Before you turn to a vegetarian, make sure you get your facts right. Make sure you know where to source for the nutritions once found in the meats in your daily intakes, eg. protein (in meat). Otherwise malnutrition may follow, so is the idea of being a Vegetarian is just as well
For a start up, check out this useful site with a list of alternative sources of protein that you can find in daily foods like nuts, beans and grains. If you are not that particular about food, I believe you only need to replace the 'meat' in your typical meal with other protein-rich food. For the rest keep it the same with healthy vegetables and fruits.
You may feel awkward at first, but try to exclude any meat related from your breakfast. I usually have milk, bread, sometimes egg for my breakfast so not much change of meal routine. If you should eat lots of breakfast to start your day right I suggest more wholemeal breads instead.
Lunch - there was a discussion about eating more lunch and less dinner. For my case, when I started out I really felt uncomfortable and lack of energy. Until I figured it out, I split my meal into several (smaller) intakes. So there you go, lunch (part 1), afternoon tea break (part 2) with/without a part3, and so on.
Dinner - I included a portion of meat here until I get used to without meat. When I included meat portion in my lunch, it tends to make me surfeit and sleepy. There is no relation between eating meat makes people doze off though, guess it's just in me. You can switch as you like, lunch with meat and dinner without.
When you are ready, pretend to go without meat for entire day, until you get used to it. Enjoy.
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