subject: How To Become Vegetarian, The Best Way To Become Vegetarian Is To Do It Gradually... [print this page] The best way to become vegetarian is to do it gradually. This allows your body to adjust to a change in diet and will also give you time to find out what sort of food to buy and where to buy it, and how to cook some vegetarian dishes.
If you make the change too quickly, you may give your body a shock which could make you feel a bit strange and you may end up craving meat within a few days and then giving in. So, treat your body and yourself gently and take some time.
There are loads of different strategies for becoming vegetarian. Choosing the one that is right for you will depend on your personality, how much meat you currently eat, how familiar you are with vegetarian cooking, and so on. While one strategy for becoming vegetarian will work like a miracle for some people, it may not work for others.
If you find the thought of giving up meat a real challenge, you need to take it very gently. One strategy is to gradually reduce the number of days a week that you eat meat, as follows:
*Week 1: one meat free day
*Weeks 2-3: two meat free days per week
*Weeks 4-6: three meat free days per week
*Weeks 7-10: four meat free days per week
*Weeks 11-15: five meat free days per week
*Weeks 16-21: six meat free days per week
*Week 22: OK now you're only eating meat on one day per week! That's awesome. Taking the last step to eating no meat is the big one. But you may find that you feel so much better, physically and psychologically, that you're keen to take the final step! So, week 22 is the week you will become vegetarian.
*If you feel you're not ready for that then eat meat once a fortnight for a while then once a month. And make the final step when you feel ready.
Whatever strategy you choose, you're doing a great thing for your own health, and the well being of animals, and also for world food security, the environment and the whole planet.
Any reduction in meat intake and animal slaughter is a good thing. It may take some time to get there, but each step you take is a step in the right direction.
And whatever your current eating habits are, you can start making changes immediately changes that will start you on the path to becoming a vegetarian.
