I'm doing it!

Aw, thanks for making this! I will totally be participating. Maybe doing it with a bunch of people will *finally* pressure me into actually going through with it XD

I'm doing it! My reason is my compassion for animals, and more importantly to reduce my carbon footprint. Although, I might just do pescatarian with all sustainable seafood. This feels a little hypocritical seeing as I just ordered pork chops for dinner. Poor piggie. 

*sighs dejectedly* I wish I had enough will power to do this. Well, I probably could for a week, but it would just create more work for my mom, seeing as we have meat at dinner almost every night.

To all the animals out there, I'm sorry. 

Hey guys, it's fine if you don't want to participate. You're absolutely welcome to make whatever choices you want about what food you eat. But I'd appreciate it if you'd respect our choice of limiting our meat consumption and refrain from posting pictures of meat. I didn't intend for this thread to be a debate about whether people should or shouldn't be vegetarian; it's for people who are participating in Meatless Week to support each other, and your meat posts feel rather disrespectful to me. Thank you!

This is a great idea! I'll try and participate. The meat industry treats animals so poorly and the environmental effects are very serious. 

I do this every week! Vegetarianism is awesome! I eat a lot of Indian food. It's SO GOOD AND VEGETARIAN TOO!!!! I really like the Vegan Tikka Masala from Trader Joe's, if you have one near you. Okay, warning time. There are a lot of things that may seem vegetarian....but they're not.

Heres a list.

-Jello! Gelatin is NOT vegetarian! Read the ingredients, some yogurts have gelatin too.

-Cheese! Some cheese has rennet in it, which is curdled milk taken from dead cows. READ THE INGREDIANTS, PEOPLE!

-Gummy candy! Gelatin again...

And, obviously, hamburgers.

Anyway, think about how animals feel! Don't eat them! Read the ingredients! And eat delicious Indian food!

If you read that whole thing, that probably means you're thinking about going vegetarian. If you're reading this, IM PRESURING YOU TO GO VEGETARIAN.

And if you go pescatarian, that's fine too. As a matter of fact, I was actually pescatarian before I realized that all animals mattered! If you're pescatarian, just ignore that last line. XD

Anyway,

Surroundedbybooks, your local vegetarian, is now out. 

Quick recommendation: I’m a big fan of these lentils (picture attached). They’re vegetarian, they taste great and are nicely filling, and you can make them in the microwave in a minute, so they’re great when the rest of your family is having meat and you need an alternative!

I'm already vegetarian, so I guess I'm alread doing this. I know that the food chain is "natural" and whatever, but either way I've always hated the idea of killing anyone fr a meal. Humans are animals, too, and are just as valuable as non-human animals so I don't see the difference. It's like . . . a life, just gone, for a meal.

So, quick update: (I already announced this on YWP but decided to put it here too) I'm going to try and go meatless for all meals except dinner. It's not much, but it's a start, and I'm excited. I'm going to need a lot of motivation, though, so wish me luck!