Vegetarian?

I've been veg for 3 years now. Don't miss eating killed animals at all! To start with find a few cookbooks and play with the cooking. Find and make food you enjoy! You will spend alot of time reading labels, which is a good thing. My wife and I found that after 3 weeks of going veg I felt so good that I haven't looked back. My health if worth the extra steps.

This reminds me. It is easier if everyone in the home is on the same page as you. If not, the fridge can become a demilitarized zone. It's just easier to cook ONE meal for all. Especially when the training increases.

So hint #1. Cook food you enjoy!

Hint #2. If possible, go veg with everyone in the home.

P.S. I've found the spicy black bean pita sandwich at the Pita Pit (a pita wrap version of Subway) is a GREAT way to get non veg people to open up to vegetarian cuisine.

Went veg almost 2 years ago and haven't looked back. I do a blog and podcast about it (see signature for details).

I completely agree to take the family along with you . . . makes it so much easier. I think the biggest breakthrough for us was to finally stop trying to "replicate" meats with veggies (stop trying to find things that taste like beef and realize that we don't need it at all).

Good luck!

Stop buying things with so many labels.  Save you a ton of time.

I'm in the process of going vegetarian now and I couldn't be happier or feel better.

I did a lot of reading before starting. One thing I read over and over again was to take your time with the switch. Start by doing a meatless day regularly once a week or by cutting out pork before beef and chicken. 

I saw someone mentioned that the tendency with people making the transition is to replace meat portions with an extra portion of grain/starch. I replaced my meat portions with a big veggie portion and a piece of fruit. I also make enormous triathlete salads for a pre-dinner with lettuce, spinach, avocado, tomato, little cheese, black/red/garbanzo beans, sunflower seeds, cashews/other nut, olive oil, little salt seasoning for flavor. 

One of my biggest mistakes and errors I'm trying to break is too much peanut butter. I eat 3-5 servings of that stuff a day. Too much. 

I also make hi-protein waffles for breakfast.

If you haven't, check out http://nomeatathlete.comespecially the "Fuel Right" and "Eat Plants" tab. I learned a lot from this site. His other blog posts are cool too.

Good luck! I've never felt better since cutting back severely on my meat! Almost down to none. 

I've been a vegetarian for almost 4 years and can't add much that hasn't already been said. It's been easy for me and I feel great. But in reference to the protein bar comment, here's a link to a fruit and nut bar recipe I absolutely adore! It's really cheap to buy the ingredients in bulk and I have saved lots of money making snack bars myself

http://rnay225.blogspot.com/2013/04/fruit-and-nut-energy-bars.html

I've been vegan for just under 18 years; It's been half of my life around now!
I've also got two vegan kids (9 and 7) and a vegan wife.  

I rarely supplement anything. I just a variety of foods and get plenty of calories. The only problem has been occasional weight gain on years when I'm sedentary or don't train and where the stress of my work gets to me. But overall, I've been successful as an athlete and healthy as a person. 

But frankly, I am a vegan for ethical reasons, not for health reasons.

It just happens to be nice that I feel like I'm doing as good as I want to do and that my limitations are based on training (I dislike running) rather than my diet. If anything, I feel like my diet is an asset, just like my swim background.