eating meat or being vegetarian

Ideally I would like to be vegan. I have attempted a vegetarian diet but was really unhealthy about it, and my body paid the toll.
I'm trying to eat as healthy, cheap & organic as I can right now. I feel in order to be vegan/vegetarian I have to make the majority of my meals at home (which is probably good for you no matter what diet), and right now I'm doing just that but with meat and dairy products. I'm struggling to stay healthy as it is right now due to a certain illness and can't afford to cut out animal products at this moment. I do order vegetarian/vegan a lot when I go out to eat though, mostly Indian and Thai, because the cost is cheaper and the fact that I find the majority of leftover meats to taste disgusting For this reason I don't cook meat too often, either. I do eat a lot of tuna & salmon though.
 
I was a vegetarian for a year and a half and a vegan for a couple months, but I'm a really picky eater so I had a lot of problems getting what I needed nutritionally. So I've been a pescatarian for awhile now and I'm a good deal healthier about it.
 
I'm pretty happily vegetarian, but I'm trying to work towards veganism. I don't think I'll ever be a strict vegan because I get a lot of free food from the food bank and I'm not gonna turn my nose away if they offer me dairy or eggs or something, but I try not to buy those kinds of food products myself.
 
i eat meat i only like chicken tuna and salmon but i would never give them up
 
i used to be a vegan, then vegetarian, then pescatarian, and now i eat meat lol. i like it too much
 
I’m pescatarian but I lean more towards vegan and plant based. I’m not strict on any of these diets or lifestyles though. If I want to eat something I’ll probably just eat it. I don’t restrict myself from anything and I allow myself to indulge in things every once in a while. I think not eating meat is very doable and easy for me at least. I never ate a lot of it to begin with, so giving the majority of it up was an easy transition. I think the hardest thing to give up is cheese! And I’ve never found a decent vegan cheese to use as a substitute for things.
 
I was a vegetarian for about three years but it had bad effects on my health (not trying to discourage vegetarians, I just didn't do it properly) so I had to stop. Now I eat meat again, mostly poultry and fish.
 
I eat meat but I want to become vegan since one of my best friends is, but I love chicken and fish and all of that jazz too much so I don't think I can do it.

plus, she made vegan pizza for me once and the cheese was terrible (I know not all vegan cheese is bad) so that just discourages me even more lol
 
I could never give up meat. Especially since I'm a really picky eater and don't like most vegetables. I also rarely like vegetables cooked, I love them raw. Things like steak and fried chicken fill the void in my life tbh
 
Currently a vegetarian. I haven't been eating eggs as much since my conversion, and I'm trying to avoid dairy (esp. cow's), which is easy enough with all the nut mylks available for substitution.
 
Saylor said:
I eat meat but I only like a few kinds. I could never be a vegan/vegetarian cause my metabolism is so fast and eating meat helps me keep my weight up.
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I guess I lied! I've stopped eating meat since writing this a few years ago. I'm anemic so it can be a bit hard to stay healthy without it, but I never liked or ate a whole lot of meat anyway so I don't feel like I'm missing very much. I do miss chicken nuggets, though.
 
I was a vegan but I went pollotarian in the middle of pregnancy because I was hungry ALL of the time and I'd often be stuck at places that didn't offer any vegetarian or vegan food options... I was a strict vegetarian since I was 12, so that was a really sad time for me.
 
Saylor said:
I guess I lied! I've stopped eating meat since writing this a few years ago. I'm anemic so it can be a bit hard to stay healthy without it, but I never liked or ate a whole lot of meat anyway so I don't feel like I'm missing very much. I do miss chicken nuggets, though.
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Though they aren't healthy I get the chikin nuggets and they are very very good!! I too am a huge chicken nugget fan and those are what helps my chicken nugget crave.
 
I eat meat, but my best friend is a vegetarian and we voth love food. We eat together a lot and often we'll share food bc I don't mind not eating meat. Maybe I could become a vegetarian or vegan but not quite ready to commit to such a change.
 
tiffanistarr said:
Though they aren't healthy I get the chikin nuggets and they are very very good!! I too am a huge chicken nugget fan and those are what helps my chicken nugget crave.
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Ooh I'll have to check those out! Thanks for the heads up! I've never bothered with any meat substitutes before but if they're good I'd love to try them.
 
I've been a vegetarian for about two years now. For me it was an easy transition because I wasn't eating lot of meat to begin with. I plan on going plant based eventually and then vegan.
 
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