Are you eating less meat since meat free monday?
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Hello. Just wondering if Paul's campaign to eat less meat has made any difference to any people here. I went vegetarian 6 years ago mainly thanks to Paul, as well as my own personal reasons. It makes sense to eat less meat even if you don't want to give it up completely don't you think? Love Gem.xXx
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I agree some people can go overboard when it comes to eating meat, never-mind the meat free monday along with my own beliefs and reasons Paul helped to convince me to go veggie. I haven't looked back since!
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I can't eat less meat, I'm already 100% veggie
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i have not eaten meat since a life-changing event...i'm interested in looking into cordon vert teachings in order to learn vegetarianism properly... http//www.cordonvert.co.uk/
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I was already a vegetarian, but it's convinced my daughter to go almost 100% vegetarian as well. She still has her moments when she eats seafood.
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I would say it has definitely affected my eating habits, yes. I've been somewhat squicked out for a while, eating chicken, because I see chickens around here, and then I am sitting there going, I am eating the close relative of the thing I just saw pecking around in someone's yard. We grew up eating meat and my dad had to wring their necks at his grandfather's farm. Some hunters in my family, not fanatics, but they love their deer. I'm sort of the odd one in my family so it's hard. Today I went to the grocery store and bought a bunch of food, but no meat. I know how to cook vegetarian (minus some humorous catastrophies) and my husband will eat anything. And I do mean anything. Such as my chocolate, which I have learned to hide if I want it for nibbling or baking later on.
I have to lose weight. Meat is expensive. I love animals. I can put hickory barbecue sauce on deep fried tofu if I have to have something "meat-like." Right? I got myself some chipotle hot sauce today and I thought, heck, I have made my own Seitan before, I could make the fake duck seitan, dribble this stuff on it, barbecue it, and I wouldn't even know the difference! I think it's tradition, the way you grew up, and being around all the meat eaters. Mom loves hamburger helper, and I can't stand the stuff! I look at the ingredients on everything anyway, to see if there is corn syrup in it. Not because of the sugar, necessarily, but because I know about the Staley plant in S. Illinois and how people were put out of work and people actually died because some big company came and took the plant over after Staley died or sold it (?) and it was three years of hell for those poor people, because of corn syrup. What the heck is wrong with the big corporations? I don't know. I left a big corporation and a fancy paycheck and a lot of benefits because I hated the way they did business. Not in my world, you don't. I am turning into a hippie as I age, I guess. And this site and the videos and things I've seen from Paul McCartney have truly served to tip me over the edge into eating less or no meat at all. I see how he thinks about the planet and the future generations, and while I still have several vices, eating meat doesn't have to be one of them. Right? Still onto dairy and eggs, and maybe I will eat seafood once in a while. So that's not really vegetarian, I know. Baby steps, as my friend Sharon told me earlier today. She works at Whole Foods, demonstrating some awesome all natural candles and perfumes from Pacifica in Oregon. I was there to get cocoa butter to make some more herbal soaps and lip balm, etc. In my crock pot Better than chicken soup, eh? Rock on, all you crazy fools. Marie in Maine is definitely leaning toward the veg lifestyle and even my 17 year old son asked me if he could heat up a can of refried beans the other day. For a big meat eater with a Chicago-area dad whose main purpose in life is to eat meat and fat and more meat and fat, that's progress. I showed my son all of the links about oil and how meat eating makes it worse and well, he took it to heart, I think. He eats a lot of salads and got his Caesar salad the other night without anchovies (because well, he said they are gross). Fish is hard to give up for us coasters... So yes. It's really been great. The attitude of "this is what I do and this is why," combined with the excellent social media and openness, humor, and connectivity with the fans, it's fantastic!!! Love and hugs to you all, ~~Marie in Maine Avid fan -
yes, Marie, do baby-steps and slowly transition; when i first tried to be vegetarian, i ate no meat at all, but absolutely craved dairy, which sent my cholesterol through the roof. my doctor got mad at me! it seems to be easier for me now, maybe because i'm older. i'm studying it more, and first looking for recipes (there are so many online) that appeal to me. it's a major transition getting rid of all of the old ways, cleaning out your fridge and starting new. do it slowy; you're lucky your hubby is so flexible! good luck!
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I'm definitely trying, but my husband is a midwesterner who thinks every meal should have some kind of meat product. It's kind of the reverse of hiding veggies in children's meals. I'm trying to hide the lack of meat.
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moonraker:
I'm definitely trying, but my husband is a midwesterner who thinks every meal should have some kind of meat product. It's kind of the reverse of hiding veggies in children's meals. I'm trying to hide the lack of meat.
I hear that Moonraker! My son's Midwestern dad was so into meat, especially the pork at one time, that I weighed out 30 pounds of pork products from the freezer once, and thought, whoa! I mean, he clogged the kitchen drain with all the fat, even after draining it off into a can first. And high cholesterol runs in his family. How about you just say you're on a diet and eat a nice salad and some of the sides? Tell yourself if you really want the meat, it's there anyway, so it's more of choice for you than a deprivation. I lived in the Midwest for years and years, so believe me, I feel your pain! But just because you're married doesn't mean your spouse gets to decide what you eat. And you can maybe introduce more veggie choices (eggplant parmasan? Spaghetti with a veg sauce and garlic toast?) that may still be somewhat fatty but appeal to the Midwestern style of cooking. If nothing else, tell him it's cheaper to eat non-meat a few times a week. That would have worked with my ex, ha-ha. I'm doing pretty well, only had some meat once this week so far (unless eggs count but I'm not giving up eggs at present). Bought some Beano today because I ate so many beans on Monday that I woke up after midnight and thought I was gonna die! LOL. Hugs, ~~Marie
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I've been a mostly vegetarian for about 30 years. I have not raised my kids as strict vegetarians because logic tells me that we are biologically meat eaters. I have always had vegetarian maindishes (often Linda's recipes)in my weekly dinner rotations so the kids are comfortable with meals that way. I first heard of the "meatless Monday" concept from Women's Day magazine where they publish a menu of meals for the month with each Monday as a "meatless monday". I've since read about of what huge benefits there are to eating just 1 day vegetarian in reducing your carbon footprint. This feeds into a personal interest in eating locally and supporting my nearby farmers through which I've discovered a whole new world of what fresh picked fruits and vegetables taste like. They're really different from the supermarket stuff shipped halfway around the world and equally different from the canned and frozen stuff I grew up on. So it causes us to eat more non-meat because it is just so good and I've come a full circle. Funny how that happens.
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I was asked to write an article by a local blog owner here in S. Maine, called Southern Maine Vegans. I rewrote some of the reasons I'd outlined above and here's the published article: http://somevegans.blogspot.com/2010/06/non-vegan-eating-vegan-meals.html They just recently started this blog, but there are several posts with vegan recipes if anyone's interested. Hugs, ~~Marie
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Why yes I am. It's been a little over a year since participating in MFM and becoming more aware of eating meat. Admittedly, I don't not eat meat every Monday (depends on what mom makes for dinner), but I make that up by not eating meat on one of the other six days of the week.
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I've defintly tried to my sister has been one for about four years now and it's totally changed me and my perception of being a veggi head I've eaten more veggi's and fruit and stuff like that and Paul has changed me toooooo!!!!
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Yes since MFM I have definitely been eating less meat.
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I've just read some articles stating that around 25-30 million Americans were going carb free. The Atkins craze is continuing to grow. This means more people are eating more meat. This leaves more veggies I can throw at my chickens. My eldest son and hubbie hates veggies. They won't eat them. I have to be like the mother on the commercial for spaghetti and hide some in the meat dishes. Some day people are going to find out that following every latest craze is insane and resolves nothing. But that will come later.... According to some articles, around 7.3 million Americans are vegetarian. I live on a farm and am satisfied to follow my own heart. I never follow anyone else. I don't join the latest crazes. But good luck to you all. ~~An Omnivore.
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yes, I wrote a song for it, and sometimes I remember my own song and it works for me
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I've been vegetarian since 1991, just after my sixteenth birthday. Paul inspired me, but I did it for my own reasons too. What people don't get is why my 7 year old daughter is NOT veggie.
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Been doing Meat Free Monday for a couple of weeks, since which I have reduced my intake of meat quite substantially. Also I have developed a craving for nut cutlets..... Richard
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Yes, we did veggie at mondays first. Now we don't eat meat at home and avoid it most of the time whem we go out. That's Paul for sure! And I've heard many talks at the souncheck showing peoples choice for veggie meals after MeatFreeMonday! This is Paul. What else...!!!! [/url]
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I only eat meat about three days a week now
