Giving up being a vegetarian

Mrs_pbradley936

I think we all go through a stage in young adulthood about the ethics of various things. Maturity brings with it the knowledge that you cannot change the world. If you are happy and healthy being a vegetarian that's great but read this:-

http://www.mercola.com/2000/apr/2/vegetarian_myths.htm

Jay-Jay_4

I gave up cows, pigs and sheep for 13 years. Was never veggie because I ate chicken, fish and rennet but still, I resisted the smell of bacon for all those years.

When I was pregnant I was doing a piece of roast beef for my husband, I lifted it off the rack, put it onto a plate and licked my fingers ... Ohhhhh, :drool: ohmygoodness . I held off for another two years, once eating a piece of pork but having to spit it out again as the thought of it turned my stomach. Eventually I fancied a cheeseburger from McDonalds so I went and bought one :drool: oh dear!

I've been a meat eater since and I must say that life is easier.

I had bacon butties for lunch

Mrs_pbradley936

This was on another thread:-

I wonder about what the experts tell us at times. My only concern about vegetarians is in child rearing. There was a lot of publicity a couple of years ago about a baby that “failed to thrive” on a diet of fruit and cereal (I do not think s/he had milk with the cereal). It is all the more tragic to think that people believe that a vegetarian diet is better for health. I don’t think you can afford to be an ignorant vegetarian where children are concerned.

The details about the baby are here:-

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1542293.stm

Ghost

I never eat anything that has a face!

coolio_2

pbradley936 wrote:

I think we all go through a stage in young adulthood about the ethics of various things. Maturity brings with it the knowledge that you cannot change the world. If you are happy and healthy being a vegetarian that's great but read this:-

http://www.mercola.com/2000/apr/2/vegetarian_myths.htm

I've matured

coolio_2

Ghost wrote:

I never eat anything that has a face!

Oh really

Jay-jay - did it not mess up your digestive system?

chorlton

I was veggie for about 15 years - got used to it but always struggled because i never found anything I enjoyed as much as meat!
My partner's veggie so mostly we eat veggie food at home, but I eat meat 4 or 5 times a week. I try and make sure I eat decent quality humanely slaughtered etc but can't always do that in a restaurant.
Haven't had any digestion or guilt problems, but I can't bring myself to eat cheap supermarket meat knowing how it is reared and prepared.

Ethically - i reckon that it is better to encourage decent care and conditions for food animals, plus better slaughterhouses etc. Even if the number of vegetarians doubled from 10% to 20% that would still leave 80% of people eating meat - the idea of everyone being veggie and sheep and cows roaming free and dying of old age just aint going to happen.
However if everyone ate less meat and paid more for it animals would at least have a much better life.

roversbabe

I've been a veggie twice, 1st was for 4 years, then went back to meat (bacon :drool: ) then went back to eating meat for 3 years. Suddenly went off meat again and stayed veggie for a further 4 years.

Again was tempted by a bacon buttie and am now a confirmed meat eater. I do suffer with IBS like symptoms at times but I don't think that has anything to do with years of not eating meat then going back to it.

What is it about the smell of bacon cooking?? Every veggie I know still loves the smell but won't eat any.

rb

Quackers

roversbabe wrote:

What is it about the smell of bacon cooking?? Every veggie I know still loves the smell but won't eat any.

rb

I'm a [STRIKE]vegetable[/STRIKE]veggie but have never like bacon. Not even as a child. I hate the smell of bacon

I haven't eaten meat for 19years and haven't eaten fish for about 15years.

The thought of eating meat again makes me want to puke!

russetred

i tried to be a veggie once for all the right ethical reasons.I bought a book 365 veggie meals and I was really determined to give it a go.Two weeks in I hit the "cheesy millet patties" an experience that haunts me still and this is now 15 years later. In case you didn't know, cos I didn't at the time, millet is the same stuff you give to budgies and they only last a couple of years.I also tried the meatfree alternative to bacon, soya bits.What twisted mind devised something so expensive and SO not like bacon! "shudder" I buy meat as ethically as I can and if i feel guilt I just visit the budgies in the pet shop and remember why I need to be a carnivore.