do you eat meat?

tara

i've been veggie for about 9 years now, and recently considered going back to meat, i've come up with every excuse in the book, i'm tired (which was solved by taking iron, b12, oh, and sleeping), i'm an athlete i need the protein, i'll buy free-range organic (which i recently found out doesn't mean much, and that free-range and free-run are different). then i clicked on a link, intersted to know why someone had posted a link somewhere about kfc:

http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/pamela_anderson_video?c=kfcbatmw12406&qp_source=kfcblogadtmw12406

this just reinforced my vegetarianism, i couldn't watch parts of it. just thought i'd post the link here because i can't even think straight right now, but i hate preaching, and don't want to send it to my friends (all of whom eat animals), so i thought i'd put it here and hear what you all had to say about it.

VictoryGin

i just have to warn you if you choose to go back to meat: i was veggie for over 6 years and then i ate a cheeseburger. it made me throw up. be careful if you go for it.

Gary Carter

yes i do eat meat

tybird

Yes.......cow (both young & old), pig, chicken, fish, marine invertebrates, deer (two kinds: White-tailed & Caribou), Alligator, turtle (not my favorite), frog, quail, and duck.

Free-range chickens are a danger for bird flu.

MrBrian

The Harvery's soy burger tastes just like a meat burger. So if people miss the burger taste I'm sure that'll satisfy them.

But I love stuff with chicken, good source of protein.

Ahnimus

I eat meat. If you are ever stranded with me, watch your back!

Medicated-Genius

I don't eat meat.

tara

VictoryGin wrote:

i just have to warn you if you choose to go back to meat: i was veggie for over 6 years and then i ate a cheeseburger. it made me throw up. be careful if you go for it.

and did you stick with the meat? i had chicken once, three years ago when i was in india, a family invited me for lunch, i couldn't say no. i was too full to eat until dinner then next day.

MrBrian

tara wrote:

and did you stick with the meat? i had chicken once, three years ago when i was in india, a family invited me for lunch, i couldn't say no. i was too full to eat until dinner then next day.

So you as a vegertarian went to the land where animals are sacred and then ate chicken?

gue_barium

tara wrote:

i've been veggie for about 9 years now, and recently considered going back to meat, i've come up with every excuse in the book, i'm tired (which was solved by taking iron, b12, oh, and sleeping), i'm an athlete i need the protein, i'll buy free-range organic (which i recently found out doesn't mean much, and that free-range and free-run are different). then i clicked on a link, intersted to know why someone had posted a link somewhere about kfc:

http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/pamela_anderson_video?c=kfcbatmw12406&qp_source=kfcblogadtmw12406

this just reinforced my vegetarianism, i couldn't watch parts of it. just thought i'd post the link here because i can't even think straight right now, but i hate preaching, and don't want to send it to my friends (all of whom eat animals), so i thought i'd put it here and hear what you all had to say about it.

I've never heard of "free-run." What is that?

Earthgirl

I used to be a vegan..growing up I didn't eat meat at all.. but I was always plagued with stomach problems as I grew older.. around age 17 or so. I decided to try to start eating meat, that maybe my body needed it.. so I eat white meat only now and I have way more energy and no more stomach problems. Everyone's bodies are different.. I was also an athlete, figure skated 5-6 times a week.. plus took ballet for training and gymnastics for training.. I needed the protein.

hippiemom

tara wrote:

i've been veggie for about 9 years now, and recently considered going back to meat, i've come up with every excuse in the book, i'm tired (which was solved by taking iron, b12, oh, and sleeping), i'm an athlete i need the protein, i'll buy free-range organic (which i recently found out doesn't mean much, and that free-range and free-run are different). then i clicked on a link, intersted to know why someone had posted a link somewhere about kfc:

http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/pamela_anderson_video?c=kfcbatmw12406&qp_source=kfcblogadtmw12406

this just reinforced my vegetarianism, i couldn't watch parts of it. just thought i'd post the link here because i can't even think straight right now, but i hate preaching, and don't want to send it to my friends (all of whom eat animals), so i thought i'd put it here and hear what you all had to say about it.

I've been a vegetarian for about 10 years, although I do occasionally eat fish. It was really easy for me ... there were things, like cheeseburgers and chicken wings, that I thought I'd really miss, but much to my surprise I never missed them at all.

I do buy meat from time to time though, to serve to guests, so I'd be interested also to know the difference between "free range" and "free run." I try to buy organic, but that's not always possible.

hippiemom

Ahnimus wrote:

I eat meat. If you are ever stranded with me, watch your back!

Note to self: do NOT travel with Ahnimus

moeaholic

meat is good. i eat meat on a regular basis. if i could afford it, i'd eat steak every night.

gue_barium

Earthgirl wrote:

I used to be a vegan..growing up I didn't eat meat at all.. but I was always plagued with stomach problems as I grew older.. around age 17 or so. I decided to try to start eating meat, that maybe my body needed it.. so I eat white meat only now and I have way more energy and no more stomach problems. Everyone's bodies are different.. I was also an athlete, figure skated 5-6 times a week.. plus took ballet for training and gymnastics for training.. I needed the protein.

My body tends to have an appreciation for meat. I notice when I haven't had an animal flesh meal in awhile, and actually get a craving for it.

halv

Earthgirl wrote:

I used to be a vegan..growing up I didn't eat meat at all.. but I was always plagued with stomach problems as I grew older.. around age 17 or so. I decided to try to start eating meat, that maybe my body needed it.. so I eat white meat only now and I have way more energy and no more stomach problems. Everyone's bodies are different.. I was also an athlete, figure skated 5-6 times a week.. plus took ballet for training and gymnastics for training.. I needed the protein.

Weird...I had exactly the opposite reaction. My whole life I had terrible IBS (irratible bowel). There were days I would be lying on the floor in agony for over an hour with cramps. This lasted 28 years. I went vegetarian and the cramps went away completely. Nothing since. When my wife went vegan her asthma and allergies went away. But we all react differently.
Just a comment about protein though...you can get plenty of protein on a vegan diet. I average about 80 grams a day without really trying and I'm fully vegan.

halv

hippiemom wrote:

I've been a vegetarian for about 10 years, although I do occasionally eat fish. It was really easy for me ... there were things, like cheeseburgers and chicken wings, that I thought I'd really miss, but much to my surprise I never missed them at all.

I do buy meat from time to time though, to serve to guests, so I'd be interested also to know the difference between "free range" and "free run." I try to buy organic, but that's not always possible.

Free range and free run can often mean very little. Producers use these terms to make the public think they are getting chicken or eggs that lived a normal life when usually it's just the opposite. The only real way of having any confidence is to only by Certified Organic meats or eggs.

gue_barium

halv wrote:

Free range and free run can often mean very little. Producers use these terms to make the public think they are getting chicken or eggs that lived a normal life when usually it's just the opposite. The only real way of having any confidence is to only by Certified Organic meats or eggs.

That may help.

I think driving out to the country, or to your local Farmer's Market is the best bet.

VictoryGin

tara wrote:

and did you stick with the meat? i had chicken once, three years ago when i was in india, a family invited me for lunch, i couldn't say no. i was too full to eat until dinner then next day.

not entirely--i don't call myself a vegetarian, but i rarely eat meat. when i do, it's poultry or fish. or the rare all-beef cheesedog when i've been drinking. i've maybe cooked some tilapia 2 times in the past year. i usually buy and cook soy products, but i now have some leather shoes, which is something i didn't do when when i was veggie. but then again i also have vegan shoes. moo shoes are great!

when i was a veggie, people always expressed their concern about protein to me. but americans eat too much protein really. i never felt that was a problem, especially because i eat cheese and dairy and lots of greens. and the soy of course.

brain of c

you can't beat meat.

tara

gue_barium wrote:

I've never heard of "free-run." What is that?

i'm honestly not sure, i was at a party last night, talking to a freind about free-range eggs, and she was telling me that 'free-run' only got out for a few hours a day, or something like that, i think it's some sort of semantic way to get out of the rules

ahh, i see that halv already answered this