Plant based diet?

Not me.

But I will offer a warning.

There's a lot of literature on the web about how you can get lots of protein from a plant based diet. This is true to an extent. You can get just about the same amount of protein in 100 calories of steak as you can 100 calories of broccoli. Further, if you're wanting to lose some weight, 100 calories of broccoli is a frickload more food than 100 calories of steak.

But what vegans and vegetarians fail to inform is the fact that most vegetables with protein do not offer the "complete" protein that human beings need. Most animal proteins do. Broccoli does not.

There are some combinations of foods that provide a complete protein. Corn and beans are one. I think quinoa is a complete protein.

I bring this up because as I experienced with a friend of mine, you can lose weight, lose energy, and lose health trying to cut out meat from your diet.

I'm a lifelong vegan, I love stir fry myself with tofu and eggplant.

eat a ton of Indian and Asian food. It's great.

I eat meat 4-5 days a week, but usually only once per day. I lift weights, so I eat more protein than most folks. That said, it's easy to eat a lot of protein with a vegetarian diet (Greek yogurt, eggs, egg whites), and certainly not impossible even as a vegan. When I made the decision to eat less meat, I just replaced it with greens, lentils, and other legumes.

I eat seafood and chicken more often than beef, pork, etc. As someone said, going vegetarian would be pretty easy for me, and eating a pescetarian diet wouldn't be much of a challenge at all. I won't ever give up meat or beef altogether though... All things in moderation.

I also have this obsession with really cheap healthy foods. I buy steel-cut oats, lentils, and other legumes from bulk bins for around a dollar a pound. I try to eat a lot of fruits and veggies, and I'm not afraid to buy them frozen for convenience... Makes me much likely to eat them every day.