Thats it im going veggie

lou · Post by **lou** » 30 Apr 2008, 19:56

My OH showed me some stuff he found on youtube about "free range farming" I felt better about myself only buying free range meat and eggs before i got my girls, but really all farming is just awful, why do these animals have to suffer? I know i probably sound really naive but i honsetly thought that they got a better deal, but it would seem not, i just watched a video clip from a rescue centre called peaceful prairie and their free range hens looked worse then the battery ones?! It was american but thats not the point.

So thats it, im not buying into this anymore. I know i sound a bit melodramatic, and i still will have to buy meat for my children, but i actually feel really depressed now.I have been going off meat anyway, thanks to my lovely chooks, and reading up so much about farming methods the last few months, but i sit here now and swear i am not eating meat again.

Citrine · Post by **Citrine** » 30 Apr 2008, 20:11

...not even a crispy bacon sarnie )de:

lou · Post by **lou** » 30 Apr 2008, 20:38

God no, after i watched the dvd i got from the CWIF. I haven't eaten pork since. Haven't eaten much lately now im really thinking about it? Just alot of eggs!

Post by **saint-spoon** » 30 Apr 2008, 20:43

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmâ€¦C.R.I.S.P.Y.B.A.C.O.N.S.A.R.N.I.Eâ€¦ )b(

lou · Post by **lou** » 30 Apr 2008, 20:57

Hey you guys im being serious here :cry:

melons · Post by **melons** » 30 Apr 2008, 21:08

I've not eaten it for over 24 years, so you go for it, most of it's full of rubbish & carted kicking & screaming all over the country side, it is just dreadful it truly is.
I've had no food scares either )t'

lou · Post by **lou** » 30 Apr 2008, 21:22

Thanks Mel!! )t(

Meanqueen · Post by **Meanqueen** » 30 Apr 2008, 21:28

I would like to offer you my encouragement as well, Lou. I could not face eating any meat, and similar to Mel, I have not eaten it for 20 years. Go for it, yeh!

)eat(

I LOVE VEGETABLES
Ilona

lou · Post by **lou** » 30 Apr 2008, 21:36

Ha, thanks, not sure what im going to be eating, but it looks like fruit,veg and pasta are on the menu for the forseable future! )lck(

Better dig out the recipie books!

AnnaB · Post by **AnnaB** » 30 Apr 2008, 22:02

Hi lou

I have no problems with people not eating meat - please make sure you get protein.....your body needs it.

Anna

Post by **wendy** » 30 Apr 2008, 23:17

We are mainly vegetarian and sometimes would eat free range if we went to friends.
But once I saw how they were slaughtered I cannot eat it.
There is some protein in veggies and of course the pulses are great, plus of course your eggs.
You will only have a problems if you are a real vegan and not eat any animal products.
Wendy

lou · Post by **lou** » 01 May 2008, 07:01

Yes Wendy your right, but i think i have to draw the line somewhere?
Or is that being hypocritical?

Are their any vegans here?

(should of posted this in another section me thinks :oops:

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Citrine · Post by **Citrine** » 01 May 2008, 08:11

..I was only jesting )j;

, didnt mean to upset you Lou.

If you feel its the way for you, then follow your heart. Just make sure you listen to your body, and get enough nutrients (..funnily enought that word begins with the word Nut!!)

Good luck - will you be eating fish??

melons · Post by **melons** » 01 May 2008, 08:20

I'd love to say I've turned out all right on a veggie diet, but i think others may not entirely agree )j;

morph · Post by **morph** » 01 May 2008, 09:18

I'm a veggie too - and might I add, we're not stupid, and just because we don't eat meat, we still know what nutrients we need!! (f+

It makes me laugh when you're veggie, and people say - oooo make sure you get enough protein!!!

WHATEVER!!!!!!!

Go for it Lou - it's your choice after all. Oh, and when I used to eat meat, I didn't enjoy bacon, so not all veggies are after a bacon sarnie.

Secondly - if someone were to give up smoking, would people be so rude as to say " ooooooo cigarette, ooooooooo you know you want one". No - methinks not, because most people think smoking is wrong

Freedom of choice - and no, I won't be giving up smoking, and no, I won't eat meat again!

I sometimes think that people think it's "funny" to be veggie, and they act as though we're weird not to eat meat. Well, for sure, I know I won't get food poisining from chicken, BSE from beef, heart disease from red meat...............