How long time it takes to get you used to being vegetarian?

[st_hart]

For me, the first 6 months is the toughest time. It's not so easy to overcome internal as well as external obstacles in my process to be vegetarian. After that I was used to being vegetarian and everything is going well till now.
What about you?

[knight]

For me it took nearly ten months to become a full vegetarian. In the first 4 months I reduced my meat diet by more than 50% and the next six months was crucial to rebuilt my taste for veggies.

[frankie1]

I was to busy to notice. That may sound strange especially as I love to cook....but back then I was so busy with work that if my beloved hadn't fixed dinner I wouldn't have eaten. So by the time I could slow down and look at it I had been a vegetarian for 6 years!

[chris1203]

For me, the first 6 months is the toughest time. It's not so easy to overcome internal as well as external obstacles in my process to be vegetarian. After that I was used to being vegetarian and everything is going well till now.
What about you?

I haven't tried vegetarianism yet, but I intend to start soon. I will let you know how long it takes me to make the transition (if I survive it.) lol

[Lyndsey]

My parents' generation thought that meat was an important source of protein for children, so we had meat every day. I became more and more uncomfortable with it as a teenager, and once I could decide for myself, about two weeks into being a vegetarian, the smell of meat almost made me sick. It's been easy to stay off it because I not only made a choice based on personal philosophy but also based on health reasons.

[liza123]

I have just started for the past one week or so. My worry is that I may not be taking a truly balanced diet since I eat outside. :)

[justontime]

My daughter made the decision aged 9, she became vegetarian overnight and has never looked back. For me it was a much slower transition.

[st_hart]

My parents' generation thought that meat was an important source of protein for children, so we had meat every day. I became more and more uncomfortable with it as a teenager, and once I could decide for myself, about two weeks into being a vegetarian, the smell of meat almost made me sick. It's been easy to stay off it because I not only made a choice based on personal philosophy but also based on health reasons.

That's great for you. You are very lucky that from the early stages you have enjoyed not eating meat. I also have a friend who is not "officially" vegetarian, but he never eat meat since he was a child. He just doesn't like meat. Anyhow, he tends to get overweight now. I don't know, maybe he inherits the "fat" gen from his parents :)

[katharina]

It's been easy to stay off it because I not only made a choice based on personal philosophy but also based on health reasons.

Do you supplement your diet with the meat substitutes, Lyndsey, or have you
made up for it with other things like more veggies?

[frankie1]

It's a widely held misconception that all vegetarians are thin. Given a good diet, they are. But there are many junk foods that are "vegetarian" and can lead to weight gain.

Soda alone can do it.