I'm not sure why, but I feel like I shouldn't be a vegetarian anymore.?!

Being vegetarian or vegan is an inner calling. If you don't feel it, then don't do it. It has nothing to do with pressure or no pressure, either you feel it or you don't. I personally wouldn't eat meat even if given a billion dollars. Good luck either way!

Eliminate all the heavy foods like whole cheese and prepared products from your diet. Buy organic produce and make your own food. Even honey is an animal product. If you are going to pick and chose from the food chain, try ocean caught, fresh fish and seafood. You will improve your health with the Omega 3's, your energy, and your skin. If you don't know where to start, buy red salmon. Serve on a bed of lettuce and season with good vinegar. Eat the bones and the skin.

you sound really bored with your diet.
GO to Indian foods, Asian foods or something. There must be a cuisine you've never tried- Moroccan , Malaysian- do that for a week and see how you feel. it just sounds like you're bored.

If you're always relegated to your house to eat food you know is untainted, no wonder you feel like a prisoner.

My question is why you were so unprepared for your trip. Even on camping, skiing and snowmobiling trips I bring my own food...just like you should do when you go on a trip. If I have to eat out, I order a few beers and some french fries.

The fact that you were left with cheese and nutrigrain bars is just poor planning on your part.

Well good - finally your body needs something to eat - actual food that your body can make parts out of and repair muscles, nerves and eyeballs.... and that ain't vegetables.. You do need the eggs and cheese - the meat and nuts - and maybe a little salad too.

I see what you mean! I am a vegetarian and have been from right after birth i get ill when i eat meat....but maybe you dont have to be a vegetarian maybe only certain meats make you sick it cant hurt to try and see!

Then do not be a vegetarian. Eat meat.

Meat is awesome!!!!!

Nom nom nom

At some point, you probably had reasons why you chose to become a vegetarian. Those reasons became apparent to you as you reached a certain stage of life. As you've grown, maybe you are at a new stage of life and those reasons are no longer valid. You have to choose what's right for you. Some people feel ridiculous if they've been really passionate about vegetarianism in the past and suddenly find themselves making different choices. But pride shouldn't be the reason that you choose your diet.

I was a vegetarian for a couple of years, but then I moved overseas and I found it impossible to get a healthy vegetarian diet, so I switched back to being an omnivore. It was just the right thing for me.

Only you can make the decision to be a vegetarian or not. People change as they mature. What was world shattering important to you as a 12 year old may not seem as important by the time you're older.

Many people who are vegetarian for environmental reasons are rethinking their diet, like this lady: (excerpts from the link)

"The pork I buy is taken from pigs raised by a couple named Keith and Kate. They run a family farm on Lovers Lane, about five minutes from my house. Keith has a beard like my partner's. When I met him at the market, and asked if we could visit the farm, he said, "Oh sure, we do potlucks once a month or so."

The pigs they raise roam freely over their land, munching on acorns (which are very fat this year -- supposedly that says something about how much rain we'll see), mushrooms, shrubbery, scraps, and grain treats. Pigs consume waste while producing soil fertility, making them an advantageous addition to a sustainable farm. These pigs are heritage breeds, which is the animal equivalent of heirloom vegetables -- they haven't been genetically-modified to be so enormous that their feet can't support their weight (as is the case for many of the animals I've seen at farm sanctuaries)."

"Now let's look at the tofu. Vast quantities of land are razed in the production of soy. This means that every living thing is removed from that place, including microorganisms. This is the case, by the way, even in organic production. Soybean plants are monocropped and then harvested each year. Because there are very few integrated soybean farms (meaning that not much else is grown on that land except soy), soil fertility is wasted and nothing else is allowed to flourish on that land -- of plant or animal origin.

After the soy is harvested, it's... transferred to a processing plant, I assume. The beans are dried and turned into tofu using... well. I'm not sure how it's done, except that it includes boiling, a coagulant, and pressing into squares. I wouldn't be able to identify such a station and I don't know what happens there. I don't know how much the workers are paid. I don't know who owns that operation or how much plastic is used to process the tofu. I really don't know very much about this process at all.

Prepared tofu is transferred into plastic containers, covered with plastic wrap, and transported to a distribution center by air freight? or refrigerated ground shipping? from somewhere in the Midwest -- I have no idea where. From the distribution center the tofu is packed into boxes and sent out to the co-op where I buy it and recycle the plastic container, which is probably shipped off the China for processing."

Eating only plant foods can make you feel good about yourself, I guess. But take time to truly examine if it's the right diet for you at this point in your life. You shouldn't deprive your body of essentil nutrients it needs to grow. It's the only body you'll get in this life. Take care of it so it will take care of you in your old age.

http://www.chicken-tender.com/2010/11/he…

Choosing to be a vegetarian is just that, a choice. And guess what, people are "allowed" to change their minds or have a change of heart. Also being a vegetarians is just a lifestyle nothing more nothing less and it only involves eating.

If you want to stop being a vegetarian then stop. If you want to try it again later on, that's fine too. Or change your mind again after that. and so on. No need to make something so simple into a major issue.

If you don't want to be a vegetarian anymore, don't be. It's your decision. Do whatever you want to do. If you really want to be vegetarian, and are only considering being omnivore for the fear of being wasteful, then don't worry: specify with people ahead of time that you are vegetarian, and they should respect that. If you want to modify your vegetarian diet, and become ovo-terian, pesca-terian, lacto-terian, whatever, then do that. For instance, I don't really like the taste of meat, but I love seafood, so I consider myself a flexible pesca-terian, because if I'm REALLY craving meat, then I'll eat it. I usually don't though.

Just do whatever you want. It's your diet isn't it?

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