Could you give up Meat?

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  • Darlekins
    Darlekins Posts: 44
    Nope. No grains, no soy, no peanuts, no shellfish and limited fruits and legumes, so I'm pretty much dead set against giving up anything else
  • michellechawner
    michellechawner Posts: 892
    Completely for the rest of your life And go to a whole foods plant based diet? Which means no meat dairy oils etc. could you? Seriously

    What the hell is a "meat dairy oil"?

    and the answer is flat out no. I've tried all kinds of diets - paleo, vegetarian, liquid diets... just NO. Now I am gluten free because of allergen testing, but I already can't have a lot of foods, why cut someone else out?

    These "diets" set us up for failure. Now if it's a lifestyle change, that's different. You are doing that for your beliefs. But just to cut it out because you heard it was good? not such a good idea.
  • michael1976_ca
    michael1976_ca Posts: 3,488 Member
    it depends if I have to kill the animal to eat. if I had to do that i'd give it up simply because I couldn't hurt an animal
  • allylbrown
    allylbrown Posts: 71
    Yes
  • Ang108
    Ang108 Posts: 1,706 Member
    Completely for the rest of your life And go to a whole foods plant based diet? Which means no meat dairy oils etc. could you? Seriously

    What is it ? Go without meat, or go without meat, dairy and oil.....you kind of lumped a whole bunch of things together.
    I could go without meat easily. I eat chicken, fish and the occasional pork after being a vegetarian for 18 years, but I would not give up dairy and oil......where does giving up oil come from anyway, especially since it's not an animal product.
  • zombiesalad
    zombiesalad Posts: 123 Member
    Already gave up dairy due to casein intolerance, I don't think it gets any worse than giving up cheese. :frown: I could stop eating meat.
  • allaboutthecake
    allaboutthecake Posts: 1,535 Member
    Voluntarily? Nope.

    Beef. It's what's for dinner!
  • highervibes
    highervibes Posts: 2,219 Member
    No way
  • Cindy311
    Cindy311 Posts: 780 Member
    No. No. And no.
  • smurlene
    smurlene Posts: 72
    I've been a vegetarian for eight years and vegan for about four months. It is a wonderful, healthy way of life and very, very easy to keep in control of calories.
  • chezjuan
    chezjuan Posts: 747 Member
    Nope. I tried about five times throughout my life, and kept coming back. It's just too tasty to me.
  • meeper123
    meeper123 Posts: 3,347 Member
    uh yeah Already did lol
  • ndwildbill
    ndwildbill Posts: 73 Member
    I rather enjoy being a carnivore!
  • sweet_blasphemy
    sweet_blasphemy Posts: 129 Member
    I've been vegan for 10 years and was vegetarian for 4 years before that, so I haven't eaten meat for half my life (so far). I don't plan to eat meat or dairy ever again, but people and situations change, so you just never know. But yes, I can say with confidence that I COULD go the rest of my life without.
  • snazzyjazzy21
    snazzyjazzy21 Posts: 1,298 Member
    Could I, yes. Would I, no.
  • VeganLexi
    VeganLexi Posts: 960 Member
    it depends if I have to kill the animal to eat. if I had to do that i'd give it up simply because I couldn't hurt an animal

    If you feel this way, why do you eat it?
  • vanguardfitness
    vanguardfitness Posts: 720 Member
    Nope
  • chezzamanezza
    chezzamanezza Posts: 48
    I can live without eating meat. But I am junk going vegan would be too extreme
  • Mini_horse_lover
    Mini_horse_lover Posts: 178 Member
    I gave up every meat except fish, don't miss it at all. I couldn't just eat plants though, would miss chocolate too much!
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    Fish are animals too so I would never feel good about myself for being just a pescatarian. I really don't like I eat animals since I adore my cat and dog so much. My dog is my baby so I do feel bad eating meat but living with men that wouldn't dream of never eating meat makes it harder for me to stop. I do love my meat too though.
  • chezzamanezza
    chezzamanezza Posts: 48
    it depends if I have to kill the animal to eat. if I had to do that i'd give it up simply because I couldn't hurt an animal

    If you feel this way, why do you eat it?

    There is a big difference between eating it once already slaughtered, processed and packaged and killing then processing the animal yourself ready to be cooked. Trust me, I am what is called in these parts a converted townie lol
    For 28 years asda provided me with all my meat, now the majority of it lives in a field behind my house, it then disappears and reappears as burgers and steaks.
  • justinhemker
    justinhemker Posts: 26 Member
    No. I love bacon too much. However, I do think we're getting close to having reasonably similar plant-based alternatives to meat. Check out this article about 'Beyond Meat' by Food Network's Alton Brown... http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/09/fakemeat/
  • VeganLexi
    VeganLexi Posts: 960 Member
    it depends if I have to kill the animal to eat. if I had to do that i'd give it up simply because I couldn't hurt an animal

    If you feel this way, why do you eat it?

    There is a big difference between eating it once already slaughtered, processed and packaged and killing then processing the animal yourself ready to be cooked. Trust me, I am what is called in these parts a converted townie lol
    For 28 years asda provided me with all my meat, now the majority of it lives in a field behind my house, it then disappears and reappears as burgers and steaks.

    I think people manage to detach themselves from reality when it comes to purchasing commercial factory farmed meat...
    lol @ converted townie! Hey, at least you know what you're eating. I bloody hate ASDA :explode:
  • VeganLexi
    VeganLexi Posts: 960 Member
    I gave up every meat except fish, don't miss it at all. I couldn't just eat plants though, would miss chocolate too much!

    There are plenty of chocolates available that vegans can eat :love:
  • JaxDemon
    JaxDemon Posts: 403 Member
    Never
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    Sorry but what is so good about bacon?........fine everyone jump on me but I just don't get it. It's just bacon. Smoked salted pig, it's not bad at all but it's not amazing either. I'd rather a good grass medium-rare fed steak, now that can be amazing.
  • iechick
    iechick Posts: 352 Member
    Sorry but what is so good about bacon?........fine everyone jump on me but I just don't get it. It's just bacon. Smoked salted pig, it's not bad at all but it's not amazing either. I'd rather a good grass medium-rare fed steak, now that can be amazing.
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    Glad I'm not the only one who thinks bacon is meh :tongue: I make it for my family and it does nothing for me, I never have any desire to grab a piece. I don't care for the texture or the taste of it.
  • highervibes
    highervibes Posts: 2,219 Member
    Just because I didn't kill and slaughter it myself doesn't make me undeserving of it's consumption LOL I'm not detached and neither are my kids. They know what they're eating and they've been known to ask "what did this used to be?" at the dinner table. I'm not ashamed of being an omnivore and I see no reason to hide what we're eating from children. We are eating an animal that someone killed on our behalf, it's not *that* scary. Most cavewomen probably didn't take down their own bison.
  • VeganLexi
    VeganLexi Posts: 960 Member
    Just because I didn't kill and slaughter it myself doesn't make me undeserving of it's consumption LOL I'm not detached and neither are my kids. They know what they're eating and they've been known to ask "what did this used to be?" at the dinner table. I'm not ashamed of being an omnivore and I see no reason to hide what we're eating from children. We are eating an animal that someone killed on our behalf, it's not *that* scary. Most cavewomen probably didn't take down their own bison.

    Why do you deserve it?
  • VeganLexi
    VeganLexi Posts: 960 Member
    Just because I didn't kill and slaughter it myself doesn't make me undeserving of it's consumption LOL I'm not detached and neither are my kids. They know what they're eating and they've been known to ask "what did this used to be?" at the dinner table. I'm not ashamed of being an omnivore and I see no reason to hide what we're eating from children. We are eating an animal that someone killed on our behalf, it's not *that* scary. Most cavewomen probably didn't take down their own bison.

    You will probably dismiss this but it's worth a shot http://youtu.be/qCRspwfKHmI
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