Vegetarian meals take time and planning,

Sure just as much as an omnivore's meal

generally cost quite a bit more

Since when do vegetables cost more than meat... wtf

unless you have the time and mobility to shop the bulk section of your health food store

Why are you shopping at the health food store...? Shop at walmart like a normal person, they sell produce, lentils, flour, rice, etc.

spend hours simmering down beans and lentils

What... what the hell are you making. If you're talking about soaking the beans you can just leave them in water overnight, you don't have to stand there watching it lol

going to the store twice as much to keep fresh produce,

Not really tho...., do people who eat meat not eat produce...?

Source: I was a vegetarian for 16 years.

You clearly had no idea what you were doing.

Source: vegetarian since birth, come from generations of vegetarians and come from a ethnically high population of vegetarians. (Cultural reasons)