What are your eating habits?

Ok, so it seems like a VERY large portion of the ss/fg riders in Providence are Vegitarian/Vegan. I'm wondering if it's like this in other cities? Is there some sort of connection with these two types of lifestyles?

I'm Vegan. I have a feeling someone is going to gripe at you and say this has been discussed before. I remember people here saying it has a lot to do with the environmental issues of riding a bike mixed with the simplistic parts of a fixed gear.

p.s. I think I am a closet hippy.

I maintain a strict "SeeFood" diet. Has nothing to do with what kind of bike I ride. I am not much of an environmentalist. I do like the environment I guess. But I am no Greenpeace type. My favorite place to eat is Fogo de Chao. I am on their "watch list" since it is an all you can eat meat place and I am a hungry 6'5 guy.

Being vegan or a veggie is cool. As long as you are not all pompus about it like many are. I disagree that just because you like fixed gear bikes it does not make it a religion or Zen experience. That is a big reach. It is still just a tool. We just like the same type/style of tool to get the job done. . .

veggie, but lactose intolerant and not a big big egg fan, so any animal products i consume are ingredients, and not much

um i don't drink milk or eat beef or pork, and i don't really like eggs. but every thing else goes, oh yea no yogurt

I had a nasty ol' Polish dog today in the late afternoon because I was famished, then did a bunch of riding and was thinking, Good thing I had that hotdog, or I'd be dyin' right now.

Brazillian places rule!!! But right now im all about El Sid in logan square I think they have the best tacos ever!!!

vegans are wierd

No they just like to eat like rabbits.

I am *mostly* vegan (i can't stop eating cheese), but not because I feel that it is wrong to eat animals; I do it because I am eliminating as much of the unnecessary stuff from my life as possible. I realized about a year ago that I was living a life way too comfortable and have given up TV, meat, air conditioning and I've cut the amount of driving I do by half. I just find pleasure in living as minimally as I can.

so, riding fixed and eating vegan are both part of the same driving force for me. maybe one day I will even adopt the freegan lifestyle, but that is hard to do when you work for a fortune 500 company.

if you think you need to simplify your finances feel free to fed ex me a box of cold hard cash

Omnivore, but I do cook vegetarian meals often. Lots of vegetarian friends, and a bit of overweight to lose.

Onmivore, but an ethical one. Lots of organic, low food miles, good-conditions local meat. It's part of the allround cynical hippy of the apocalypse vibe.

I picked other because you labeled omnivorous as normal. I don't think most folks eating habits are anywhere near 'normal.' I'm a wannabe veg, with a focus on whole and organic foods.

Omnivore. But, when I'm cooking, I'm usually too lazy and cheap to make anything for dinner other than rice+beans. So, when I'm lazy it ends up being vegan.

I was vegetarian for a while but Ive gone back to eating meat on ocassions for now. I have an extremely fast metabolism and if I dont eat anything that has some volume to it, especially before riding, I will be hungry all the time and I cant have that.

pesca-vegetarian.
fish - yes!
chicken, pork, beef - no.
farm raised fish - no.
always heaalthy.

i'm with lala, voting "other" in protest of the term "normal". the word "omnivore" is a good description oy my eating habits, but "normal" means nothing at all and confuses the issue. mainly, i try to eat foods of many different colors, prepared from fresh ingredients as much as possible. in that regard, i am fortunate to live in a fertile part of the world.

vegan. organic and local whenever possible.
i do it for health and environmental reasons, but i'm not a even close to being a hippie.

I'm a univore. I eat everything.

There is nothing simple about a vegan diet- I simply couldn't eat enough protein (and am a bit paranoid about all the estrogen compounds in soy) - and food prep was much more labor intensive. I have a milk allergy and hate eggs- and lived off a vegetarian diet for years. I feel much better eating fish, chicken, occasional red meat.

Seafood only and usually only Japanese. Otherwise, pretty much vegetarian/vegan (meaning I like visiting restaurants that cater towards that). Organic veggies and vegetarian fed and free range eggs when I do eat eggs (not very often at all). Though for some reason, once a year, I'll have one meal with meat, but it has to be very very very good meat.

I can't afford any of that organic food. How do you guys justify spending 25 extra cents on lettuce?

People who spell weird, "wierd" are weird.

Vegetarian, working on a shift to a vegan diet. Ethical and health reasons.