Have you eaten meat after being vegetarian for years?

Only accidentally. Felt physically fine but sad.

Like a few people on here I ate meat after 19 years of vegetarianism when I was pregnant. At that point it was the difference between being a functioning human being at work and not.

Exactly the same here.

I was a vegetarian from the age of 15 until I became pregnant at 32 and craved sausages so much I caved in.

I've eaten meat since then (52 now) but I am going back to being meat free as I'm sure it's contributing to my massive IBS flare up over the last 6 years and also because I love animals too much and eating them doesn't feel right.

I've been vegetarian for 10 years and vegan for 6 of those years. Recently I've been considering it and it makes me feel so guilty.

I don't know what my friends and family would think if I suddenly decided to eat animal products. It's a part of my personality at this point and I'd be embarrassed to tell people.

10 years vegetarian, iron sachets and supplements just not preventing anemia and I eat well, with plentiful pulses and greens. I just have autoimmune diseases as well.

Once I started eating meat once a week it helped my iron absorption greatly. I've accepted that I just need to do it so I eat it weekly, or cook it weekly and spread it out. I buy organic and as humane as I can.

I don't like it but it has helped where even iron and b12 injections did not. I accept this isn’t an issue with some but my b12 and other autoimmune issues make pure vegan and vegetarian life very difficult for me. I struggle with it because for many years I managed, and made myself increasingly ill.

I didn't find it greasy, I thought a lot about eating meat again so I didn't feel guilty when I did switch.

Yes. I was vegetarian for about 20yrs but gave in to a sausage. No jokes!

Since then, I've eaten the odd bit of fish or seafood but have eaten more sausages, in rolls, baps, on pizzas and with pasta.

No. Vegetarian since birth, vegan for the last 13 years. I literally cannot imagine eating a piece of dead flesh, it seems so alien to me.

I was vegan for a couple of years and I went back for meat because I felt ill on beans and tofu no matter what I tried they just don't agree with my body. I felt great on meat, no more bloating or lethargy, stay full for ages.

I was vegan for 7 yrs and went back to eating all animal products overnight. I’m so glad I did, as I feel so much healthier.

I was vegetarian for 8 years until I became pregnant and craved lamb Rogan josh !

I think the place we ordered from thought anything that wasn't red meat was "vegetarian"! 🤷‍♀️

I was vegetarian for 2 years then one night after a long shift at work I really fancied fried chicken.
i was sick but at the time it tasted amazing.
had a few more things that week… a hamburger, chicken breast, fish fingers. Felt very sick but after that was fine.

Now I couldn’t go back… bacon calls to me 😂

I was vegetarian for the first 30 years of my life and then started to eat meat. I've been kind of underwhelmed by it to be honest. It's a more convenient form of protein for sure, but if I had to veggie again tomorrow I wouldn't be sad about it. I still often order the vegetarian option in restaurants. I'm still not that confident cooking it and prefer cooking vegetarian dishes.

DD did
12 years of being vegetarian then wanted meat - long story

I offered various meals with disguised meat but she went straight into steak etc.

She says she feels better physically and mentally than she has in years. She says her thoughts are sharp and clear and she has better energy and stamina. She's recently done her first park run off the back of this.
She had some bowel/ digestive issues too which have cleared up completely to my surprise.
She did not have significant upf to be vegetarian so I doubt it's related to a general improvement in diet

I was out for dinner with a vegetarian friend and the waitress muddled up our meals. I got my friend’s veggie lasagne and she got my meat one. She didn’t realise- she thought it was quorn or similar. I certainly noticed the courgette and carrots in mine so she only had a couple of mouthfuls. She was up all night being sick.

Same! I was a vegetarian for about 8 years then craved meat whilst pregnant, gave in and have been eating it ever since, although I still eat more vegetarian food. My daughter is really into eating meat 😂

Following with interest, I'm 17 years a vegetarian but have always wondered how my body would react if I ate meat after so long

Ha, cross posted.

Like nana from the Royle family when she kept offering Anthony’s gf wafer thin ham. 😂

This has just made me think of "Can she have wafer thin ham, Barbara?" 😂

My nan thought chicken was vegetarian for some reason.

I was brought up a veggie and ate that way until 30, but recently started introducing fish and chicken in, taking it slowly before going onto the red meats, basically started eating it for health and so I can have more options, really enjoyed the various fish I tried, chicken texture was interesting to get used to

Been veggie 35 years few years ago I was violently sick could think what had caused it, I'd accidently eaten a chicken pie instead of a quorn chicken pie

My DD1 returned to eating meat this year after 10 years as a vegetarian. She now eats it regularly, in small amounts, and enjoys it. She also feels better for having added it back into her diet.

We're all different.

My grandpa used to offer me ham ‘because you’re vegetarian’. In his mind, nothing cold or salad-related was meat!