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Vegetarian.
As of Today, I'm becoming a vegetarian. So far its been good. The only problem I will probably is the fact that I've been so used to eating chicken and turkey. Everyday at Lunch, I would normally eat a wrap with Turkey in it. and then sometimes I would get a healthy choice or lean cousine, and that would ALWAYS have some sort of meat in it. wither its meat sauce, chicken, etc.
What kind of foods can I eat instead of what i normally eat? What foods have enough protein? I'm also trying to loose weight, if that helps. but its not the reason i'm becoming vegetarian.
Oh, I'm 16/f. if that helps.
Sorry if that was long. and Thank you in advance.
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if you normally ate lean cuisine or pre-packaged meals like that and you're used to that style of cooking, check out the Amy's line. It's all vegetarian and easy to prepare. But you really should be learning to cook. buy a couple of cookbooks and go to the grocery store. part of being a vegetarian or vegan is reading labels.
as for proper nutrition, you can monitor everything you eat and be really anal about it, or you can do what I do and eat a variety of things.
and finally, for wraps you can wrap a bunch of different things. avacado, carrot strips, lettuce, spinach, kale, mandarin oranges, fake meat, leftover mashed potatoes. experiment and have a good time and if you need any help, put one in my inbox. I went vegetarian april 1st, 2006 for three months and then went vegan and have been ever since.
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I'm a vegetarian so I can help =]
Milk, yogurt, whole grain, soy products, protein bars--they have a pretty good amount of protein in there. And the good thing is that most, you can get at school.
The hard thing about becoming a vegetarian is that since you'r so used to eating meat, your body gets hungry easily without the meat in there all of a sudden. Then it causes you to choose the wrong food and over indulge. So watch out and stay alert so you don't eat unhealthy food. So eat hardy things like whole wheat, 7 grain breads, lots of veggies, etc.
Packing your own lunch will help the most. Ask your mom to buy you whole grain/wheat bread and make a little egg salad sandwhich, jam of some sort, etc. But watch out for peanut butter--if you're going to use it, get low fat ones, because otherwise, it would be like slapping fat on the bread. Get some veggies in there too like carrots, broccoli, etc. Eggs--boiled--have good source of protein, too. Just make sure that you take out the yolk because that's where all the cholesterol is.
Things that I enjoy eating that is absolutly meat free:
Lima beans
Boiled eggs [without the yolk]
Fat free yogurt
Fruits and veggies
Veggie Bites [it's like chicken nuggest except there's no chicken in there. My mom buys them from Food Lion so check in your area]
Cheese ravioli
Mushroom soup
Veggie brugers [Although this isn't that healthy, they are delicious. I get mine from Burger King. Ask for a veggie burger without mayo unless you prefer mayo]
Veggie patties! [Costco will have a variety of them =)]
etc.
Some things you might want to know, though:
Watch out for foods with gelatin in it! It's made from fat from animal elbows. Pop tarts frostings has gelatin and so does Jello and a lot of other foods.
READ THE INGREDIENTS! Even if you don't think any meat or some sort will be in there, there will always be foods with chicken broth and things like that mixed in.
Eat healthy foods and stay away from junk/unhealthy foods. Eat healthy foods that you know will fill you up.
Get enough protein from milk, soy products, eggs, beans, and tofu.
Allrecipes.com has millions of recipes you can get for free and many recipes are dedicated to vegetarians =)
Good luck and if you have any more questions, inbox me =) I can probably help you because I converted into a vegetarian not too long ago and we're in similar situations =)
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Well, you can make your own lunch. I found some turkey lunch meat substitute at walmart and it's really good! I have the same problem, I go to a pretty hick school and all the different lunch lines have some sort of chicken in all the food. I have to get a salad and pick the meat out. ANd any meat substitue has oodles of protein..because the main ingredient is soy protein. I know soy milk has about 6 grams of protein and so does peanuts...good luck!
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Tofu works. Tofu's great. Get tofurkey.
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