Survey: What kind of vegetarian are you. Only vegetarians answer.?
So who’s here? Vegans? Occasional “bascksliders?” Tell me what kind of vegetarian you are.
I have been a lacto-ovo vegetarian since I was 10. That’s 17 years now. I have backslid a couple times (tuna sandwich or something) but I bet it’s less than 10 times in those 17 years. But all in all, I condsider myself pretty faithful to my decision.
I would like to be vegan, but I have never managed to have the willpower.. I ADORE Miracle Whip, for one thing, and still crave it. I am not picky about veganism at restraunts. Sure, i’ll eat the chese or the eggs. I do love chese. BUT it should be noted that pretty much everythin in my house is vegan. It’s only when I eat out that I let it slide. But I would be careful to not call myself a real Vegan. Almost vegan.. mostly vegan.. but not Vegan.
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it! LOL.. tell me about your diet.
Answers below in Comments Section
Ovo-lacto age 12, so 8 years vegetarian and roughly 2 years vegan.
Ovo lacto vegetarian since birth except for that one time in London when I first went into a McDonald’s and thought cheeseburger only had cheese and veggies. Took a bite, tasted something foreign and spit it out.
My kinda diet:
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i’ve been a lacto-ovo vegetarian since i was 14 and i’m 21 now…so i’ve been one for 7 years! time flies by. i could never give up cheese or ice cream…those are my two favorite comfort foods
. this lifestyle fits me perfectly though, i’ve never really liked meat that much, even when i was fed it as a child. i never crave meat, so i haven’t backslided.
I’ve been vegetarian since I was about 12 or 13, and I’ve been vegan for about 7 months now.
Vegetarian for almost a year I’m 15. I’ve never wanted to eat meat since and don’t imagine i will but you never know. I want to go vegan but my mum won’t let me and i can’t really refuse to eat anything.. I will when i leave home though.
Compared to all the answers I have read, I’m just a newbie, oh well. I’m a lacto-ovo vegetarian, but have been cutting back on milk and eggs lately. I have been a veggie for 2 months now, and I love it!!
i don’t eat cattle, swine, poultry, game, lamb, or fish. i do consume dairy and eggs.
I have been vegetarian since about age 8 and I have been an on and off vegan since about age 15. I do try really hard, but sometimes it’s so hard to not eat chocolate. I don’t remember the last time I ate eggs, but it’s so hard to combat the milk chocolate demon.
I do tend to call myself vegan around others, because when they ask if I can eat this or that, I generally say “no.” The truth is, I do eat it, but only in one form! Chocolate will be the death of me.
Vegan for 5 years, ovo-lacto for 5 years before that. When I was in the States, it was mostly organic as well cause I had a really great co-op where I lived. Here in London, I’m broke and the organic options are sooo expensive, but I’ll try to get back into it when I start making more money.
Miracle Whip, huh? I crave Vegenaise. Only Follow Your Heart Vegenaise. None of that Nayonaise or Plamil junk. Too bad I can’t get Veganaise over here….
I’m vegetarian, but I eat fish. However, I don’t eat gelatine or rennet.
I also raise my own pet (as in, not going to be killed when their laying days come to an end) chickens for the eggs. When they aren’t laying, I either by duck eggs from my neighbours, who have free range ducks, or free range eggs from the city farm, where I volunteer.
I grow my own veggies, but I don’t have a problem with using slug pellets (I’ve got to eat guys!).
Ovo-lacto vegetarian since birth, and I’m now 26. Though that’s not to say meat stuff hasn’t snuck into food I’ve eaten in restaurants, especially while living in Japan, but I’ve consciously avoided it my whole life.
I’m a staunch vegetarian….! I am trying my hardest to become vegan. I’m almost there. The diet is there, just not the purses and shoes.
If you like mayo, try Nayonaise. I was totally skeptical at first (b/c I used to like mayo a lot), but it smells and tastes like mayonaise! The consistency is there too. The similarities are great. (I know you said Miracle Whip, which is technically a ‘sandwich spread’ and not mayo, but I wanted to share my find!).
Lacto-ovo vegetarian for the past ten years, no backsliding. I am fatally addicted to cheese though. And spinach. No beef, chicken, lamb, fish, seafood or anything that was alive, including by-products like gelatine, caviar, cochineal or leather. And I heartily believe that those who eat fish should STOP calling themselves vegetarian – you’re not and you’re just making it harder for real vegetarians by confusing people.
Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian by definition, but personally I call it “doing the best I can.”
I do go out of my way to buy and eat cheese that does not use animal rennet. I rarely eat eggs and I drink rice milk.
But then, I do not necessarily go out of my way on all occasions to adhere to restrictions on cheese and eggs.
No backsliding. I do not feel any particular draw to eat any meat.. *shrug* So there really isn’t any temptation.
Evolving vegan for 3 years..gave up milk bout 6 years ago…stopped eating hotdogs and a lot of other processed meats bout 8 years ago after seeing how they were made..
Thank god for that because I think giving up hotdogs was the epiphany that slowly led to me being where I am today =)
Ovo-Lacto 11 years but I take fish oil tablets & occasionally fish oil in a dish. Never backslide 1 bite. I don’t think veganishm is within my willpower, however. If I could choose between going vegan or convincing 3 people to drastically cut meat consumption, I’d take the latter.
I dont eat any meat and that includes fish and insects or wear leather.
i’m a lacto-ovo vegetarian as well. i’ve only been going 2 months, but it’s something i strongly believe in and know that i’m going to go with this as long as i can. the biggest thing in my diet is making sure i get enough of what i lack without meat- this includes protein, b12, and iron. to fill all of this in, i take supplements and also use guides to find foods that contain these necessary parts of any diet. as for being a vegan, i know it’s something i can’t do- especially after watching my friend be one. she’s a really good person, but she isn’t being a vegan the right way. she’s lacking so many vitamins and minerals and is so malnourished it breaks my heart. good luck on your quest for being a vegan! i know it’s something i couldn’t do.
Lacto-ovo since August, but I also don’t eat products with lard or gelatin, and I won’t touch leather.
Hello, I am a lacto-Vegetarian and have been for more than thirty three years. There have been no slip ups.
I do not eat eggs nor do I cook with them. Eggs not only grow into chickens if they are felt alone in the real world, but they are loaded with cholesterol and salmonella. Not a good thing at all. And if you are what you eat — well, chickens are simply not the most loving, compassionate or smartest animal on the planet! Furthermore the treatment of chickens in our factory farms which produce eggs and chicken flesh is appalling.
I am a Veggie Chef and invite you to explore my site — http://www.your-vegetarian-kitchen.com
I think you’ll be happy to find recipes for eggless cakes and other goodies there. You may also find that there are terrific products which are so much healthier and tastier than Miracle Whip available in the health food stores — Like Vegenaise and Nayonaise.
Being vegetarian these days is so much easier than it used to be in the 70′s. Most restautrants have great choices these days. So I would encourage you to be more steadfast in your choices. I think you’ll find that you will enjoy better health and a happier conscience while you are at it. Good Luck.
Vegan
And for the person that mentioned that is’t hard to give up choclate, Green & Blacks (www.greenandblacks.com) makes vegetarian and vegan chocolate bars, and they are sooo yummy! They sell them at health food stores and at Target.
I’ve been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for about a year and a half and i am 18 now. I dont really have any problems not eating meat. and I dont really eat out.
im lacto-ovo and i have been for 8 years, im SLOWLY trying to switch to being a vegan also.
I am a lacto-ovo vegetarian…and I also don’t eat gelatin. So…no meat, fish, or animal fat for me!
(-: I tried being a vegan for a week, and using soy milk was fine, but it was REALLY hard for me because I LOVE milk!!! I would try it for awhile, but if cheese is a major substitute for not eating meat, it might be a little hard. Good luck! 
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Lacto-ovo, but I’m lactose intolerant and avoid any animal products. I’ve been a vegetarian since I was 18, which was 37 years ago. I hate meat. Once in Woodstock, New York, I ate fish because there was nothing else on the menu. It was a waste of a one-time non-vegetarian lapse because it was tasteless (unlike the Colorado trout I ate as a kid).
I’m brand new to the semi vegetarian lifestyle. They say it’s called flexitarian. I eat fish, dairy and eggs but no other meats like chicken, beef, etc. I started this new lifestyle on April 1st and it’s going good so far. Still have a ton to learn though.
Lacto-ovo here. Was vegan for a couple of years about 10 years ago but decided the straw cookie on the flight to Amsterdam wasn’t worth it and gave it up for cheesecake! Haven’t looked back!
I eat vegetarian-fed, cage-free eggs from unfertilized hens.
I’ve been vegetarian for most of my life. A few times (living with my ex-fiancee; commuting long hours via train) I would eat fish or chicken once a week (that was before it was known to be flexitarian). But the last time was well over 10 years ago.
Angie, I think you’re a pescatarian if you eat fish. Flexitarians eat other meats, such as chicken, on occasion.
I’ve been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for the last 24 years. Recently I’ve tried to move toward a vegan diet, but it’s not easy for someone who loves dairy and hates cooking. It’s hard to find dairy substitutes that taste anywhere as near as good. I’ll keep trying, though.
Ovo-Lacto for 11 years. I haven’t had any backsliding, but I’m sure some meat base or fish sauce has made it into a restaurant meal on occasion. I swear that restaurants make everything with chicken base. I try to avoid gelatin as much as possible. I am also cutting out dairy and eggs more often recently. My new love is Almond milk. Soy milk left something to be desired and being lactose sensitive I’m happy to see Almond milk in most grocery stores now.
I’m pretty new — I’ve only been ovo-lacto for about 6 months now! My only backslide (if you call it that) is fish about once per month. I try to eat fish that’s been caught locally through independent fishermen rather than at the store, though. They recently opened up a great organic farmer’s market near me, so I’ve been able to diversify my diet easier now, though. I think access to things like that would make vegetarianism, or just more plants in people’s diet, more appealing to the soul-food loving deep South that I call home.
Have been a vegetarian for 30 years now. Have slipped a only a few times in those years by having a tuna sandwich for the protein. But, I truly believe that some people do like meat and that is ok and some people do not like meat, like me, and that is okay, too. I eat an egg or two about once every 2-3 months and little dairy except for some cheese here and there so am close to vegan but not quite.
I have been a vegetarian for over a decade (I am 39). I cut out chicken in my teens and meat, poultry and pork in my 20s. I am now reducing my intake of dairy, no cow milk for over 2 years (never felt better!) but do indulge in locally produced goat and sheep cheese occasionally. I do eat shellfish but considering the environmental impact and damage to the ecosystems by overfishing and oil spills I am considering eliminating all seafood. I also eat local farm raised eggs.
Ovo-lacto vegetarian since sophomore year of high school but with occasional (1-2 times per year) tastes (1 bite) of local, fresh caught crab or lobster.
Jan 2010 marked 17 years of vegetarianism for me. I ate a bit of chicken and fish in the first 2 years while I lived at home to appease my parents (but like you, the tally is minimal) and have been lacto-ovo (primarily lacto) veggie for 15 years with vegan days here and there.
Lacto-Ovo since 1997. I am creeping over to the vegan side, but can’t break from the damn cheese. I ate a delicious vegan chocolate layer cake a few weeks back. If everything vegan tasted that good….oh yeah.
Our whole family (me, husband, 2 kids) have been lacto-ovo for 9 years. I would say the only “backsliding” is the fact that I eat pizza when we go out and I don’t know if the cheese has animal rennet. I only purchase cheese made with vegetarian rennet from our health food store for home consumption. My kids occaisonally will eat regular marshmallows at scouts but prefer the vegan ones when I can find them. Also, my daughter sneaks Jello from a friend at school – ewwww. And most of our home baked goods are vegan, though my daughter still eats a plate of eggs regularly. We buy local free-range organic for her.
I still buy leather shoes on occaison but do try to find a vegan alternative first.
Vegan since November. I was a pescatarian before that for 6 years.
Personally, I heart Nasoya “mayonnaise.”
Best of luck to you!
Moderation in all things, including moderation
I’ve been vegan since November, and was pecatarian for 6 years before that.
I recommend Nasoya mayonnaise, personally.
Good luck!
I’m vegan, but while I try to avoid honey, I’m less than thrilled with those who make it an issue. If we are to extend our concern to creatures whose sentience is so dubious, we should also stop driving–to avoid killing insects on our grills and windshields–and stop eating supermarket food–to avoid the killing of insects on trucks’ grills and windshields. It astonishes me that those who claim philosophical consistency overlook this point.
I’m a ovo-lacto. I strive for vegan but have never successfully committed. i love cheese. I’ve been a ovo-lacto vegetarian for 13 years now.
Ovo-Vegetarian for 10 months. Unless I missed it somewhere…it looks like I am the only ovo. I gave it all up last July (meat, dairy, eggs and even wheat) to find out which foods bother me. As I slowly added things back into my diet, I quickly figured out that dairy and I weren’t meant to be friends. And it’s not just lactose…it is anything and everything dairy. Bad enough that while in Vegas last year, I got sick from eating eggs and hash browns because there was butter on the grill. I know better now…I was only 2 months into my new lifestyle and still learning.
Anyway, I couldn’t eat dairy if I wanted to (and sometimes I really, really miss cheese). And now I don’t have any desire to eat meat again, so I just never added it back into my diet.
My biggest struggle is getting in enough protein, but being able to eat eggs really helps.
Lacto-ovo since I was 12, so 11 years now, no back-sliding in many years. I don’t eat seafood (like a real vegetarian), no animal fat, gelatin, or wear leather). Considering going vegan, again, tried it 5 years ago, lasted 6 months.
Hi! another lacto-ovo veg here (though mostly ovo, that darn lacto isn’t so nice on the stomach these days), about 50% vegan. It’s been… 3 years? I think? Only slipped up a couple of times, once because I didn’t read the label (sneaky bacon!) and once just because I plain spaced out and wasn’t thinking about what it was I was eating. Oops!
I’ve been doing great on the diet part, but wasn’t doing so well on the animal product piece until I asked for Uggs for Xmas last year. My omni husband (love you!) reminded me that they’re not just sheep wool, they’re sheepSKIN. That was the end of animal goods – it’s awesome how many cute vegan shoes I can find!! “Man made materials” are the best words out there.
I a vegetarian who is trying to go vegan but having a hard time with it.
Lacto-ovo vegetarian since June 2009. So about a year now.
Lacto-ovo for 25 yrs, vegan for 2 yrs = 27 yrs without eating animals!
I am a pescatarian. I know alot of you don’t like pescatarians but I am not against eating animal flesh, just the torture and murder of animals. I also eat eggs and milk. I live in a rural missouri home and am 13 years old. Everyone I know is an omnivore. Sucks for me!!! No slip ups though.
I decided to become vegetarian on November 11th, 2008 and stopped eating meat. Over the next few days as I read about vegetarianism, I learned about veganism and cut eggs and dairy out of my diet (except for cheese). By February 2009 I cut out all dairy and by April 2009 I was fully vegan reading labels so that I could be sure to not consume honey, rennet, casein, gelatin, carmine or anything else that came from animals. I don’t purchase leather, wool, silk or other materials made from animals. I’m loving being vegan and living in Southern California find that it’s extremely easy. I travel for work to areas where veganism is still foreign, but by packing snacks and planning ahead, I’m able to eat well. I’m very careful to take a multi-vitamin and make sure that I eat a wide variety of foods so that I will stay healthy. It’s funny, I wasn’t able to donate blood when I was a meateater b/c my iron was a little too low and now that I’m vegan, I’ve increased my iron because I eat better and I’m able to donate blood! I’ve had blood work done and am healthy and my hair and nails seem healthier too! =)
I noticed that a lot of people mentioned how much they love cheese. I LOVE Daiya cheese, it’s a wonderful vegan cheese that tastes and melts just like real cheese. It comes in mozzarella and cheddar and here in southern California, we have pizza places and restaurants that now use daiya cheese. I buy it from my local health food store (Whole Foods and some Ralphs). You can look for a distributor at http://www.daiyafoods.com. I read that cheese has an ingredient in it that is like morphine and makes us addicted to it. Makes sense, I loved cheese and craved it all the time. That was the hardest thing for me to give up. Now that I got it out of my system, I don’t ever crave cheese. It’s just not on my mind anymore (I was shocked) but it’s nice to know that if I want pizza or lasagne, I can make it with daiya cheese.
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