After 7 years of being a Vegetarian...

[masmdu]

I Fell of the Wagon tonight .....now I'm a lapsed vegetarian.

I went to Golden Corral with me sweety and for no good reason I had two big steaks and some pot roast.

Tasted great...but now I feel ill, sluggish.

[GOPisEvil]

1. REPENT SINNER!!!!!!

7 years with no meat? No wonder you feel ill.

I blame your sweety - he/she should have stopped you. </pass the buck-ism> ;-)

[bicentennial_baby]

2. Oh snap

It's like smoking, once you fall off, you need to get right back on the wagon...I'm a veggie and I know how you feel. That's the reason right there that I don't eat it, it makes me feel ill and sluggish. Eat a salad, cleanse your palate!

[Avalux]

3. No good reason???

Did the same thing a couple of years ago after 9 years as a vegetarian. Decided I couldn't pass up the barbecued ribs. Do you feel guilty (in addition to the sluggishness)?

[masmdu]

4. Not really

Felt more guilty about the size of the tip we left.

[Avalux]

5. So the question is...

will your new-found carnivorism continue, or was it an isolated event?

I just re-read your post - you had 2 steaks? No wonder you feel ill. Overdose!

[masmdu]

7. Isolate event

...I hope....

[DS1]

6. I've always understood that veggies need to go back to meat slowly

Not the 96 oz'er challenge route that you took :evilgrin:

Hope it doesn't mess up your insides too much!

btw, Welcome back, just take it slowly

[KittyWampus]

8. Been There/Done That

The real killer is when you've gone for a really long time without refined sugar and then eat some ice cream.

[jonnyblitz]

9. I feel off awhile back..

You can tell. It throws your whole system out of wack..i need to get off meat soon..

[coralrf]

10. Golden Corral????

Dear Person....

if you are going to eat meat do it right. That hole is a swill joint. Go to a decent place and get the Tournedos a la Rossini or the Steak au Poivre...etc…

I have been told they don’t have wine in that latrine...what did you have with the red meat....coke?

yukk

[masmdu]

12. LOL!...true enough...

We went because it has a good choice of vegetarian foods. Didn't start out to eat steak...it just called out to me as I walked buy with my plate of veggies.

"Eat me" it said...and I complied.

[NicoleM]

11. Mmm. . .meat

I was a vegetarian for a lot of years, somewhere in the seven neighborhood. It started small--I really, really wanted a tuna sandwich. But I didn't do it. Chicken nuggets looked delicious, but I stayed strong.

Then I went to Alaska. They have salmon in Alaska. It's really, really yummy. I know because I ate a hunk of salmon when I was there, August of 1997. That was the end of my days as a vegetarian. I still don't eat pigs or cows, but I feel better when I eat the occasional fish or fowl. Maybe it's the iron or protein or something.

Anyway, if anybody wants to come over, I have some salmon in the freezer ready to grill. Do you want barbeque or teriyaki?

[enkidu2]

13. not to

be self righteous because i cant be as i have never given up fish although chicken and meat are gone from my plate, but maybe a dose a peter singer might help you back on the wagon, or if you have a desire to live a long life (which i dont particularly) remember a veg diet maybe as good as the average statin in getting your cholesterol down.

[NicoleM]

14. I'm hardly a carnivore

I eat meat maybe 2 or 3 times a week, and only chicken, turkey or fish. I'm fine. In fact, I'm better than I was before because I'm hypoglycemic and it's easier to manage my blood sugar when I eat some protein.

But I appreciate your concern. :)

[KCDem]

19. lol, that's sorta my story!

I became a veg in '89, after reading Peter Singer's _Animal Liberation_ in an "ethical issues" class. Believe it or not, fried cheese is not the best source of protein. After 3 years and about +30 lbs, I decided to eat fish/shellfish. Then, one night, my best friend, also a veg, and I were talking about what we would _really_ want most if we were to "sin". Chicken wings, we decided (they didn't exist before we started our veggie diets). So, we went out, got loaded, and got a huge messy plate 'o wings. And, ever since then, I eat poultry. Hell, if you're a veg for the "it hurts the poor animals" stance, well, chicken brains ain't exactly big....

[Runesong]

15. Perfectly normal.

You chose a vegetarian diet for ethical, and health reasons. If you fall off the wagon and eat a cheeseburger or a steak, once and a while, are you full of shit?

No. Perhaps your body was low on iron, or just wanted a damn steak...

Keep the good motivations you started with in mind. You'll get past your McDonalds drive-thru crisis :)

[chicaloca]

26. argh!

Sorry, but the iron thing is one of my pet peeves....I've been vegetarian for 9 years, and whenever I donate blood they're amazed at my high iron level. It consistently registers in the 41-42% range, which is apparently the highest iron level you can safely have. Spinach, grains (ie bread) peas, lentils, and beans are excellent sources of iron. Even the old-fashioned FDA has admitted that you can meet all the dietary requirements on a vegetarian diet.

That said, a lapse isn't the end of the world....being veggie is a choice that some people stay with and some don't, and some stay with it with occasional lapses....Maybe you just didn't have enough variety in your diet. (In which case I could recommend a gazillion cookbooks, but I don't want to bore everyone here!) Who knows? As long as you don't spew everywhere, I wouldn't worry too much. :)

[NashVegas]

16. Is Your Stomach Doing Flip-Flops Yet?

just curious :)

[ScreamingMeemie]

17. Clear the way to the bathrooms...

:hurts:

[Pert_UK]

18. Break out the blender and mix me a spam margerita.....

I remember see a comedian do the following:

"Are there any vegetarians in the audience?....Hmmm...only a few apparently. Actually there are lots of them, they just don't have the strength to raise their arms."

PML!

Just FYI, I had a kangaroo pie the other day...it was OK, but quite an odd taste.

P.

[KCDem]

20. kangaroo in UK?

hm, sounds odd.

Strangely... I don't eat mammal.. unless it's an "odd" mammal. I'll try anything that isn't "normal" and/or factory farmed. So, I guess kangaroo could be on my list.

[Pert_UK]

23. I am currently in Western Australia, although I have seen it in the UK...

on menus and in zoos!

I've also seen alligator and ostrich on menus in the UK.

I think that a kangaroo steak would be fine, but the chopped 'roo I had in the pie was a little too gamey, almost as if it had been hung for far too long....and believe me when I say I like game.

And games.

P.

[curse10]

21. Ick

of all the things to fall off the wagon with!

If I even thought about eating all that meat I'd :puke:

[Tigermoose]

22. No sweat.

It's not like your going to burn in hell for all eternity.

[Exultant Democracy]

24. lol

poor little cow, poor sad little cow, I bet it was someones mommy :-)

[MisterP]

25. three minutes at 275* should do it.

:o