Hello everyone, I just wanted to drop in and introduce myself. I've been on 3FC since March, but this is the first time posting in this forum. I'm brand new to the vegetarian lifestyle (2 weeks). I finally decided after much research and reading that I'm ready to embrace and respect this way of eating. My decisions weren't so much based on health but on the the ethics of the meat industry and the way that animals are mistreated and abused.
I thought it would be a much more difficult transition than it has been, but I've been pleasantly surprised at the healthy options that are out there. My husband has always been a serious meat-eater but since my transition he's been extremely supportive and is even trying to eat a more vegetarian diet (although he's telling me that he'd like to have some type of lean meat at least once per week).
A few years ago I tried to become a vegetarian, but I was a huge failure because I failed to do any research and I was unwilling to embrace new foods. Since my weight-loss journey has started my palette has completely changed and I love all the new fruits and vegetables that I'm learning about. I'm actually learning to cook (my husband has done all the cooking for the past 9 years) and I love learning to recipes and discovering new foods that I would have normally shrugged off a few years ago.
So anyway, I will put an end to my rambling and just say that I look forward to meeting all of you and discussing this wonderful lifestyle
New to this lifestyle
I can't believe I watched it ... I have THE softest heart where animals are concerned, and can't usually watch anything with suffering or death (I couldn't even watch "Marley & Me" because I knew Marley died. 
). But once I started I thought I just had to know. It really made me ill to know that such abuse exists. I honestly had NO idea.
