[ilya]

I've been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for 4+ years & was a vegan for 6 months of that time. There's a lot of surprisingly tasty vegan food out there if you search for it & I felt very healthy while I was vegan, but it's still much harder than being lacto-ovo, and I feel healthy enough.

Start with lacto-ovo with a bit of fish now and then, see how that works...you can always go from there. enough vegetarians around by now that you should have some tasty options wherever you are...well maybe not the deep South, dunno never been there.

Good luck, it's a healthy & humane choice.