Total Turnoff...

I don't know what is happening with me. I am so turned off by meat these days. The thought of eating any kind of meat (especially chicken) literally makes me ill. I read an article not long ago that kept referring to meat as flesh and I guess it struck a cord. My family thinks I am just going through a phase and it will pass but I am thinking I could actually go veg for good. The strange thing is I never even thought this was an option for me. Could this just be a phase? Has anyone else ever experienced a meat phobia and then snapped out of it?

It doesn't really matter, stop eating it for a while and then if you want to go back there is nothing stopping you.

I went off meat full time about a year ago because it suddenly started disagreeing with me and I would eat red meat now maybe 3 times a year.  I eat little chicken and mainly eat fish.  So not a phobia but I just stopped eating it.

If you dont' feel like it don't eat it, there are no set rules and its about eating what you feel like, it may be a phase and if it is you will just suddenly get a craving for meat and can fulfil that craving.

I sort of had a similar thing happen to me. About 3 years ago I decided to go veggie mainly because I just wanted to see if I could. I looked stuff up on the net and saw that it's healthy for you so I decided to commit.

After I was vegetarian for a while and really started to think about eating animals. It really is sort of grotesque. We literally have slabs of dead animal flesh lining our supermarket shelves. People claim to be civilized, but we still devour dead animals for our own nourishment.

I still view meat that way, so it wasn't just a phase for me, but lisajb74 is right, there's nothing stopping you from deciding to go back on meat if that's what you want. I think you should give going veggie a try; stick to it for maybe 6 months or so, and if you decide your "meat phobia" was just a phase, then go back to eating the way you did before. There's nothing wrong with experimenting with the way you chose to live.

Good luck. ;)

I think I am going to try it... because I really can't imagine ever wanting to eat any type of meat again. Except fish? I crave fish these days, especially raw, but cooked too. I am going to cut the land and air meat and see how that goes and I hope I will eventually be ready to give up the water meat... Mostly because I have been reading a lot to get information on all this and in my heart I feel like I should stop eating all meat. If anyone has some good information on why eating fish is a bad thing I would like to hear it.

Personally, I could never go without meat... I try protein shakes at work but if I don't eat chicken, fish and red meat my energy plummets along with my hematocrit (probably due to being a female) but If I skimp on meat.... right before my monthly I could eat a whole cow!   Not real big on carbs so maybe I need the increased protein to keep my tummy happy....not sure.

Personally, a few weeks ago, I would have said the same thing. I could NEVER go without meat. But like I said... I have no idea what happened but all of a sudden I just can't eat it. I tried a couple times to eat chicken and it literally made me sick. The thought of it makes my stomach turn... and I have no idea why???

Anyways... for now I have decided not to eat any meat except for fish. I guess I will just see how it goes and who knows maybe next week I will feel like getting a bucket of chicken... I doubt it, but ya never know.

Maybe you're turning into a vegetarian?

I don't eat any meat except fish but lately I've been gagging every time I try to eat one. It's so strange!

It's a strange experience...I have not eaten chicken, turkey, pork or fish for years, the only meat I ate was beef, then within the last 6 months or so, I started to actually gag when I was eating meat. I was thinking of how they were slaughtered. I could not get it out of my head. Even with eggs, it is so bizarre, and sometimes I crave a good piece of steak, but as soon as I really start thinking about it, I also get ill and my mind starts thinking gross thoughts .  I am happy now, I love being a vegetarian. I don't know if I could make it to vegan, maybe some day.  Good luck and just see what happens

It could be a phase. I go through the phases sometimes where I feel unpleasant eating or smelling meat.

Well... So far I have not eaten meat... except fish. I am with you on the slaughter thing. But for me it is the thought of flesh. The way it feels tearing it with teeth! Eeeeee.... yuck! It is just soooo weird because this is not anything I ever dreamed of. It just happened without a conscience thought from me and I do not mind at all. I smelled bacon cooking the other day... and that did smell pretty good but nope not a breakfast option at this point. I totally just prefer not eating it at all. The fish started creeping me out too a little. But I have had either tilapia or shrimp at least once a week, oh and tuna too.

My phase has been going on for 7 years for other meat and now beef for months, take it one day at a time

Thanks janiedd1006... It helps to know others have had this happen too. My family thinks I have totally lost it and am taking this calorie counting thing way to far. But it is not a calorie thing, I don't think??? One day at a time... that is what I am doing. I hope things stay this way. I am happy with this. Thinking about the animals and learning more about meat processing plants, going green... stuff like that helps to make me believe no matter what the reasons... I am glad this has happened to me. Thanks again for letting me know I am not alone here.