Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

The Velveteen Ocelot

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4. I went on the Atkins diet a few years ago, ate a lot of meat.

Reply to Odin2005 (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2012, 10:33 PM

Apr 2012

I lost weight, too, for awhile, but I couldn't stay with it; anyhow, my doctor told me it was bad for me. But one side-effect of the diet is that I got really tired of meat. Ever since, I hardly ever want meat at all (except for bacon). I'll eat it if it's offered to me but I don't buy it at the grocery store and rarely order it at a restaurant unless it's in another dish like a casserole. I just don't like it much any more; it even grosses me out a bit sometimes. So if you want to stop liking meat, eat nothing else for a few months. Sure worked for me.

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I'm trying to reduce how much meat I eat. One problem: meat cravings. [View all] Odin2005 Apr 2012 OP

don't use "substitutes" just ditch all that stuff.... msongs Apr 2012 #1

I have one and I do that already, thanks for the suggestion, though! Odin2005 Apr 2012 #5

That sounds pretty good dark forest Dec 2012 #34

Getting off sugar is much harder for me. I recently joined the Type 2 club and...... yourout Apr 2012 #2

I tend towards hypoglycemia, so I have the opposite problem. Odin2005 Apr 2012 #6

I do too. LeftyMom Apr 2012 #22

I used to be a vegetarian and don't eat much meat now (drs. orders). Cleita Apr 2012 #3

High-fiber food is very filling for, but it sometimes gives me a stomachache... Odin2005 Apr 2012 #9

I went on the Atkins diet a few years ago, ate a lot of meat. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2012 #4

Try this... man4allcats Apr 2012 #7

Try eating the meals you're used marybourg Apr 2012 #8

When you find the answer to this, please share! I have always been a meat eater, but teddy51 Apr 2012 #10

If you are serious, see my post below. Big Blue Marble Apr 2012 #12

Thank you, as of this moment I am going to swear off of meat. I am tired of being a teddy51 Apr 2012 #13

Yes, the meat analogues work. Big Blue Marble Apr 2012 #11

Tofurky sandwich slices are insane. Codeine Apr 2012 #17

My favorite comfort meal is an open faced Tofurky sandwich CrispyQ Apr 2012 #18

The cravings can be managed with meat analogues. Geoff R. Casavant Apr 2012 #14

I like the Boca burgers spicy chicken and all-american burger Tunkamerica Apr 2012 #15

Nothing wrong with meat analogues. Codeine Apr 2012 #16

Just Seconding msongs suggestion YankeyMCC Apr 2012 #19

I agree with both you and msongs. deucemagnet Apr 2012 #23

Good to hear, friend. flvegan Apr 2012 #20

and bacon - no good substiute for bacon nadine_mn May 2012 #26

grain-made sausage is excellent wordpix Jun 2012 #28

Field Roast grain meat! We tried the smoked apple sage - it is really good nadine_mn Jun 2012 #30

Umami--the fifth taste ginnyinWI Apr 2012 #21

Interesting! nt Still Blue in PDX Dec 2012 #39

They go away. HopeHoops Apr 2012 #24

I have been a vegetarian for the past 15 years RebelOne Apr 2012 #25

give yourself permission to eat meat once and awhile - doesn't mean you have to nadine_mn May 2012 #27

your idea of the expensive grass-fed meat is good on a number of fronts wordpix Jun 2012 #29

Try eating fish instead of meat. Fish are less sentient. meti57b Oct 2012 #31

"Fish are less sentient" Ummm...what? flvegan Oct 2012 #32

That's. . . stupid. nt Codeine Oct 2012 #33

Fish are less sentient?! obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #36

Meat is slightly addictive, just like sugar, chocolate, caffeine, and cheese. ginnyinWI Dec 2012 #35

Crisp the meat analogs is you eat those obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #37

Sadly, I've been eating meat again lately. Still Blue in PDX Dec 2012 #38