Vegetarians and Vegans: Do You No Longer Desire Meat?

Question

I'm 17, male, and I started to go vegetarian over 2 years ago. I did it gradually; first I cut out beef, then ham/pork, then chicken, then fish, and finally shellfish. But, I've come to find that since I've been a vegetarian I no longer desire meat at all. I don't know if it has to do with the fact that I am a picky eater to begin with. Do any of you guys feel this way too????????

Answer 1

whenever i think about eating meat i think of the poor animal that had to die for it....then i lose my taste for it

Answer 2

I no longer see food when I look at it.

Answer 3

i still have a bit of a longing for panda express's orange chicken but really i don't even have to resist because immediately i think off what the that orange chicken went through to get to that panda express, and i'm good without it. and everything else just doesn't sound appetizing.

Answer 4

Me too. I never really liked meat anyways. It will be 2 years for me in October.

Answer 5

I'm a pesco-vegetarian (I eat fish because I used to have other unrelated health problems) and all meat is just gross to me now. Once I read about not only the cruelty behind animal products but also how bad they are for you, I just grew out of the habit of putting that stuff in my body.

Answer 6

It been already 7 years being a vegan. today surely i do not have any desire to meat. My 5 y/o daughter had never tasted flesh before and never possessed any desire, has no problem with meat craving. I will leave to her freedom one day. She already has the rights for choosing hundreds of healthy and ethical veggie products in the market today. I had never compromised the taste & nutrition by being a vegan.

Answer 7

its just natural for me now to eat vegetarian. i don't look in my fridge, see meat (i live my my parents since I'm 13) and go AW MAN i wish i could have some of that!

Answer 8

Never did, never will. to me not eating meat is like the most natural thing in the world.

Answer 9

I still desire meat, and have it every once in a while. (once every 6 months). And when I do eat it, I eat very little of it. However things like sausage and bacon feel much greasier to me now than they ever did since I became a pescetarian several months ago after dating someone that influenced me to take on a newer healthier diet.

Steak (cow meat) has never turned me on. I don't understand what people find so intriguing about it. And I ate far too much of this stuff as a kid.

Your desire for the junk you used to conosume will wane after your taste buds get used to not having it, cause then your mind won't think about it. Taste is not only physical, it's mental and nasal. I did this with processed sugar in my coffee. It now grosses me out to have sugar in my coffee.

Answer 10

Well, I became a vegetarian just over a year and a half ago. I don't really have cravings anymore, except for the occasional late night nothing to eat scenario. But when I first started had a lot of cravings. They definitely go away over time.  

Answer 11

I'm 22 now and have been a vegetarian since I was 13. I never really cared for the taste of meat, so have never desired it.  

Answer 12

I am a male, 61, and have been meatless for six years.  I, too, had been drifting away from meat for several years.  My last meat meal was a piece of chicken at a company picnic.  Perhaps I go to extremes to avoid meat and meat products, but not only do I not desire meat anymore--I do not even like to be around it and certainly do not want it in my diet.  

     It takes some effort to avoid meat completely, as many manufactured products have a meat-type product buried in the ingredients list.  For example, a certain golden-arches restaurant chain still puts beef extract in their French fries, and many products use the term "natural flavoring" for some ingredients that are actually meat sources.  Still, it is well worth the effort.  

      Truly I feel better since meat left my diet; in fact, I noticed that effect within days of committing to a meatless diet, and it continues and improves all the time.  I do eat some dairy products but try not to consume too much of those.  There is a great variety of foods that both vegans and vegetarians can eat to ensure a well-balanced, highly nutritious diet.  If you like to cook, check out some cookbooks from your library and then maybe buy some. You may be surprised at how many fine foods you can have.  I hope your family and friends support you in your choice.  It's a good one.  It is certain that I shall never go back to meat.

Answer 13

i am a vegetarian and i have no desire for meat. i never liked it all that much, i ate chicken more then beef and i always hated pork and fish. i don't miss eating it all, and i can use tofu or veggie burgars and other substitutes in dishes that ask for meat, and i like them better that way.

Answer 14

ive been a vegetarian for about they same length as u..but i cut them all out at once and i havent had a desire for meat since i became a vegetarian.  meat actually isnt even that good tastin to me!

Answer 15

im the same way! i used to love it, but now i just think its gross. i cant ever imagine myslf eating meat again.

Answer 16

Yeah I'm a Vegan I don't have a taste for meat anymore. Sometimes when i think about it i feel like throwing up! It seems gross to eat animals to me. =)

Answer 17

Nope. I couldn't even tell ya what it tastes like anymore.

Answer 18

yep! :)

i agree completely, i dont like the fact that its an animal, an i also just dont want it anymore! it makes me feel great! :)

Answer 19

I have been veg*n for 21 years.  There's not one tiny little part of me that can conceive of eating meat, let alone actually wanting it.  That happened a long time ago but I don't really remember when.

Answer 20

well i am vegan since birth when i first started school i wanted to try meat otherwise no

Answer 21

Before I became a vegetarian I never desired meat, I hated it and still do not desired it.

Answer 22

I've been a vegetarian for just three weeks and I still sometimes see meat. with my immediate response being "yum" however no more than two seconds after that I remembr why I'm doing what I'm doing and, like Krister said, don't see it as food anymore. And really after my initial reaction, I don't crave it WHATSOEVER - it grosses me out. That "yum" thing is slowly decreasing, however.

Answer 23

i dont desire meat at all either. im a vegan, and i do crave velveeta mac and cheese from time to time though.

Answer 24

Yup. Weird, huh?

Answer 25

No, no desire for it.  Did I desire it in the first place, or what it just a habit or what I was used to?  Who knows.

After adjusting my diet over the years, I used to crave sugar/sweet stuff, but now that's gone too. Junk food used to be pretty normal for me a long time ago, but now, it tastes just way too strong and awful. So, no desire for that now too. The healthier you eat, the more the body recognizes such things as being bad.