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Vegetarian Food Vegetarian Food Getting Started Easy Vegetarian Recipes Vegetarian Holidays From Jolinda Hackett, your Guide to Vegetarian Food Are you resolving to go vegetarian or even vegan this year? Congratulations and welcome to the other side! Or maybe you're just hoping to eat healthier, maintain your weight or drop a few pounds. But just how do you plan on achieving your goals? Making meaningful lifestyle changes isn't always easy. Using a few goal-setting and NLP techniques, here's a few tips when thinking about making changes in the coming year: Think positively and make affirmative statements, rather than negative (ie. "I WILL eat healthier", rather than "Don't eat junk food"). Be as specific with goals as possible ("Eat more whole grains and vegetables" rather than "Eat healthy"). Use visual imagery to help your subconscious and your mind visualize and focus on your goals. Change your computer's desktop background to photos that reflect your goals. Welcome, new vegetarians! If you're resolving to go vegetarian this year, welcome! Check out the "Getting Started" section of the site to help you, well, get started, and browse through tips from over 150 people about how to go vegetarian. If you've got specific questions, post in the vegetarian forums to get help from myself or from other readers. Resolving to lose weight this year? Resolving to lose weight this year? Specific goals, or "baby steps" will help keep you focused and on track rather than vague ideas. That's why "reducing calories" is a much better goal than "lose weight". If this is on your to-do list in 2011, here's a few places to start: Low-calorie vegetarian recipes Fat-free vegan recipes What are raw foods? See More About:  vegetarian nutrition  healthy recipes  low calorie recipes Eat more greens! I resolve to eat more greens just about everyday. Fortunately, I really like eating spinach and broccoli, and I love collards and kale if they're prepared properly. There's about 5000 reasons why just about everyone should eat more greens. Need just one? They're the healthiest food on the planet and packed full of just about everything you need, including calcium, iron, protein and lots of vitamins. Eat at least some of your greens raw, as in this pictured spinach and beet salad, to get the most nutrients. Spinach, beet and orange salad Topped with a homemade maple vinaigrette dressing. Pictured. Spinach Dijon salad Another fresh green salad recipe. Quick vegan creamed spinach recipe Only four ingredients - no excuses not to eat your greens! Spinach and mascarpone cream soup Yes, it's as delicious as it sounds. Raw kale chips These crispy snacks are great when you're craving chips (or crisps, if you're British!) See also: 7 Quick Tips for Vegetarian Health (The first one is - you guessed it - eat more greens!) See More About:  leafy green vegetables  fruit recipes  vegan salad dressings Vegetarian Food Ads Vegetarian Food Diet Food Vegetarian Recipes Healthy Food Raw Food Recipes Featured Articles   More from About.com Living with Depression By obtaining the correct medical intervention and learning better coping skills, you can not only live with depression, but live well. More> 9 Symptoms of Depression If you have experienced five or more of these symptoms within the same two week period, this could be indicative of an episode of depression. More> This newsletter is written by: Jolinda Hackett Vegetarian Food Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Vegetarian Food newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2011 About.com   Must Reads All Vegetarian Recipes How to Go Vegetarian/Vegan The Vegetarian Pantry Vegetarian FAQs Top 6 Vegetarian Cookbooks Advertisement