giving up meat... a little help?

my, oh my.. im finding it very hard to go vegetarian! i have tried to go veggie on many occasions (but it never quite lasted more then a month each time).

im passionate about the reasons i want to be vegetarian but im still finding it difficult. I find myself either forgetting (i know its silly) or plain and simple missing meat too much!

i decided try being vegetarian for a healthier, more economically-friendly life style, and a general feeling of well-being(and of course i am not a fan of animal slaughtering).

i probably am just will-power challenged..
BUT
my question is, how do YOU keep yourself motivated to stay vegetarian?

 

watch videos on slaugherhouses on the internet every day. i'm not a vegetarian but after watching a few of those videos i became a vegetarian for a couple of months without even making a conscious decision about it.

i like meat too much to make that lifestyle a longterm thing, but I still try to eat only free range or locally hunted meat.

 

Maybe watch Earthlings? After seeing that you will not want to go back to eating meat, it is free to view online here - http://www.documentarywire.com/earthlings/

Or if you wanted something a bit shorter, give Meet your Meat a try - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIjanhKqVC4

 

The first weeks/months you may feel the urge to eat meat, happened to me too, but after a while you get used to it and having to eat meat becomes *difficult*.
I have stopped eating meat 15 years ago and after the first weeks I never again wanted meat.
Maybe you can eat some soya products which can appear looking and tasting almost like meat.

 

yes, Meet your Meat was the video that made me want to go veggie this time around..

watching those videos again is a good idea.. i guess when you dont have the evidence in your face all the time its easy to forget why you're doing it.

 

just think of all those lost souls that died and mostly lived in horrendous conditions so you could fill your body when other sources are available..
You wil have less to face in ur after life and your energy and happiness will improve-
keep this in mind and you should be fine!
:2thumbsup:

 

im also a bit worried about getting missing out on certain nutrients,
besides a b12 suppliment, is there any other crucial vitamin i should be aware of?

 

watch out for calcium, there's some in various veggies [dark green leafies] and almonds and sesame seeds and soy/tofu [esp. made a certain way] and other things

iron, eat your beans, more greens

um, there's probably more . . .

 

Don't do it! Don't go over to the darkside!

 

haha coming from somone whose location is " a sphere of ignorance"

 

I know it's going to be difficult, and I may even slip up at first, but what matters is I'[m trying, and I'm still reducing the amount of meat consumed at least. I will be disciplined, but forgiving. I won't beat myself up, and I won't give up.

 

I don't know how useful this will be but what I did was first try to go a day with out it then eat some then a week than a month until eventually I just stopped eating meat. Again don't know if this is useful but hopefully it is

 

I found that after not eating meat for a while, it really stinks if you smell a piece of it raw. Some meat substitutes are very good and some-not.

 

You stink less too.. veggie BO rules ... mwhaaa...

 

Enjoy

http://www.peta.org/tv/videos/celebrities-vegetarianism/87206203001.aspx

See you in the vegetarian side

 

Twas easy for me
I just ate things that werent meat. That lasted for 2 years and then I ate meat again. Not that I craved it, I just did it.
I didnt eat much of that imitation meat either during those years. There were plenty of other yummy foods for me to eat. I felt great too, still could lift weights and everything without getting any weaker. Only reason I came off the vegan diet was because I just changed my mind about it all.
But go ahead and try it if its what you want to do.