I want answers from people who managed to quit eating meat even if they liked it end enjoyed eating it....?

Question

When i asked a question about how difficult was to become vegan all the answers were the same "I never liked meat".they never enjoyed eating it. I want to become vegan cause I feel that I have to do it.I must do it.
But I enjoy every piece of meat I eat. I love meat. when people are showing me pictures of slaughtered animals to make me think how brutal meat companies are my mouth starts to water...(please do not write judgemental stuff about my bad brutal personality)
I am real preditor. When I was trying to quit on meat after 3 months I was looking at alive cows or pigs with these crazy thoughts in my head-I saw myself biting their necks and drinking warm blood. we had little familly farm and I used to play with chicks. but after some time I noticed that when i hold a chichen instead of playing i just try to feel it's flesh an to imagine it raw in my mouth. and what is strange that i eat meat maybe once or twice a month so nobody could think that I could have such cravings.

so the question is-how did u managed to overcome your blood loving nature. please tip me.

so the question is-how did u managed to overcome your blood loving nature. please tip me.

Answer 1

I used to LOVE meat. Every meal I ate had to have meat in or I didn't even think of it as a proper meal. Then one day I gave up meat and 7 months later, when I found out about the suffering involved in the dairy and egg industry, I became a vegan. I don't know what would work for you but I can tell you what worked for me.

Firstly I stopped seeing animals as meat. When I first became a vegetarian I was in Thailand so there were meat stalls everywhere and the streets would all smell of it. At first it was hard to switch my thinking but eventually I'd see these dead birds etc and could start imagining them still alive, doing natural things like rearing young. It still was hard but then I just thought to myself what a spoilt brat I was being. When I was smelling this meat and thinking I wanted to eat it, I just realized I was feeling sorry for myself. "Poor me, I can't have something I want... who cares? There are people worse off than me!". Eating meat is purely for the satisfaction of your tastebuds which I started to see as very selfish... I was putting my desires before my morals. Desires can multiply to infinity.... there can always be more and more things that you want and what happens when you don't get what you want? You get upset or annoyed, just like kids do. The only way to cure this is to change the way you think... if you control your desire then you won't get upset when you don't get it. This takes training. I found that everytime I looked or smelled meat I wouldn't start thinking about how much I wanted it but just told myself to stop being a brat and get over it. Every time I did this I felt myself get stronger and stronger until it got to the point when I didn't even notice anymore... I trained myself to not see animals as food anymore. I think this has made me stronger in general too because if I don't get something I want, I don't act like a baby and get upset I just think "Ok, fair enough" and move on with my life.

I don't know whether this will work for you... maybe you're just not ready to give up meat yet. I tried to go veggie when I was younger but it didn't last because I was too immature and selfish at the time. I'm not saying these are bad things but as people grow up they do usually calm down a bit and see things differently so this may happen to you too. Good luck :o)

Answer 2

I am a vegan, and although I can't even deal with the idea of eating meat anymore, I used to enjoy it a lot before I became informed. I'm not very fond of thinking back about that, but it is true.

The only reason you gave for wanting to go vegan is that you "have to do it" and that you "must do it" -- but why?

It is possible to be a vegetarian without being overly concerned about animal suffering, but those vegs still usually have some other good reason like the detrimental health effects of eating meat or the devastating environmental effects of industrial farming.

Going vegan is actually a very big decision because, let's face it, it's not a vegan world out there and it probably won't ever be in our lifetimes. You need to have good reasons for choosing this diet or you won't stick with it for very long -- especially considering the nature of your cravings.

Answer 3

I loved meat as a child, but my desire to not eat animals outweighed my desire for meat. So I just stopped.
I used to crave it but that was when I wasn't eating well. I still do sometimes, but then I know I need to up my protein. You really need to make sure you're getting enough protein to stop the cravings. I drink protein shakes for breakfast which helps.
Try meat substitutes like quorn or the redwood company fake ham and bacon. It's not the same but it's a good alternative.

And why do you feel you should become Vegan anyway?

And if the pictures don't dissuade you, maybe research the adverse effects the meat industry has on the environment. It's getting to a point where we have to give a **** about the environment!!

Maybe you could keep fish in your diet for a while. I don't, but my mum does, she craves it when she cuts it out.

Answer 4

I'm a vegan since August of '07, so it's still new to me. Although I gave up beef a while ago, I still want to eat meat, sometimes (especially chicken) but every time I smell it in the microwave at work, I remember the videos I've seen - that's all it took for me. Whenever I want to eat meat, I go back and watch those videos, to remind myself of why I made this decision. I very much enjoy the vast array of great products available that 'mimic' meat and dairy products. I love (and so does my family) the sandwiches I make with "deli" ham & turkey made from soy. And the Tofutti "ice cream" sandwiches...heaven. I don't consider myself a terribly strict vegan, because I will still eat free-range eggs and wild-caught fish. (as long as I don't have to catch the fish) Fortunately, I live near Seattle, and my daughter is an avid angler. I also eat shrimp and other shellfish. Yes, I've read what peta says about the fish issue, so a lecture isn't necessary. I had meat-eaters for lunch Saturday and they were very impressed with the menu: Shrimp scampi, cream (soy) of asparagus soup, broiled tomatoes and wild rice pilaf, with tofutti "ice cream" bars smothered in raspberry sauce. I rarely miss the meat, cuz I'm a pretty good cook. I simply had to re-learn how to cook vegan. I think it's like quitting smoking in a way. Sometimes the whiff of cooking meat will arouse my tastebuds, but then I remember the cruelty..... I think you've perhaps dramatized your question a teeny bit, as far as the blood-lust goes, but you wanted answers from people who managed to quit, even though they enjoyed it. I think the day I start to crave blood, I'll move to Transylvania, or write a vampire book. ;-)

Answer 5

I still love eating meat. And i feel the same way you do. When my family ate meat, i wanted it too. Thats part of BECOMING a vegan. The only way to stop these cravings, is to find YOUR reason, not some reason you copied and pasted. When you do that, save it on your computer, put it on your mirror, beside your bed, just so you don't forget. Everytime i feel like I want to endulge, I look at my reason. I also go to this website, and look at the slaughter videos, I imagine myself, and all the animals in the slaughterhouse and how a life of torture would harm these animals, and I think about the chickens. They never get to run threw a field, or sit in the sun. In their whole lifespan, they never once get to lift a wing. If you eat meat, your contributing to that lifestyle, and the slaughterhouses. And about you blood thirsty cravings, its only normal to imagine there flesh in your mouth, I do that sometimes, but it's weird to me to imagine that this cute little animal on a farm has lucked out and didn't end up in a slaughterhouse, living a life of abuse. I personally think you shouldn't eat meat at all, but you can untill you fight the erge. Thats how i stopped eating meat. I started by not eating beef (which was the hardest), then i moved on to chicken and pork. Since pork was the last thing i gave up, I still have some...like on hawaiian pizza and such. In order to be successful, keep doing research untill your strong enough not to eat meat or dairy at all. I hope this helps, and i'll give you that website.

http://goveg.com/factoryFarming.asp

click on the links under "Meet The Animals".

Good Luck!

Answer 6

I am not going to judge you, Darling. Your personality is not brutal. It sounds like a psychological misunderstanding - Maybe you need to work on shaking off your cravings, first. [:

I'm 14 years old.. I became a Vegetarian in June of this year.

My favorite tastes of "meat" were Cows, Chickens, Pigs, Lambs, and "SeaFood".

I didn't think anything of it...
One night, I remember, I was eating shells with
meatballs. I popped a meatball in my mouth, and got violently ill, because I had realized I was eating the flesh of a creature that once shed blood, and felt pain. I couldn't live with myself after knowing that I was supporting the cruelty of millions of animals in what seems to be a holocaust of speciesism!

From then on, I stopped eating animals Cold "Turkey"

The transistion wasn't hard. The first week, I wanted a burger, So I just got a Veggie Burger,
And other "Fake Meats".

I eventually shook off the craves, and after that, it was a piece of cake. [;

-I'm transitioning into Vegan, now. Quite Gradually, this time. Haha.

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Just make sure to get your Vitamins/Minerals/Protein, and you'll be set!
And feel free to experiment with Soy. It's wonderful. ;>

Good luck, dear! After a while, you probably won't get those visions in your mind about eating those animals. (Atleast, I Hope!)

Peace, and Love to you.



EDIT:

I Think Jenny (Answer below me) Deserves Best Answer. [:

Answer 7

I liked meat and ate it every day. That's how I grew up. But, logic won out over my taste buds. Knowledge won out over propaganda. Hey, meat and other animal products were the centre of what my parents were feeding me, but not the centre of my life. I just ate what was there. I ate what was available and chose my favourites from the same menu.

Becoming vegan was just like changing the menu. I had to just start a whole new menu for myself from scratch. Started to learn recipes and cooking on my own. I knew enough from other cultures that the foods of N. America disgust many others and the food is nearly inedible to them. So, I thought it must be only that I was accustomed to the food I ate, and in time I would learn to like and love other better, healthier foods. Turned out to be very easy as my body craved and wanted to be healthy and told me so.

Answer 8

Here's the simple fact- vegetarianism is not for everyone. From what you have said, it probably isn't right for you. You can still do your part by simply cutting back on your meat consumption. Try eating only three meat meals per week. If that seems easy, cut it back to one or two. If that is still easy, cut it back to only one or two meals per month. Maybe eventually you'll be able to stop all together. If not, know you are still doing a lot of good by cutting way back.

Answer 9

Yeah, I used to love the stuff, but as I got older, my body started reacting very negatively when I ate meat; my digestive system would put on a full-scale revolt! At one point, I actually got disgusted with meat and decided to stop eating it. Like Jenny, a few months after I decided to go vegetarian, I went vegan because of what I read about the dairy and egg industries.

Now, onto your brutal thoughts. Many people have negative thoughts and never act on them. If your thoughts disturb you, the next time they pop up, imagine yourself crumpling the negative image and throwing it away. Do whatever you can to get the negative images out of your mind. If you can avoid contact with living animals during this time, it might help.

And to sublimate your meat cravings, check out the many analogues out there. Amy's, Gardenburger, and Boca all make varieties of veggie burgers, and you're sure to find one you like. There are veggie sausages, crumbles, patties, etc. And if you like chicken (as I used to do), check out Viana's Chickin Fillets, which you can get from www.veganstore.com or www.veganessentials.com. They're totally awesome, and they sell like hotcakes. Viana also makes sausage, a Cowgirl Veggie Steak, gyros, and nuggets. Unfortunately, they are not cheap.

Answer 10

I'm not going to judge you at all. I just want to give you one little piece of advice.

Please take everything with a grain of salt. Organizations like PETA show the world the absolute worst pictures of treatments of animals that they can possibly find. Not ALL animals that are used for food are treated in an abusive manner.

It seems that you simply want to give up meat-eating because you don't like the thought of animals actually being killed. I can't actually give you any advice, other than find other yummy foods that you might like even more than meat to eat!

Good luck. :)