im trying to lose weight and i was wondering if not eating meat would help

i am 14 and my whole family eats meat. ive always dreaded eating because i don’t think that i should eat meat. but my family is really close minded and thinks that vegetarians and vegans are stupid. im fed up with practically being forced to eat meat. is there any vegetarian recipes that i can make using the things that are just "normal" things most people would have in the house that i can make and bring to my high school?

I’m seriously considering becoming a vegetarian . Any viable suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Well… I really despise the way animals are treated and manufactured into meat products… and not to mention I hate the taste of meat anyway… I’m gonna become a vegetarian, but I have a few questions?

How do I tell my parents? What if they’re against it? What do I say then?

What should I eat to make sure Im getting all the food groups (protein, calcium, etc.)?

Also… any good recipes that are vegetarian?

Thanks
Oh yeah

I’m not the same Maggie M that has been promoting meat-eating

>.<

i used to be a pretty bad anorexic(as in, i wasnt very good at holding up the deal)
but i stopped…but now im kind of interested in it again but i dont want to end up at anorexia camp (hasnt happened but with my parents…)
so does anyone have any tips on becoming a vegetarian? im not trying to use it for anorexia, but to avoid my mind from heading towards anorexia again

so…any help?????

i have bought flax seeds – brown small seeds. how to eat them. do they need cooking, do they need grinding or soaking in water

i feel like i need to get healthier, and my friend is a vegan and suggested it. I dont enjoy meats very much anyway, because i think the texture of meats are weird. I was thinking of becoming a vegetarian. My friend is a vegan.

whats the difference between vegetarian and vegan? Also, is it hard to be a vegetarian? if you are a vegetarian/ vegan, do you suggest i become one?
i am NOT doing this for weightloss-i am doing this for health

can’t protein can be taken in through other foods than meat, such as soy, beans, dairy and eggs?
I AM NOT DOING THIS BECAUSE OF MY FRIEND—I HAVE MADE THIS DECISION ON MY OWN.
my friend did not persue me to do this- i did. the reason i added her into the mix was becuz i didnt know the difference between veegan and vegetarian.

I’d like to make it perfectly clear that I am not bashing on anyone’s way of life, I’m just trying to understand. I get not eating animals and the belief that nothing should have to die in order to feed you, but why do you give up things that contain milk and eggs too?

I am a vegetarian, but I am a self-confessed lazy one I’m afraid! I don’t tend to cook dinners, beyond the simple things like pasta and vegetarian convenience food. I really want to do something about this, because I’m sure it’s not the healthiest way. I have been looking on the Vegetarian Society website, but all of their suggestions contain reams and reams of ingredients – I just don’t have the time or skills for this!
Could vegetarians please give me their favourite and simplest dinner ideas? Thank you!

I’ve wanted to become a vegetarian for a while now, but not b/c of the cruelty of the animals, but because of the economical value it would provide…but I don’t have any statistics or things to tell my family, and they don’t believe me. Does anyone have any info on how more people in the world would have food if people gave the grain that we are feeding cows to starving people? are there any vegetarians out there that are vegetarians for the same reason?? and, having never been a vegetarian before, are there anythings i need to know about becoming one?