Is this a stage Im going through or do I really want to be vegeterian?!

I educated myself about the meat industry when I went vegetarian, and thought I would only experiment with it for a week or so. To this day, I have not eaten meat. If you do it long enough, you will probably begin to be disgusted by meat and find the idea of eating it repulsing.

I think you should sincerely talk to your mom about your choice. Let her know that, though it may mean nothing to her, this decision matters a lot to you.
Also, look into cooking for yourself if you do not trust your mom. I rarely NEED to cook for myself, because my mom actually shows me empty containers of vegan-friendly products, and often times makes separate meals for me (I know, I'm spoiled).
If you need recipes, I suggest vegweb.com (favourite recipe website ever), the Whole Foods website, or looking into getting a cookbook.
Despite my detestation for their use of sexism and their need to force their views on others, PETA has some awesome recipes. I am not just saying that, either.

Vegan.

actually same thing happened to me watching those videos and i had that feeling, and now, 2 years later, i still have that feeling whenever i see my fam eating meat ..
but it really depends on you, try it, but if you cant do it, you can become flexitarian .

Live in the moment. If you're a vegetarian today, be true to yourself. It's hard to predict what any of us will be 5 or 10 years from now.

You ARE wanting to become a vegan do not worry all vegans start like this is normal for a newbie vegan

Bizhen, you're an idiot. lol.

Real research involves objectively looking at all data both for and against a given stance on any issue. You are just looking at biased junk that is mostly lies, so that is not real research at all but such seeking confirmation of your bias. PETA lies about the treatment of animals to boost its nonsensical cause that collects $30,000,000 a year for its leaders. PETA's own records show it kills 97% of the animals in its care or about 20,000 in ten years. Did you know PETA did such things to animals after claiming to be so concerned about them? PETA distorts things and lies outrageously to arouse hysteria, so that people will not think objectively about the nonsense it hands us. You should respect your mother, and she is correct about this matter.

You'll know in the morning, right? You know yourself better than any of us so only you can know what's going on in your mind and whether it will change.

It was never a stage or a phase for me. I haven't eaten meat in about 15 years and I don't plan to ever change that. I had an aversion to meat before I was even old enough to know what "vegetarianism" is.

Since you feel so guilty it would make sense to make a change in your life. You could eat less meat, or you could be more conscientious about what kind of meat you eat (organic, free-range, etc.) or you could go entirely vegan. It's up to you. If you don't want to eat bacon in the morning, you have the option of eating cereal, pancakes, toast, bagels, fruit, waffles, eggs, hash browns, oatmeal...tons of options, and that's just breakfast! It's really easy to not eat meat. It's easy to cook too if your mom can't be trusted to make vegetarian food.

If your mom thinks vegetarians are stupid then she must think that Albert Einstein, Pythagoras, Socrates, Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton, Nikola Tesla, and a lot of other famous people were stupid, since they were vegetarian. Most people would disagree with her on that.

Perhaps you want to think about the bunny rabbit in the veggie fields, or the ground nesting birds there? Think about them being crushed when the big farm machinery runs over them to harvest your grains and veggies? No diet is blood free. Something is going to die so you can live. We're just as much a part of nature as the lion roaming the jungle.

From the link:

--"Animals of the field are killed by several factors, including:

1. Tractors and farm implements run over them.
2. Plows and cultivators destroy underground burrows and kill animals.
3. Removal of the crops (harvest) removes ground cover allowing animals on the surface to be killed by predators.
4. Application of pesticides.

So, every time the tractor goes through the field to plow, disc, cultivate, apply fertilizer and/or pesticide, harvest, etc., animals are killed. And, intensive agriculture such as corn and soybeans (products central to a vegan diet) kills far more animals of the field than would extensive agriculture like forage production, particularly if the forage was harvested by ruminant animals instead of machines. So perhaps fewer animals would be killed by producing beef, lamb, and dairy products for humans to eat instead of the vegan diet envisioned by Regan.

Accurate numbers of mortality aren't available, but Tew and Macdonald (1993) reported that wood mouse population density in cereal fields dropped from 25/ha preharvest to less than 5/ha postharvest. This decrease was attributed to migration out of the field and to mortality. Therefore, it may be reasonable to estimate mortality of 10 animals/ha in conventional corn and soybean production.

There are 120 million ha of harvested cropland in the US (USDA, 2000). If all of that land was used to produce a plant-based diet, and if 10 animals of the field are killed per ha per year, then 10 x 120 million = 1200 million or 1.2 billion would be killed to produce a vegan diet. If half of that land (60 million) was converted to forage production and if forage production systems decreased the number of animals of the field killed per year by 50% (5 per year per ha), the number of animals killed would be:

1. 60 million ha of traditional agriculture x 10 animals per ha = 0.6 billion animals killed.
2. 60 million ha of forage production x 5 animals of the field = 0.3 billion.

Therefore, in this hypothetical example, the change to include some forage-based animal agriculture would result in the loss of only 0.9 billion animals of the field instead of 1.2 billion to support a vegan diet. As a result, the LHP would suggest that we are morally obligated to consume a diet of ruminant products, not a vegan diet, because it would result in the death of fewer animals of the field.

But what of the ruminant animals that would need to die to feed people? According to the USDA numbers quoted by Francione (2000), of the 8.4 billion animals killed each year for food in the US, 8 billion of those are poultry and only 41 million are ruminants (cows, calves, sheep, lambs). Even if the numbers of ruminants killed for food each year doubled to replace the 8 billion poultry, the total number of animals that would need to be killed under this alternative would still be fewer (0.9 billion + 82 million = 0.982 billion) than in the vegan alternative (1.2 billion).

In conclusion, applying the Least Harm Principle as proposed by Regan would actually argue that we are morally obligated to move to a ruminant-based diet rather than a vegan diet."

Chances are, these feelings will pass. Vegetarians make up 1-2% of the population in the United States. That percentage hasn't changed much in decades, even with the availability of more, easier, vegetarian foods now.

Humans are natural omnivores. We're designed to eat both meat and veggies. Proof? We need Vitamin B12 and it is not available in any plant food, only in animal products: meat, dairy, eggs. Your great grandfather didn't have a local drugstore to pick up a bottle of multivitamins to stay healthy. He ate meat because he needed it to survive.

You're looking at veg*n propoganda. 99% of it is a lie. Simple fact: animals are the source of income for farmers and ranchers. Why would they abuse them? Meat from stressed/abused animals is lower quality and sells for less money than meat from well managed and cared for animals. So why would a rancher/farmer damage his future income. There are stupid people out there, of course, but most people raising livestock are doing it right.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/9…

You are overthinking this. Right now, you don't want to eat meat, but you're worried that one day you will change your mind and start eating meat again? There's no point in worrying about that. Just focus on the present. If you don't want to eat meat right now, then don't. Research vegetarian/vegan nutrition and show your mom what you have learned about the meat industry, and what you need to eat to make sure you are meeting all your nutritional needs. Be prepared to take some responsibility for your own grocery shopping and cooking. You can also cook vegetarian meals for your whole family for dinner a couple of times a week.

Good luck!