What type of -tarian or -egan are you?

Yesterday my vegan friend told me she eats turkey once a year. So I suppose that makes her a seasonal-vegan.

I call my self a vegetarian but I eat fish, cheese and eggs. So I guess I'm a pesca-lacto-ovatarian.

In college I was a freegan this lifestyle grossed out my betrothed so I had to stop.

Just curious if there are any other types out there? Any why?

 

First I ate everything but beef and then I was an lacto-ovo-vegetarian BUT I ate wild game shot by my boyfriend very rarely.  Now I will still eat very small amount of wild game and I don't eat dairy except in small does, maybe a little cheese or something.  I also try to eat a lot of raw fruits and veggies and sprouted grains.  I have no idea what I am, and don't really care.  It's not about fitting into some category but doing what feels right for you and your body!

I always wish I knew more about how freegans do it, I would have no obligation to eating food from a dumpster, especially doughnuts

I guess you could call me a ovo-vegetarian with raw vegan/fruitarian tendencies. I don't actually eat eggs but I don't actively avoid foods with eggs in them. I'm lactose intolerant so I have to stay away from dairy. I say have fruitarian tendencies because most of my daily food intake comes from fruits and nuts. An even higher percentage is composed of raw foods. It wasn't really a lifestyle choice or something. I just like fruit and I'm terrible at cooking.

I'm vegan. I've heard of a few people who are freegan, but I don't think I'd be able to do it! I get sick easily and just really don't think it's always healthy to do this. It's really interesting though, I wish I didnt' have to contribute to the whole word of consumerism. And be better with environmental stuff. But I think part of a lifestyle change is living within the culture and sticking to your guns.

I am a pescetarian.  Even though I almost never eat fish any more, that is what I always call myself, and then I just explain it to people if they give me that look.  :)  I've given my opinion in several previous posts about why it is important to me to not call myself a vegetarian, so I won't be the broken record yet again in this post.  :D

Vegan, wish I was freegan (but I would only eat freegan-vegan food, I know freegans who'll eat dumpster cheese and meat and NO WAY I would do that.)

The main reason I wish I could be freegan around here is I worked at a grocery store in the produce section and they waste SO much! It's sad! If I could, I'd be able to sneak out bags of broccoli they were throwing out because it had little yellow spots. Same for bagged spinach, perfect apples with small bruises etc.

It's so sad, our super markets pay such a high price to make the food look abosutely perfect. (Supermarket Secrets- a good documentary about this very thing! Search for it, I know you can watch it free online somewhere.)

Unfortunatly, around here I'd starve if I was a freegan because the supermarkets use a compactor that's nearly impossible to get into from the outside.

Oh, I forgot. They'd throw away huge boxes of dried herbs/spices/vaccum packed foods etc because of expiration dates. I

Vegan.  I would never be able to compromise myself for "once a year" or even freegan (non-vegan) foods... that's just not me.

Vegetarian, but eat very little dairy because I don't like to drink milk and although I like it, cheese is hard to fit into the calorie budget.  Eggs - don't eat them as eggs, but don't avoid things that are cooked with them. Will eat a little bit of honey occasionally, but try to avoid it because it sets off bad sweets cravings.

I wouldn't go the "once a year" route either, I chose to stop eating meat well over 13 years ago and have never looked back.  For all the usual reasons, but mostly because I don't want to eat dead animals.  To a certain extent, I kind of consider myself a hypocrite because I still do eat cheese and stuff with eggs in it.

'm a wheat- and corn-free vegan i can't think of a fun word for that :( and really i can't understand how one could do the once a year thing unless family would only let you proceed if you agreed to that

 

I'd call myself a flexitarian, since I'm prepared to accept the hospitality of died-in-the-wool omnivores (like my family) and share in whatever they serve. I eat with my parents once or twice a month.

Meanwhile I quit buying meat over a month ago and have nearly used up the fish and game in my freezer. I'm also planning on avoiding eggs and having only organic dairy. So I'd be eating a lactovegetarian diet 98% of the time.

Pescetarian with vegetarian tendencies  :)

Trying to become vegetarian, somewhat.

I'm a gluten-free vegan. I was vegetarian for a while and then gave up dairy (for the same reason as the gluten- food allergies)  and eggs usually hurt my stomach so I got rid of those too. When I realized that my bread had been vegan all this time, I was really happy!

I'm a vegetarian who doesn't eat any animal flesh. I only consume soy milk, soy yogurt, soy cheese, tofutti cream cheese, soy ice cream, etc. I don't eat eggs straight or cook with them. Although I am technically not vegan YET. I'm still working on decoding ingredients on different labels. It's taking sometime but each week I'm making more progress. Although I refuse to support the meat and dairy industries, I try to remind myself not to let little mistakes now and then bother me. Such as accidently eating soy cheese with casein in it. I'm not sure how long it will take me to be vegan- but I'll ALWAYS eat as veganly as possible. I love the planet and believe that every living creature is equal. No one has to suffer for my happiness.

I guess when people start to ask me this I should just say "Almost  Vegan." =)

Original Post by flamel:

I'd call myself a flexitarian, since I'm prepared to accept the hospitality of died-in-the-wool omnivores (like my family) and share in whatever they serve. I eat with my parents once or twice a month.

 

I think that was my vegan friends reason for being seasonal as well. She went to her boyfriends house for thanksgiving and didn't want to upset the family. Although she started eating fish pretty regularly so I doubt she is a vegan anymore even if she still wants to be.

Eco-vegan. vegan for environmental reasons. but i do eat a free slice of cheese pizza at work if i forgot to eat anything all day.

i call myself a strict vegetarian because i don't eat meat, drink milk, or eat cheese any more but i don't think i am a vegan just yet. i would not be able to even consider the seasonal thing. yuck!

I guess I'm a term-time vegetarian... when I go home for the holidays I eat with my family, which means meat, although I'm normally sick of it after about a week. I always try to persuade them to let me do the cooking... then we can have lentils and kidney beans! Eating meat once or twice a week is more than enough. It's not actually eating an animal that I object to, just the conditions that they have to endure. I'm fine with being an omnivore, but I'd like to know that the animal had some standard of life first.

Vegetarian but on the verge of Vegan. No meat or fish for over 10 years. Im totally grossed out by eggs and milk (yuck cow juice) but i can eat them as an ingredient in something such as a cake. Cheese has to be hard, not soft, slimy and smelly its just wrong. Hate anything creamy just tastes fatty and disgusting. Found out i was lactose intollerant few months ago (can still have goat and sheep milk) so im obsessively checking all packets for milk products, so ive effectively become a vegan now

I call myself vegetarian because I don't eat meat or fish, etc., but I eat animal products.. ie I'll eat cheese and foods with butter and eggs in them. I started being vegetarian in Feb 2007 and feel much better now.  I ate chicken when I attended a wedding in France because there were no vegetarian options, but that's it, and I felt a bit gross eating it.  Cutting out aspartame is my big challenge right now!

lacto-ovo vegetarian. i don't eat meat but i don't avoid cheese and milk products or eggs and yes i do cook them for myself but i will never buy eggs from battery caged hens i think that's so cruel. i stoped eating meat first for health and stomach reasons and it has kind of evolved somewhat. however i wouldn't consider myself strict because i'm with an omni/ carnivore and i will cook meatballs for him and i'll cook bacon for him but that doesn't mean i have to eat it. i figure if he's willing to eat my fake meat and tofu 90% of the time he deserves a little bit of meat if he wants it.