vegetarian/binge

Ok. I fyou are a vegetarian and don't eat meat ever, but when you binge, you binge by eating meat, are you still considered a vegetarian?

I don't want to get involved with the veg*n politics stuff, but I would look at why you are bingeing on meat. Our bodies tend to crave nutrients that we don't get enough of. Are you eating enough protein? What kind of meat do you eat? If you're eating fatty meats, maybe you aren't getting enough fat. If it's red meat, are you getting enough iron?

Not really, but don't let it bother you unduly.   You're an omnivore that doesn't eat much meat.... a perfectly respectable thing to be.

I'm a vegetarian and whenever I binge, it's never with meat.

The reason I became a vegetarian was because I was strongly against the cruel things that farm animals were facing. So, in my opinion: no you are not still considered a vegetarian. But hopefully it was a one-time situation.

eating meat is not vegetarian.. so no

Original Post by emilyd22222:

I don't want to get involved with the veg*n politics stuff, but I would look at why you are bingeing on meat. Our bodies tend to crave nutrients that we don't get enough of. Are you eating enough protein? What kind of meat do you eat? If you're eating fatty meats, maybe you aren't getting enough fat. If it's red meat, are you getting enough iron?

 My gf was trying to become a vegetarian she was really commited but her body just kept asking for meat. So she gave in, and it was a good things because she's a very active girl and she needed that meat to stay healthy. She tried protein shakes and bars and nut and you name it but the cravings didn't stop. So now she eats meat like twice or less a week like me :)

Hi -

I think that, yes, you are still a vegetarian. My definition of binging is eating foods in an amount or of a type that doesn't meet my usual value system of food/nutrition. So, if you are binging on meat, it is just that - a crazy tear of eating foods that don't match how you really want to eat/your choices/values.

As another member said, however, I'd ask myself (if I were you) if I were craving meat for a particular (nutritional) reason.

I can tell you that - even as strict vegan, and a person really opposed to how animals are treated in the "harvesting" sense - I have eaten meat on occassion because it seemed to be the only way to resolve a feeling of hunger.

It happens; evaluate if for yourself and adjust accordingly.

Good luck!

It doesn't matter why, if you eat it, you're not a vegetarian, simple as that.

well, that is certainly your opinion. but, just that your opinion.

I have to agree with onmyway--

I also don't wanna get into all the veg politics bs, because it differs with each case. I don't know the full details of your situation, but the word "binge" conjurs up ED connotations. And in such a case one may eat things completely outside of their norm. Many people, while binging, completely detach from the food itself. People can eat tubs full of butter, not needing the calories or even satisfying a craving. It sounds irrational and unusual, but it happens. And we're all human.

You should just think for yourself instead of trying to follow a formula for what makes you a vegetarian or an animal lover, etc. If you feel out of control while binging, you aren't making a rational choice, whereas in your daily life, you are deciding to be a vegatarian.

Personally, I think if you're binging 'cause of a disorder, or a major mental breakdown, or some other thing that almost takes it out of your control, you're still veg if you binge on meat, because it almost seems like an accident then.  I wouldn't say someone isn't vegetarian anymore if they accidentally ate hidden meat in a dish, either.

If you're just binging 'cause of like "oh no my boyfriend left" or just out of boredom, and especially if it's a habit, then no, then you're no longer a vegetarian, because then it is a fully concious choice.

Just my opinion. :)

No sorry, try binging on "fake" meat :)

Original Post by cindolin:

I have to agree with onmyway--

I also don't wanna get into all the veg politics bs, because it differs with each case. I don't know the full details of your situation, but the word "binge" conjurs up ED connotations. And in such a case one may eat things completely outside of their norm. Many people, while binging, completely detach from the food itself. People can eat tubs full of butter, not needing the calories or even satisfying a craving. It sounds irrational and unusual, but it happens. And we're all human.

You should just think for yourself instead of trying to follow a formula for what makes you a vegetarian or an animal lover, etc. If you feel out of control while binging, you aren't making a rational choice, whereas in your daily life, you are deciding to be a vegatarian.

 you talk about a "binge" as if it were some sort of biological reflex ingrained in peoples with eating disorders and that they have no control over what they shovel into thier mouths

that's a lie. a total lie. humans do have desires, this is true. to be human, is to want, very much sometimes-- humans also have something called FREE WILL... excersize it.

I think it's a way of your body telling you that you need more protein. For example, when I wasn't exactly paying attention to how much protein I got when I started craving fish (the only thing I ever still miss) that was/is how I know my body is telling me "listen you need some more protein." It's a matter of being able to identify your triggers. When that happens I like to go eat a bunch of kidney beans or have some peanutbutter or the likes! 

While there's nothing wrong with being an omnivore that eats very little meat, if being a vegetarian by nature rather than simply by diet is something you aspire to be then knowing those little kinds of triggers and the right things to eat in place of meat is ideal :)