Feelings towards meat have changed alot!?

Question

Ive recently went vegetarian due to my concerns for my health and the welfare of animals and there rights.I USED to love meat and eating it. But ever since ive totally stopped eating meat and as the days go by i actually feel revolted by it i cant understand why?

this feeling has came very quick and now i cant even touch the stuff i dont miss or want it no more.

Could someone make sense of what iam going through?


take care guys xxx

Answer 1

I went through a similar change when I went vegetarian for the same reasons that you went vegetarian. You probably feel revolted by meat now because you're cognizant of what it REALLY is -- the flesh of murdered animals who were abused for their entire lives and brutally killed. It's not uncommon to feel really grossed out by it. For some people, the strong feeling of revulsion passes in time, and they continue to be vegetarian but don't feel as sickened by meat when they see it in the store or see others eating to it. Others always feel completely disgusted by it and can't look at it. It just depends on the individual. But what you're going through is pretty normal, and you should feel good about the decision you have made to stop eating meat. Congratulations!

Answer 2

Chick, I am right there with you. I really never thought I could give up all the things that I have since going veg. I thought there would be so many cravings and I really worried about sabotaging myself and cheating at difficult times, but none of that has happened. Once I learned the things that I have, particularly about how unhealthy animal products are, I just can't justify eating any of that crap and I don't even want to. What started as a step along the road to just trying to be healthier overall has become a really huge life changing thing and there's no going back. I'll never eat meat again. My husband has been taking the same steps I have. We even went vegan a few months back, again, with no regrets, no cravings. YES - no cheese cravings - isn't that nuts??? I'm still in awe, but it's true. And it's awesome. I am always reading about how people want to know how to overcome cravings or what to do if they want to "cheat" or they talk about the animal crap they miss most. I haven't experienced any of that and neither has my husband. And we were both "extra cheese' kind of people - hot dogs, tacos, chicken sandwiches, sour cream on everything...it all makes me sick now. I watched my dad and brother eat tacos the other day and I seriously almost got sick thinking about how it was solid animal flesh and secretion in a corn tortilla - gross! Anyway, I know I'm rambling, but I'm pleased someone else is having such an easy time of this whole vegetarian thing!
Two things I know had an impact in my attitude are the book The China Study http://thechinastudy.com (I wish every single person would read this book - it would change so many lives - note that it is not JUST about the Cornell-Oxford China Study on nutrition) and the following essay that prompted a deep conversation between my husband and I one night and our lives haven't been the same since: http://www.all-creatures.org/mhvs/nl-2003-wi-meat.html
I suspect you will eventually become strict vegetarian or vegan (no dairy or eggs). When that happens I highly recommend the book BECOMING VEGAN. it's important to get the nutrition part right - a lot of vegans get sick because they don't know how to adapt to their new diet healthfully.

Answer 3

Your feelings of revulsion could be from your new awareness of what meat really *is*. Before I went veg I also enjoyed eating meat but I'd been convinced that I "had to" eat it in order to stay alive. Now it's difficult to walk past the meat counter @ the supermarket b/c I see the packages of muscle tissue for what they are.
I couldn't help but notice that, while you've got some good answers here, several other ppl are being sarcastic and/or are very uninformed about vegetarianism. Don't let them bother you-- I'm sure you already know that you *can* be healthy on a vegetarian diet & that there's lots of really great food you can enjoy besides salad. I *love* good food & certainly *don't* feel deprived by being vegetarian.

Answer 4

It's because you've now linked the meat with the fact that it comes from an animal that had been alive but whose throat is cut. That's why you find it revolting. I went through the same phase. We are in this society not encouraged to think about where meat comes from and to mock those who don't want to conform. That's why you get lots of sarky comments here, which we get in life. Before our ancestors discovered growing vegetables, they had to hunt for their survival, but we have moved on, at least some of us have. And if you find the idea of killing revolting, you'd find meat revolting. Enjoy your lifestyle.

Answer 5

Well you could be de-toxing your body, since they do inject hormones into the animals these days, and ever since I've stopped eating meat, I've felt more conscious and more spiritual also. I've also grown a whole new respect for life itself, and I don't wish harm upon any animal, they do feel pain, and I only believe I will eat meat for survival purposes, untill then there are plenty of foods to eat that don't involve harming another lifeform, and it's flesh free.

Answer 6

It's all in your head. It's like quitting smoking, if you're really serious about quitting your mind can tell your body that smoking is disgusting and soon you'll believe it so you can control the cravings.
Good job though, I feel bad for eating meat because of the treatment of the animals and all that ethical crap. But it's delicious and I could never stop. More power to you though.

Answer 7

I was like that when I first went vegetarian, then vegan. Actually, I went veg because I started finding meat disgusting. Nowadays, I can handle it when people eat meat in front of me (like when I'm at a family event as the lonely vegan), but I have no desire to touch it. I try to ignore what's on their plates and focus on my own food.

You're essentially detoxing. It also sounds like sort of a coping mechanism--you are seeing these products as products of horrible abuse, and that disgusts you. Another answerer compared it to quitting smoking--and it really is like quitting a bad habit. You tell yourself that it's gross and disgusting to help you quit eating it.

Hopefully, in a year or two (I've been veg for five), you'll look at someone eating meat and be able to block it out while you eat your luscious veggie meal.

Answer 8

Its like some other people have said. Your senses are now open to what meat actually is!
Welcome to your new life.

Answer 9

a lot of people change over because the meat supose to be shot with a horemon to swell the meat -people do not marinade the meat
up to the person if they want to become a vegg# or not that was your choice the soy has a lot to do with it
me i like meat ----but my choice

Answer 10

at the same time ur wrong.A mother will always be a mother regardless of anything u come second even if it hurts n a mom needs to be put first and its her son of course she will want to take care of him. Just like u would want to take care of ur kids when they grow up even if they r old n have a girlfriend n r married u will always be there n they r put first. But if u think she over do it like if she gets in both of u guys problems somethimes its better if u discuss it with u n ur boyfriend its ur problems with him n u should talk to her. i dont know if u get me but if the mother knows of course she will help the son but u should tell ur boyfriend u know what if we have problems dont tell ur mom cuz we need to face this betwen the both of us no one else.