Veganism & vegetarianism

[Aractus]

I keep trying to cut all meat out of my diet and failing.  We've reduced it a LOT.  I no longer buy fresh meat for dinner...like ever.  We used to have chicken or fish about 4 times a week, and beef or pork about once a week.  Now I only buy veggies and beans and fruits fresh.  But I can't seem to stay away from occasional processed meats (lunch meat, hot dogs, all the very worst things).  Also, fast food gets us about once a week, and although I try and get something somewhat healthy, I often get chicken.

As the resident health student, let me say - replace the processed meats, where possible, with fresh fatty fish, and lean meat. It is much healthier to have fish 2-3 times a week and lean meat 2-4 times a week than it is to have neither.

Processed meat doesn't count as meat in the diet, it counts as a discretionary food.