Embracing The V
Filed under: Oprah Winfrey
For 21 whole days, Oprah is going vegan.
No meat. No fish. No dairy.
Nada!
The queen of talk was reportedly inspired by Kathy Freston's book Quantum Wellness and says, "this 21-day cleanse gives me a chance to think about [eating] differently and see what my attachments are to certain kinds of foods – and what I'm willing to do to change.
You can keep up with Oprah's vegan experiment on her blog.
So far, she says, "Wow, wow, wow! I never imagined meatless meals could be so satisfying."
Have fun on that, O, but we need our chorizo to feel happy.
Salchichon!
[Image via WENN.]
Posted: May 22, 2008 at 4:30 pm
First.
eat me
seitan chorizo. so good! look it up
it's really not that hard to eat vegan, a lot of choices are available… HOWEVER I love me some steak and cheese and I will not ever be a vegetarian.
NOW PEREZ…EVEN I KNEW ABOUT THIS BEFORE YOU!!!
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Honey, we could all use a little (big) chorizo! Oh, are you talking about the food?
Perez: menos chorizo, more exercise! O te referis a el otro "chorizo" jajaja!
Being vegan isn't hard
Hey, if I had a home chef and told them to cook wonderful veg meals for 3 weeks I could be a hero too. What a lameass
first??
almost first…
Fuck Oprah and what she eats. Get a life.
SOYRIZO is just as good!!
Not another diet!
Easy being vegan when you have a friggin' personal chef at your beckon call.
LMFAO fuck yeah we need our dang salchichon!
“Fue a la nevera y se comió mi salchichón”
Jossie Esteban y la Patrulla 15 niggaaa! LOL Ur cuban yo you gotta know that shit. haha
i need chorizo to keep me happy to. but not the kind you scramble with eggs. OH!
Congrats Oppie! but i cannot imagine meals without meat!
Oprah will never make it the whole 21 days. She is a food addict and will need her comfort food in about 2 days. Although she will claim she stayed vegan the whole time. As for the chorizo, the soy version is killer yah for soyorizo. Chorizo is mostly glands from the pig and it tastes good but I cannot eat that anymore. Hypothalomous glands make you fat.
OMG - FIRST - YEEESSSSSS : )
? did this thing change.?
PEREZ there's soyrizo!!!!!
OINK !!!! I understand MOST other pigs are vegetarian also.
chorizo lmao
I suppose if I had a personal chef preparing all vegan meals for me… I could do it too.
Vegan is the best way to live! Who0o0o0t!
It's called SOY-RIZO! I like it better than chorizo.
HELL YEAH WE CUBANS NEED OUR MEAT. I LIKE MY CHORIZO WITH SCRAMBLED EGGS. WHAT ABOUT YOU PEREZ?
Anything would be easy when you have shit loads of money an people to do the hard work for you. It would be easy for me too if I had a shopper and a cook and all I had to do was sit my fat black ass down to eat!
PEREZ!!! SOYRIZO.. ITS REALLY GOOD.. TRY IT..
I will stick to eating the problem, not the solution lolol
I'd love to have that experience too…….do you think she'd send her chef over to my house too?….Oprah , I love you, but ….
She has a cook….she is out of touch….so done with her..
Oprah sucks. Her show about this will probably air with her in a puppy fur coat and panda boots. She'll eat a baby seal. Then nuke a gay whale for Jesus. I wish she would just retire to that whole town she bought in the midwest where Steadman is being held
How wonderful! Oprah is the best! Hopefully more people will think about what they eat, and consider going either vegetarian or vegan. It's the best thing in the world!
Soyrizo is great. Did you know there is cartilage, brains, intestines in real chorizo? Look at the ingredients. I've never eaten it since.
Yay for Oprah, always trying out new things. No doubt she'll lose a ton of weight.
Her personal chef could probably make cardboard taste yummy.
With the right food prep, anyone could do it.
hahahahaha!!! I love u Perez!!anybody can't live without un gran chorizo. yummi!!
Must be easy to go vegan when you have a personal chef who specializes in vegan cuisine. I'd like to see her try it while having to cook the meals herself.
Wow, I think this is super news. It is a great, permanent way to lose weight, instead of a "diet." Not to mention all the animals she'll save. I've never been a big fan of Oprah until her show on puppy mills and dog breeders, now this. I wish her all the best with this, and she is setting a good, healthy example for her fans.
I CANNOT STAND OPRAH SHE THINKS SHE IS GOD AND SHES REALLY JUST A FREAKSHOW
I swar I LOVE YOU Perezito!!!! Chorizo and salchichon LMAO you are best. Lots of love from a cubanita from Miami. Keep representing
any compassionate person with a little bit of conviction can easily go vegan. you don't need a personal chef.
P-nasty: you can buy soy-meatless chorizo, it is quite delish.
I wove you.
that's why you're so fat..chorizo-man
perez! there is delish vegan chorizo, you have to try it! whole foods.
I'm actually doing it too. It’s going well.
The 21 day body cleanse, also excludes, caffeine, sweets, nicotine, and alcohol; along with your before mentioned meat, fish and dairy.
Now that cuts like everything out. No meat is a little hard though, because dad made ribs the other night, and those are my fave, so I had to cave and have one, but other than that I’ve been doing great, and I feel great.
I went vegan for almost two months and couldn't handle it. Red meat, chicken, fish, and dairy are my friends… but in moderation.
Anyway, it's also easier to go vegan when you have a chef that cooks for you all the time.
Ps, Dear Oprah, I've lost respect for you because of your lame 2 day Tom Cruise Ass licking fest… It was an embarrassment and made you look like a fool.
Yeah…it'd be easy to eat clean when you have the best chefs around preparing your meals…and not having to buy store name brand products!!
Hey, if I had a home chef and thousands of dollars to spend on all organic, great food, i could be vegan for life! This whole thing is BS in my opinion!
What a Bobtard she is - 51 Flavors of Retard!
Yay for O!
so what? I was vegan for four years. not that hard.
Robin Quivers did this on the Howard Stern Show 6 months ago.
~yawn~
Different vegan book (21 Pounds in 21 Days by Roni De Luz), but same idea.
Oprah needs to stop these fads.
Try Soyrizo, Perez. It is BETTER than real Chroizo. Really good stuff, and you wouldn't even know the difference. See, you too can be vegan!
Yeah - because it's really hard to ORDER your chef to make you Vegan. Lot's of effort on her part. Fat shit bitch.
I bet Awprah sneaks some tuna.
There she goes again! This monster that is Oprah, can not stand to be away from the lime light. She thinks she's gods gift to manking. I can't stand what a fucking hypocrite she is.
She is fat!..I live in Chicago and I've seen her in the city, you'd be amazed what her people will do to a camera to make her look sort-of slim.
Now she wants to be a vegan because it is the "IT" thing to do these days. She has people that make her food and wipe her ass, of course it will be easy for her.
yea, when wahbama and O take over the world, we will all be vegan. Welcome to Change! He just told us, we can't eat what we want, drive a SUV and keep our homes at 72.. Sounds just like Jimmy Carter………………..hope you enjoy the misery index, kids.
I feel unsatisfied just thinking about living a vegan life. Why get protein with pills when you can get it the old fashion way…from MEAT! Well, its only 21 days. Good luck Oprah.
perezzzzzzzz
Please support my father is spent his 9th day hunger strike today
his web site www.lodd.fr (english speaking)
it's easy to go vegan/organic when you are RICH, can afford nutricious food, and have your own personal short-order chef. not so easy when you are working class and drive past the dollar menu at mc donald's on your way home from a day of hard labor.
It's also a NO CAFFEINE, NO SUGAR, NO ALCOHOL 21-day plan! It HAS to be tough!
My husband discovered Chorizo in Sarasota, FL, and made a most delicious vegetarian meal with it. We cannot find it in Virginia!
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You can veganize anything to suit your needs, even Chorizo
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haha chorizo
I really don't understand why so many people are being negative, if she has the resources to do so, I think that it's really cool that she does. Whether or not she has a chef do it for her, I still think it will be something of a challenge. Stop hating on a woman who has done so much good for so many people, it's not good for you.
oprah is the LAST person i want to hear talk about food or give me advice on what to eat - up/down/up/down/up/down - freakin' human yoyo!
Do a Head Count of her DOGS before she starts this……………….
Veganism isn't difficult or daunting (even for those of us without having personal chefs and mattresses stuffed with Cash). Vegan food is easy and super cheap too! I've been preparing, purchasing and serving my own vegan food since I was 13. With whole grains, dried beans and seasonal vegetables you can eat for pennies.
NEWSFLASH–ALL PIGS EAT CORN!
She has personal CHEFS to cook vegan for her, so she can "experiment" on another diet. Remember, she said the said great things about Slim Fast.
Uh, vegans get protein from soy-based products like tofu and tempeh, as well as beans, nuts, etc… Not from "pills." Protein comes in many forms, not just from dead animals.
wow good for oprah!!
Who gives a fuck? I don't care if she went "chitlin" or "pickled pigs feet"…..She is still worthless as tits on a boar hog…
SOYRIZO, PEREZ, SOYRIZO!!!!!
Re: Vegan – Your body cleaves proteins you eat into their derivative amino acids using various proteases…And uses these to build functional proteins of its own by attaching these amino acids to their respective tRNA molecules which are brought to the ribosome during translation of an mRNA transcript and bound by peptide bond formation in a dehydrolysis reaction where a single hydrogen is removed from the amino group and a hydroxyl is removed from the carboxyl end to form a covalent bond…Don't you remember the P and A site in the ribosome?
I've been vegan for 6 years now, it's hard at first but just like anything else you get used to it. Perez, you should go try some Soyrizo. I'm sure you'll be able to tell the difference but at least you can feel good about not eating animal flesh, eww!
Plus, you're anti fur, how can you eat meat?!
I hope she can stick with it. I think she'll have trouble restricting so much so fast. It might be better to go vegetarian first, then vegan, then no caffeine.
But like other posters said, with a chef it will be much easier for her. I wish her all the best of health with her new diet, it sounds great. There are so many wonderful foods that are healthy. I have no doubt that after a few weeks the greasy, meaty ones will taste rotten to her. I hope she has a show after the 21 days to tell us how it went and how she felt.
yaay! Go Oprah!! hopefully this opens the eyes to a lot of people. it's not only healthier for the environments but also for our souls and the souls of the billions of tortured and viciously murdered living beings on this earth, and it's good for the environment. i've gone vegetarian for almost 2 months and haven't missed a thing!
I was a strict veg for 15 years and now I eat seafood occasionally. To say I have hippe tendencies would be an understatement. However, I think Oprah has lost her freakin mind. She's going on a "cleanse" because of some brain dead socialite? How about having a nutritionist on the show? Or have Molly Katzen on the show to make some of her awesome family friendly veg meals. Instead so offers up crazy soy heavy menus on her website that require ingredients and preparation that 95% of people can not possibly manage and/or afford. The meal plan recipes on her site require white truffle oil, cashew cheese, wheat-free tamari, kombu, wheat & gluten-free bread, oyster mushrooms….. I think it's great to attempt to be more conscious about eating but the big O is big out of touch with the average American. How about teaching her audience easy, inexpensive and satisfying ways to reduce their meat consumption? Oh but wait… that would make too much sense. She can take her "Aniseed flavored spirit (try Herbsaint or Pernod)" and shove it.
Re: Vegan – Do you get a complete protein from these foods? I have been thinking about making a bigger change, since I don't eat much meat any way. I guess it takes a bit of time to change over your kitchen stash…personally, I don't have handy the stuff in the recipes!! That is probably the biggest obstacle to most people making a big change.
nice!!!!
but…this should not be about a "diet". It is about compassion.
if you REALLY knew what was in your milk, your eggs, LOOKED INTO what exactly you were eating, there would be more vegans in the world.
sadly that will never happen. boo.
HOW many times is she going to try diets that dont work??? EAT LESS & MOVE MORE:) SORRY Ophrah but you dont know it all! make the right choices & VOTE HILARY !GO GIRLS VOTE HILARY
She is fighting for more womens rights & gay rights. ELLEN had McCain on and it was ackward, he doesnt seem to care much about gay rights at all, & Ellen & lots of others arent too happy about setbacks =/ SO THE CLEAR & THE RIGHT CHOICE IS VOTE HILARY 
come on Girls B!TCH IS THE NEW BLACK! 
Re: celine from paris –
WTF?!?! Get off here, retardo! Quit promoting your personal website.
soyrizo is amazing….ch ch check it out.
I saw the show and have started the 21 day cleanse as well. Its not JUST going without fish, meat and dairy. The cleanse also requiers you to not have ANY SUGAR, GLUETEN, or ALCOHOL on top of the no ANIMAL PRODUCTS. Now, I do realize i have started this on memorial day weekend of all weekends BUT i plan to stay strong. I started my day with a small cup of steel cut oatmeal and a bannana and am now muching on a 1/3 cup of unsalted, roasted cashews with a nice glass of water with lemon.
I am excited to see what this cleanse brings. I already have a headache from no coffee. i'll update back if there is a way to do that.
cheers
I personally find lately eating more veggie foods to be easier on my digestive system… I don't feel so weighed down or heavy… however… I am not a soy person, in the bean or tofu department so to cut out fish or other animal proteins is not a part of my equation — I love my fish and seafood a lot to give that up…
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But if I had a chef working from my home every day… I would absolutely do what o is doing… just make sure that they know how to get the right level of protein in the diet that would be great…
Good for Oprah for doing something that everyone should try. I've been vegetarian for 12 years and am making the transition to becoming vegan. It's definitely something that I'm easing into, because I'd tried it in the past before, and I never maintained it. Of course, Oprah will have her well-qualified chef helping her out with crazy ingredients, which is a pity. She should stick to finding basic recipes that anyone can make and be happy with. Check out vegweb.org for great vegan recipes that aren't ridiculous if you're really interested in trying plant-based cuisine. It can be done!!
I've been vegetarian for 13 years and a vegan for the past 3 in a half years now and it isn't as hard as people think. If you can make your own foods and if you do go out to eat just make sure the waiter and chef know what you can't eat. It really does make you feel much better, I love it!!!
soyrizo is DELICIOUS!
this is my 25th day as a vegan. I love it.
No fried chicken? No Ribs? Is watermelon vegan?
Re: sarah the vegan – : Lord God in heaven Sarah, I loathe people like you. Sooo self righteous. My ex sister in law was vegan and we heard about it constantly. Go to hell.
Re: pat b – "Nuke a gay whale for Jesus?" HILARIOUS> LMAO
I stopped watching her when she went political, but I saw the show last week and was shocked that she's gained so much weight AGAIN. She thinks she's hiding it with her full skirts, but she's not. I'm tired of her, her diets, and her comments. Yeah, if I had her money and her chef, I'd try vegan for 3 weeks too!
Jennifer Love Hewitt has the best titty boobies, ever. Vegetarians are queers.
soychorizo is the best, you can't even tell the difference from the real thing, its that good.
you gotta love el sanchichon!