NumberNineDream

The first month I switched, I hated telling to people that I don't eat meat, cz it kind of forced them to think of my eating options wherever we went. Although it's a nice gesture, it kind of made me guilty and nervous more than anything else.

Anyway, last week, at the latest family dinner, my mum made veggie lasagna... that surprisingly everyone enjoyed. It was the first time I didn't feel like eating some fixed up leftovers. It was nice.

Finally, after deciding to not kill animals on purpose (a decision I made 4 months ago), and seems for now I killed a mosquito by mistake, while scratching my back. An ant that has been walking near food, and that I tried to keep away, and 3 mosquitos, last week, and very much on purpose now that Summer has started (stupid global warming). Weirdly enough, I've been looking at cockroaches with peace, instead of running away screaming for help.

So that was my update, for my first 4 months as a veggie.
P.S: I have to admit that I cheated and ate a burger after a month from my decision, and the night following that incident, was one of the awfullest nights of my life.

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Guybrush

Why was it awful? Because of feelings of guilt or because you got nauseous?

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NumberNineDream

Well I couldn't sleep, and felt very warm and itchy... plus it was the first time, in weeks, that mosquitoes prevent me from sleeping. I was weirdly irritated, and I don't know if it's guilt or just some physical symptoms, cause the first can trigger the latter.

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Scarlett O'Hara

Mosquitoes are right turds, it's pretty much the itchiest kind of bites I've had and damn they can bleed from over-scratching.

Thank goodness I've never had chicken box or I would scratch my entire layer of skin off.

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Chainsawkitten

Veggie lasagna is awesome. I never liked lasagna with meat in.

I always eat vegetarian food when it's an alternative and I very much prefer it to the times I have to eat meat. (Technically I guess I never have to eat meat, but I don't see the point in being a bother.)

One thing I hate about this whole debate (I havn't read this entire thread, but I mean veg. vs. meat debates in general) is the black-or-white views portrayed. The problem is not that we eat meat, it's that we eat way too much of it. When it comes to my meat-eating friends they eat meat or fish for pretty much every meal (except breakfast) and tone down the vegetables. My family does at home as well. That's good from neither a health, environmental or a humanitarian view.

That specific experience is entirely personal and does not necessarily portray the rest of our community, city, country or anything else for that matter. Fact still remains, we eat too much meat in relation to vegetables and fruit.

I think a lot of people are put off vegetarianism since it means they can't eat meat at all. That's quite a stupid notion. No one's gonna tell you "You can't eat that occasionally if you want to! You're not a real vegetarian!" You don't have to go all the way if you don't want to.

We're not some stupid elitists on our high horses looking down at regular people with contempt, doing it just to feel better about ourselves. (Yes, some people I've chatted with actually believe that.)