[Jessica.]

I decided on Monday that I'd try it for the rest of January and see how it goes, if it goes well I am going to make it a more long-term thing. I love animals and I don't want to eat them, I have two cats and if anything happened to them it would break my heart, so I just felt really guilty when I was eating other animals. Wish me well.

[Cal.]

It's surprisingly easy and the food is yummy. I'm an ex vegetarian but still often have meat free days just because you can eat gorgeous food without including meat into your diet. Good luck Jess you're going to love it and feel so much better about yourself too! I'm only eating meat atm to make things easier for my parents so they don't have to cook loads of different meals but once I'm living on my own come September I'll be going back veggie!

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Cal.

It's surprisingly easy and the food is yummy. I'm an ex vegetarian

lol

[Jessica.]

Thank you, I made a satay stirfry for dinner today with TVP and it was yummy, I was very happy with it. I already feel so happy to not be eating animals any more. I still need to shed a few kilos and I'm sure eating more wholefoods and being just more aware of my diet in general will be good for that too.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

I still need to shed a few kilos.

Ahh, now we're getting to the bottom of it. You want to lose weight but are pretending it's a selfless animal saving exercise, I see.

[Jessica.]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Ahh, now we're getting to the bottom of it. You want to lose weight but are pretending it's a selfless animal saving exercise, I see.

No, I've been losing weight for a while and I had a whole bar of lindt chocolate last night so if I stopped eating meat purely to lose weight that would be a bit of an oxymoron.

Humans aren't omnivores, really, we are able to grind our jaws and we have flat back teeth, the canines are not an excuse because they are feeble compared to the ones you'd see on real carnivores. Our canines are for apples and nuts and stuff like that.

In the end I just love animals and I don't want to eat them. Also I think the meat industry is one of the worst for the environment and more people need to open their eyes to that.

[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

Humans aren't omnivores, really, we are able to grind our jaws and we have flat back teeth, the canines are not an excuse because they are feeble compared to the ones you'd see on real carnivores. Our canines are for apples and nuts and stuff like that.

Originally Posted by Jessica.

Neither of my cats have ever killed a bird, they are both rescues and we live in an area that's dangerous for cars. Cats have natural instincts to kill and eat birds and other small animals. We don't. When we see a little lamb skipping around we want to have a look and give it a cuddle, nobody starts salivating from the sight of it, but real carnivores wouldn't see a cute little animal at all, they would see an easy meal because it's weaker and smaller than the adults.

These are honestly the best arguments I've heard for becoming vegetarian, you always assume that our instinct is to eat meat and vegetarians are distinct from that, but I wonder if it should really be thought of the other way around, and if we don't need to eat animals... then why do we? You could say taste but then why do we eat certain animals and find it morally wrong to eat other animals that may also taste good. I don't know if I'd become vegetarian but it has got me thinking. Good luck with it Jessica!

[Jessica.]

Originally Posted by Jamie89

These are honestly the best arguments I've heard for becoming vegetarian, you always assume that our instinct is to eat meat and vegetarians are distinct from that, but I wonder if it should really be thought of the other way around, and if we don't need to eat animals... then why do we? You could say taste but then why do we eat certain animals and find it morally wrong to eat other animals that may also taste good. I don't know if I'd become vegetarian but it has got me thinking. Good luck with it Jessica!

Yeah, I think a lot of people would change how they eat if they had more knowledge about how unnecessary meat is and about our anatomy in relation to comparison with herbivores, carnivores and omnivores in the animal kingdom.

[Lostie!]

It was my cat that turned me vegetarian too

[Ashley.]

Originally Posted by Lostie!

It was my cat that turned me vegetarian too

That's one persuasive cat.

[Cal.]

It was my dogs also

[Alf]

Just think of them succulent sausages, those greasy hambugers, those juicy lamb chops, a bacon banjo in the morning and that fine smelling joint of roast beef on a Sunday.

Mmmmmmm.......meat


You must be literally mad to give that up just because the leftie media guilt trips you.

Summer BBQ's will never be the same again.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Alf

Just think of them succulent sausages, those greasy hambugers, those juicy lamb chops, a bacon banjo in the morning and that fine smelling joint of roast beef on a Sunday.

Mmmmmmm.......meat


You must be literally mad to give that up just because the leftie media guilt trips you.

Summer BBQ's will never be the same again.

And don't forget all that cholesterol furring up your arteries and the added bonus of it could cause a higher rate of cancer in meat eaters.

[Jessica.]

I just find it hard to look at these innocent faces every day while other animals just like them are being treated like crap.

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

I just find it hard to look at these innocent faces every day while other animals just like them are being treated like crap.

You giving up meat won't stop others eating animals and hurting them, does your cat care when it kills a bird in the garden!.

[Jessica.]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

Does your cat care when it kills a bird in the garden!.

Neither of my cats have ever killed a bird, they are both rescues and we live in an area that's dangerous for cars. Cats have natural instincts to kill and eat birds and other small animals. We don't. When we see a little lamb skipping around we want to have a look and give it a cuddle, nobody starts salivating from the sight of it, but real carnivores wouldn't see a cute little animal at all, they would see an easy meal because it's weaker and smaller than the adults.

[Jordan.]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

Neither of my cats have ever killed a bird, they are both rescues and we live in an area that's dangerous for cars. Cats have natural instincts to kill and eat birds and other small animals. We don't. When we see a little lamb skipping around we want to have a look and give it a cuddle, nobody starts salivating from the sight of it, but real carnivores wouldn't see a cute little animal at all, they would see an easy meal because it's weaker and smaller than the adults.

We don't have an instinct to kill for food because we are aware there is far easier and obtainable ways of eating, if we wers stranded in the wilderness it'd be another story.

But anyway it's your choice so good luck with it x

[lily.]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

We don't have an instinct to kill for food because we are aware there is far easier and obtainable ways of eating, if we wers stranded in the wilderness it'd be another story.

But anyway it's your choice so good luck with it x

This is an interesting point Jordan. I had a discussion with my son about how I would survive being stranded in the wilderness. He would have no problem killing in order to eat/survive, whereas I would be unable to do that. It's one thing to buy prepared meat, but another to physically kill a living creature in order to eat it.

I would even struggle with fishing. I'm basically the kind of person who can't kill insects/arachnids, and carefully eject them through the door or window when I find one in the house.

So I would be the pale faced one trying to survive on leaves and berries, and probably poisoning myself because I don't know which ones not to eat! lol

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

Neither of my cats have ever killed a bird, they are both rescues and we live in an area that's dangerous for cars. Cats have natural instincts to kill and eat birds and other small animals. We don't. When we see a little lamb skipping around we want to have a look and give it a cuddle, nobody starts salivating from the sight of it, but real carnivores wouldn't see a cute little animal at all, they would see an easy meal because it's weaker and smaller than the adults.

Cats will catch mice keep them alive, let them go only to catch them again over and over until they are dead, then they don't eat them,

What you choose to eat is up to you!, no animal should be killed needlessly, some humans eat meat.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

You giving up meat won't stop others eating animals and hurting them, does your cat care when it kills a bird in the garden!.

Bloody hell sheriff I thought better of you when a cat kills a bird it's instinct,its not nice but they don't know any different,they don't know they are causing pain,as for humans killing for meat, some of those so called 'humans' enjoy inflicting pain on animals ,there is a world of difference.

[caprimint]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

You giving up meat won't stop others eating animals and hurting them, does your cat care when it kills a bird in the garden!.

This is a really poor argument against vegetarianism, I can't speak for anyone but for me personally it's about eating them (I find it disgusting), whether they still get killed/hurt is besides the point really

[Lostie!]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

You giving up meat won't stop others eating animals and hurting them

Nobody ever said otherwise, doesn't mean that we all want to contribute to it ourselves.

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

does your cat care when it kills a bird in the garden!.

Cats also lick themselves clean and **** in litter trays, what's your point?

I don't know why the idea of vegetarianism bothers some people so much. Nobody's forcing it on everyone, the sky isn't falling.

[Ashley.]

Originally Posted by Lostie!

I don't know why the idea of vegetarianism bothers some people so much. Nobody's forcing it on everyone, the sky isn't falling.

Because people enjoy believing that they know more than you about a subject you feel strongly about. It's a life choice, like religious conversion or choosing not to have children and it's not really up to anybody else to question it.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

You could make a good stir-fry with that!

[Ashley.]

Originally Posted by Adam.

More chicken for me

Originally Posted by Alf

You could make a good stir-fry with that!

...And then you get utterly pointless comments like this.