Will I lose or gain weight from eating meat again? (Vegetarian)?!

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Adding another kind of meat probably isn't going to make you feel too much better, to be honest. You should be eating a ton more produce in general. You want to eat more meat, go ahead. If you are eating poultry on a daily basis and are just planning on switching seafood or mammalian meat every now and then, you probably won't notice too much of a difference in weight and energy. If you decided to add a jumbo bacon cheeseburger to your daily diet, you will probably gain weight and feel lethargic. I would encourage you to get more whole grains, fruits, and vegetables into your diet no matter what. Offer to do the grocery shopping, or at least help mom.

depends, if you eat crappy meat like hot dogs and hamburgers yes!, but if you eat home cooked meat or skinless chicken plus regular exercise you will keep your normal weight

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That depends on your calorie intake. If you increase your calories, yes, if not, no. Start by eating small amounts in moderation and don't rapidly change your diet.

I think if you reduce some of the processed carbohydrates and replace them with meat you'll actually have a healthier diet.

'Why We Get Fat' - Gary Taubes

You never were a vegetarian.

Vegetarians do not eat ANY animal flesh.

While some of the answers I do agree with...I do think that there is more to this than had been suggested.
Yes indeed eating meat will probably mean a weight gain, and that is mainly due to calorie intake. BUT on the other hand....eating meat will change your digestive system and you will metabolize your food better and may even loose some weight....of course you cannot eat tons of food of any kind and expect to loose weight.
The real benefit here in eating meat is that your system will be healthier and the enzymes and proteins found only in meat will get your body to operate as it should.
I understand that some people find eating meat repulsive....well that may be fine for them, but the truth is we humans are omnivores and nothing will change that except a evolution process over hundreds or thousands of years.
As meat eaters we have become the smartest, self aware, flexible abilities, and basically rulers of the entire plant and animal world.....to change that process that made brains bigger and muscles stronger is not a wise idea no matter how you feel about killing animals for food.

You could be deficient in iron. Beef is one of the best natural sources for iron. You can lose or gain weight, depending on how much you eat and what you weigh now. If you've been living on refined carbs (pasta, cereal), that's not good. A recent study done in China shows a direct link between processed wheat and obesity in the Chinese.

http://rawfoodsos.com/2010/12/15/new-chi…

One woman who went back to eating meat after several years as a vegan had this to say about eating meat again:

"My first bite of meat after 3.5 years of veganism was both the hardest and easiest thing I’ve ever done. Tears ran down my face as saliva pooled in my mouth. The world receded to a blank nothingness and I just ate, and ate, and ate. I cried in grief and anger, while moaning with pleasure and joy. When I took the last bite I set back and waited to feel sick. I had just devoured a hunk of dead animal, the most evil thing I could conceive of, surely my body would reject this debasement and I would feel vindicated that I truly was meant to be a vegan.

Instead, my face felt warm, my mind peaceful, and my stomach full but….I searched for a word to describe how it felt….comfortable. I realized that for the first time in months I felt satiated without the accompaniment of stomach pain. I had only eaten a small piece of cow flesh, and yet I felt totally full, but light and refreshed all at once. I reveled in that new and unexpected combination of sensations. How amazing it was not to need to eat for an hour solid till my stomach stretched and distended over my pants just to buy an hour or two of satiety. How beautiful it felt to be able to eat the exact thing that for so long my body had been begging for. I felt profoundly joyful in finally listening to the wisdom of my body. What a revelation.

Then I noticed something else odd: my heart was beating slowly, steadily. Normally, after a typical meal of veggies, rice and beans, or other starchy fare, my heart would race and skip for an hour or so afterward. Several visits with a cardiologist, more blood work, an EKG and an echo-cardiogram had confirmed that my heart was in perfect shape. The cardiologist explained that the unnerving post-meal palpitations were a symptom of my deficiencies, as well as a sign of blood sugar instability caused by the massive servings of carbohydrates I was consuming. Now after eating a single piece of steak, my heart thudded on, steady, strong, and slow. It made me cry all over again, this time in joy."

You might want to read her entire story: http://voraciouseats.com/2010/11/19/a-ve…


You have to make your own decisions, but you are an omnivore. Your body gets nutrients from food better than pills and it gets many of those nutrients better from meat than veggies. Iron in meat is heme iron and your body uses it better than the non-heme iron in veggies. Many of the calcium rich veggies also contain oxalate which inhibits your body's ability to absorb iron. Meat has complete protein; veggies contain partial or weak proteins that your body must combine to be able to use. Then there's B12. It's only available in animal foods.