I'm vegetarian. I had no choice but to eat meat!
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DAMN! I've never appreciated chicken so much before. After the meat was gone, I kept licking the bones like a cat.__drmerc__ wrote: »How was it?
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I did the vegetarian thing for about 8 months - I didn't want to eat conventional supermarket meat and I couldn't afford the good stuff. All I ate was pasta because I'm lazy. Worst idea for me ever.
I changed my mind on meat once my system adjusted to proper meat. Proper as in, wild elk I helped clean during hunting season. It took my system somewhere between 6 months and a year to fully adjust. Worth it though! Not a fan of Bambi though, he tasted like a pine tree.
On a side note: I tried being vegan for a week and all I could think about was fried chicken and cheese.0 -
Glad you enjoyed your chicken, I think you should eat meat when you want, or if you choose to stay a vegetarian, just be flexible. I am a big meat eater, but I eat vegetables also, variety is good to have.0
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DAMN! I've never appreciated chicken so much before. After the meat was gone, I kept licking the bones like a cat.__drmerc__ wrote: »How was it?
This is so funny, probably funny to have seen it.0 -
THIS made me Roar, some might say its meat-tastic!0
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Lol!!0
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I had no choice, but to eat meat!
Today, I stood at the food counter display, staring at the fried chicken.( I usually do that when I crave for meat.) I had no intention to get any. But the sales lady came up to me and said:"Which one would you like?" I hesitated for a few seconds thinking if I said:"no thank you." She probably would think that I'm homeless. If I said:"I'm vegetarian," she would laugh at me for staring at he chicken. So, I told her "give me that big piece."
Well...alright then. I'm curious how long you've been vegetarian, though. I have been for 18 years(I'm 36) and the thought of eating meat repulses me. I suppose if you just became vegetarian last week that could explain it though. Anyways, humorous story all the same.0 -
XX_Miss_RoseMary_XX wrote: »You clearly haven't been vegetarian for vary [sic] long (not a strict one at least) Or that big piece of chicken would have you vomiting. Your body can't adjust from not [sic] meat to large quantities like that after being a vegetarian for a while.
This is a common vegetarian myth based on the related myth that meat is hard/difficult for the body to digest. It's not that some vegetarians don't experience digestive troubles when switching back (some do), but it's generally because they expect difficulties and/or have negative emotions relating to eating meat. Many vegetarians, even long term ones, can go right back to eating large amounts of meat with little/no discomfort. My first day eating meat after 3+ years of vegetarianism involved over a pound of red meat, with no noticeable effects aside from a profound feeling of satisfaction.0 -
When you use the quote feature, the little "[sic]" qualifiers aren't necessary. Nobody would mistake it as your error.XX_Miss_RoseMary_XX wrote: »You clearly haven't been vegetarian for vary [sic] long (not a strict one at least) Or that big piece of chicken would have you vomiting. Your body can't adjust from not [sic] meat to large quantities like that after being a vegetarian for a while.
This is a common vegetarian myth based on the related myth that meat is hard/difficult for the body to digest. It's not that some vegetarians don't experience digestive troubles when switching back (some do), but it's generally because they expect difficulties and/or have negative emotions relating to eating meat. Many vegetarians, even long term ones, can go right back to eating large amounts of meat with little/no discomfort. My first day eating meat after 3+ years of vegetarianism involved over a pound of red meat, with no noticeable effects aside from a profound feeling of satisfaction.
It is easy to differentiate the quoted errors from your own.
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XX_Miss_RoseMary_XX wrote: »You clearly haven't been vegetarian for vary [sic] long (not a strict one at least) Or that big piece of chicken would have you vomiting. Your body can't adjust from not [sic] meat to large quantities like that after being a vegetarian for a while.
This is a common vegetarian myth based on the related myth that meat is hard/difficult for the body to digest. It's not that some vegetarians don't experience digestive troubles when switching back (some do), but it's generally because they expect difficulties and/or have negative emotions relating to eating meat. Many vegetarians, even long term ones, can go right back to eating large amounts of meat with little/no discomfort. My first day eating meat after 3+ years of vegetarianism involved over a pound of red meat, with no noticeable effects aside from a profound feeling of satisfaction.
My experiences exactly. I was vegetarian (but not vegan) for over 3 years, until my doctor told me that I needed to eat a lot of protein to help my recovery from the muscle wasting that was a result of a coma. He gave me the choice, but advised that I'd have to be very on top of my eating to get the complete proteins I needed from 'Third World Proteins', like rice, beans, etc. Being that I only went vegetarian because I thought it was healthier for me, finding out it would be healthier for me to eat meat was actually a happy day for me. Fried chicken AND a Quarter Pounder for dinner that night! (Are you seeing how I became overweight, here?)
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Way to go!
DAMN! I've never appreciated chicken so much before. After the meat was gone, I kept licking the bones like a cat.__drmerc__ wrote: »How was it?
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laughs, I like meat, awesome post!0
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In for bacon love, and sanctimonious people!
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You did the world a favor. Chickens are evil and ugly and conspiratorial and deserve to die.0
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Dont feel too bad meat is yumtastic!
I have never found meat to be that enjoyable, I eat it for heath reasons, but I could go literally months without buying it if I didn't need to. The only meats I actually like are salami and shaved ham, but even then, I never have a particularly strong desire to buy them.0 -
marinabreeze wrote: »
Not everyone becomes a vegetarian because they think eating animals is morally wrong.Okay.
Obviously you could have said no thank you or not eaten the chicken you bought but you really wanted to eat it.
I don't know why you chose to eat vegetarian but if it wasn't a conviction that eating animals is wrong then maybe you should consider eating meatless for most of your meals and planning some meat meals prepared in a healthy way one day a week. Better than eating fried chicken you didn't intend to get.
I know. I clearly said if the OP didn't choose to eat vegetarian because of a conviction that eating animals was wrong then maybe they should just eat healthy meat meals on a regular basis... Instead of drooling over the fried chicken display. Because they obviously do want to eat meat and are happy about it based on the posts here.
I respect people who choose to not eat meat for whatever reason. If they change their mind, I respect that too. Doesn't mean you have to go from vegetarian to eating bacon and fried chicken meals every day. You can eat meatless several days and eat reasonably healthy meat meals a few days as well.
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missiontofitness wrote: »Ok
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XX_Miss_RoseMary_XX wrote: »You clearly haven't been vegetarian for vary [sic] long (not a strict one at least) Or that big piece of chicken would have you vomiting. Your body can't adjust from not [sic] meat to large quantities like that after being a vegetarian for a while.
This is a common vegetarian myth based on the related myth that meat is hard/difficult for the body to digest. It's not that some vegetarians don't experience digestive troubles when switching back (some do), but it's generally because they expect difficulties and/or have negative emotions relating to eating meat. Many vegetarians, even long term ones, can go right back to eating large amounts of meat with little/no discomfort. My first day eating meat after 3+ years of vegetarianism involved over a pound of red meat, with no noticeable effects aside from a profound feeling of satisfaction.
my experience is similar. i never chose to be a vegetarian because of animal cruelty. i chose to be one because i couldn't afford meat. doesn't mean i wasn't a vegetarian at that time. when i could afford meat, i bought myself a big fat steak and enjoyed every minute of it.
only slight bellyache after, and that's probably due to the size of it.0
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