > Superbowl Sunday and time for another new question > of the week for the group. > > QOTW for February 5th-11th : > > Who in your life has influenced you most in your decision > to be a vegetarian [or to eat more veg meals, if you are not > yet a vegetarian]? > > ~ pt ~ > > To attain happiness in another world we need only to > believe something. > To secure it in this world we must do something. > ~ C.P. Gilman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 > QOTW for February 5th-11th : > > Who in your life has influenced you most in your decision > to be a vegetarian [or to eat more veg meals, if you are not > yet a vegetarian]? Hmmm.. I don't think any person in particular, cartainly not in my family, anyway, as I'm the only vegetarian. If I had to pick " one " ... I would say the internet! *lol* Just reading so much information about health and diet and what happens to animals... keeps me veg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 I'd have to say that reading about the Orphics and Pythagoreans among the ancient Greeks may have had a strong impact, but the strongest impact was myself, or rather, my body. Having your digestive system stop digesting animal protein properly tends to put things in perspective! On 2/6/06, Amy <sandpiperhiker wrote: > > > > QOTW for February 5th-11th : > > > > Who in your life has influenced you most in your decision > > to be a vegetarian [or to eat more veg meals, if you are not > > yet a vegetarian]? > > Hmmm.. I don't think any person in particular, cartainly not in my > family, anyway, as I'm the only vegetarian. If I had to pick " one " ... > I would say the internet! *lol* Just reading so much information > about health and diet and what happens to animals... keeps me veg. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 QOTW for February 5th-11th : Who in your life has influenced you most in your decision to be a vegetarian [or to eat more veg meals, if you are not yet a vegetarian]? Am the only person in my family to be vegetarian. Mostly due to growing up on a Montana cattle ranch. Didn't deal well with the way animals are treated. Samantha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 Hi It was not a who... but a series of circumstances. I have not eaten beef for so many years. I really can't think of any particular reason for doing so now...and question the thoughts of those who do! I do not eat red meat at all and pork maybe once a month (as minced meat). Chicken is a reasonably priced basic source of protein and texture and the rest of my diet is vegetarian. My influence is therefore very deep and well founded and it is likely to be long lived. Above all, I balance diet and exercise to try to maintain an equilibrium. I find it difficult to see that a soya based diet is adequate but I have only been researching for a year. I run! Do you? Best wishes Chris ~ PT ~ <patchouli_troll wrote: Superbowl Sunday and time for another new question of the week for the group. QOTW for February 5th-11th : Who in your life has influenced you most in your decision to be a vegetarian [or to eat more veg meals, if you are not yet a vegetarian]? ~ pt ~ To attain happiness in another world we need only to believe something. To secure it in this world we must do something. ~ C.P. Gilman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 ....but most of all...if it's the one greatest influence it is the avoidance of fat and salt. I despair when I see how much fat...especially animal fat pervades almost every pre-packaged or pre-cooked product which we buy. The addition of salt, not for flavour but as a hydration agent to enable the holding of vast quanities of water in packaged food is also a major factor, though that is less a marker for vegetarianism. My influence is highly geared to extremely low levels of fat. I prepare most of my food myself. Gosh I do love cooking. Stay cool...have fun! Chris Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 I know that feeling. I think the worst experience was once eating dinner, my stepfather asked me how that meat was, then pointed out that it was the bunnies I had been playing with a couple of days before. He thought it was hilarious and laughed his head off. I think this was the true beginning of being literally sick when eating meat although even before that I hadn't liked beef. Also remembering hiding my head under pillows as the pigs were being butchered. It was horrible. One lesson I learned in one of these groups (either this one or s) was what rettin (spelling??) was made of. I'm trying really hard to avoid cheese which for me was one of my main foods. Samantha But at age 8, I saw my cow, Charlie Brown, get butchered. It didn't go well, he didn't die right away, and crashed through the fench. He ran right at me, and just before he got to me they shot him again. I never ate meat or drank milk from that day on. I didn't understand at the time that I was becoming a vegetarian, I just knew something was horribly wrong. My brother pretty much felt the same way and is now a vegetarian, and my parents don't really eat red meat anymore. My father felt terrible after this all happened, and stopped raising cows, and now gardens. Who in your life has influenced you most in your decision to be a vegetarian [or to eat more veg meals, if you are not yet a vegetarian]? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 > QOTW for February 5th-11th : > > Who in your life has influenced you most in your decision > to be a vegetarian [or to eat more veg meals, if you are not > yet a vegetarian]? Three women: Mom, Mollie, & McCartney. My mom is a good cook, but she was never one to share her techniques or invite me to help out when i was younger. She even admits that everything i learned about cooking i had to learn on my own when i ventured out. But i assure her she takes some credit because her cooking helped form my tastebuds. Mollie Katzen helped inspire and encourage me with her cookbooks when i was in college. i wasn't very good at cooking and some of her meals made way too much or seemed exotic to me with my limited exposure to many of the ingredients she used. But her books were my first introduction to the world of experimenting in the kitchen. Finally, i'd have to say that looking through Linda McCartney's cookbooks really influenced me positively. Her recipes were simple enough and just seemed like regular home cooking and not like weird exotic dishes i could not attempt to make let alone serve to my family. She took away the intimidation factor of vegetarian cuisine and i loved her " anybody can do this " attitude. She was right! If i can do it, anybody can! ~ pt ~ Realize that true happiness lies within you.Ê Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside.Ê Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.Ê Reach out.Ê Share. Smile.Ê Hug.Ê Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself. ~ Og Mandino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 My 7 year old daughter is the main reason we eat the way we do. She has a severe, life-threatening allergy to milk products. I got tired of cooking two complete meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner, got tired of always telling her she couldn't eat what the rest of us were eating, living in fear that I'd give her the wrong glass or plate, having 2 kinds of milk in the fridge, 2 kinds of cheese, etc. Now we all eat the way SHE can and it's been so great for all of us (especially her! she had nachos last night! you should have seen the smiles) Shelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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