Poll of the Day > What's the longest you've gone without eating any meat?

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What is the longest you have gone on a vegetarian diet? Aka no meat, fish, shellfish, etc. but not including milk/eggs.

No idea. Never counted the days.

3 days. Longest I have gone without eating anything

I've never gone more than 8 hours without putting some hot meat in my mouth
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probably only a few days. I want to start not eating meat for days at a time regularly
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I don't think I've ever gone more than 12 hours without eating.

Three days as I was null by mouth when in hospital.
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Almost two weeks when I only ate pasta, fries and/or salad during that time period lol.
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wwinterj25 posted...

Three days as I was null by mouth when in hospital.

Oh crap yea I went 2 weeks without eating anything but jello after a throat surgery.

BlackScythe0 posted...

Oh crap yea I went 2 weeks without eating anything but jello after a throat surgery.

I had a stomach ulcer removed. They cut part of my stomach out. The worse part however was I caught a bug so the week stay in hospital turned into 3 as I had the runs. -_-
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I'm not sure when I got to solids so maybe first 1-2 years of my life
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2 years and running no problem
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Probably from dinner to lunch since breakfast is an unfortunate casualty of many peoples work life balances.

Misread meat as meal and got concerned about a lot of the choices.

Not even one day.
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While Ive never counted, I imagine week would be the longest Ive probably gone. But its usually only a few days, if at all...
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I have eaten meat every single day of my life

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I suppose I've gone w/o meat for a few days, I try to eat cheap so ramen and rice type stuff is regular. Though I can't stand the thought of purposefully avoiding meat.
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Probably a few days. Maybe a week. Can't say I've ever counted. I've got nothing against vegetarian dishes, but I tend to find that dishes without meat feel like they're missing something, so when my girlfriend and I plan meals for the week, if one of those two meals is a vegetarian dish, I'll usually make sure the other has meat in it.

_AdjI_ posted...

I tend to find that dishes without meat feel like they're missing something

I know that feeling. And Ive had it. While meat usually fixes the feeling, I think for me, it feels like I have a lot of sides with no main entre, if that makes sense...
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possibly a week, but idk. definitely not longer than that, i'm not crazy
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WarGreymon77 posted...

I have eaten meat every single day of my life

tc said milk doesn't count. how did you eat meat when you were a baby?
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Krazy_Kirby posted...

WarGreymon77 posted...

I have eaten meat every single day of my life

tc said milk doesn't count. how did you eat meat when you were a baby?

Maybe his mom pre-chewed it and fed it to him like a bird...
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14 hours

Just the past two years, but I wish I had started sooner. Don't think I could ever go back to eating meat now.
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I've given it up for Lent before, so about 40 days. Voted for month.
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JOExHIGASHI posted...

I'm not sure when I got to solids so maybe first 1-2 years of my life

Not counting that, several months when I had my jaw wired shut.

miki_sauvester posted...

What is the longest you have gone on a vegetarian diet?

I'm pretty sure my diet during that time would not qualify as vegetarian, since I literally consumed nothing but water, Carnation Instant Breakfast, and ice cream floats.
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Blaqthourne posted...

I'm pretty sure my diet during that time would not qualify as vegetarian, since I literally consumed nothing but water, Carnation Instant Breakfast, and ice cream floats.

I guess it could count, right? As long as there was no meat... I think...
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LinkPizza posted...

Blaqthourne posted...

I'm pretty sure my diet during that time would not qualify as vegetarian, since I literally consumed nothing but water, Carnation Instant Breakfast, and ice cream floats.

I guess it could count, right? As long as there was no meat... I think...

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say a vegetarian diet would require the consumption of vegetables.
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LinkPizza posted...

_AdjI_ posted...

I tend to find that dishes without meat feel like they're missing something

I know that feeling. And Ive had it. While meat usually fixes the feeling, I think for me, it feels like I have a lot of sides with no main entre, if that makes sense...

It's not even necessarily that it feels like it's missing a main course. I've had eggplant parmesan with and without ground beef in the sauce, and the latter felt much more like a complete meal despite the meat not being anywhere close to the focal point of the dish. Even if it's just added as a garnish, I find meat improves most dinner meals.

_AdjI_ posted...

LinkPizza posted...

_AdjI_ posted...

I tend to find that dishes without meat feel like they're missing something

I know that feeling. And Ive had it. While meat usually fixes the feeling, I think for me, it feels like I have a lot of sides with no main entre, if that makes sense...

It's not even necessarily that it feels like it's missing a main course. I've had eggplant parmesan with and without ground beef in the sauce, and the latter felt much more like a complete meal despite the meat not being anywhere close to the focal point of the dish. Even if it's just added as a garnish, I find meat improves most dinner meals.

You have to physically adjust to not eating meat, I found that "lacking" feeling initially. It ended after about a week. Wasn't balancing my meals as I should. Lots of non-veg people that cook vegetarian meals miss the balancing act.
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WastelandCowboy posted...

No idea. Never counted the days.

This but im wanting to say 2-3 days but im betting cheese was involved in at least one meal so still not full vegan
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One week for me.

mooreandrew58 posted...

WastelandCowboy posted...

No idea. Never counted the days.

This but im wanting to say 2-3 days but im betting cheese was involved in at least one meal so still not full vegan

After mentioning this topic to co-workers, one started asking is how long we went without other things. He asked about cheese. And I wasnt sure. But then I thought, I may not have gone a full day without cheese in a while...
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If I ever did it, it was by accident.
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LinkPizza posted...

mooreandrew58 posted...

WastelandCowboy posted...

No idea. Never counted the days.

This but im wanting to say 2-3 days but im betting cheese was involved in at least one meal so still not full vegan

After mentioning this topic to co-workers, one started asking is how long we went without other things. He asked about cheese. And I wasnt sure. But then I thought, I may not have gone a full day without cheese in a while...

As much as I love meat. Cheese is the main reason i could never be vegan.
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mooreandrew58 posted...

LinkPizza posted...

mooreandrew58 posted...

WastelandCowboy posted...

No idea. Never counted the days.

This but im wanting to say 2-3 days but im betting cheese was involved in at least one meal so still not full vegan

After mentioning this topic to co-workers, one started asking is how long we went without other things. He asked about cheese. And I wasnt sure. But then I thought, I may not have gone a full day without cheese in a while...

As much as I love meat. Cheese is the main reason i could never be vegan.

Same!
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I said 1 week. It was actually 10 days but not enough to be 1 month. I was doing a 21-day detox.
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Yeah; cheese would be harder to give up for me, as well.
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Should have had at least 2 weeks.

I made it 3 so far at the most but now I totally stopped trying since I'm moving, and once I move, all those new places to eat, yeah sorry, I can't give up meat right now.

But I didn't make a month so I couldn't put that down.

New chineese food places = NO WAY i'm giving up meat. I love good chineese and it's been so long. Also there is a good mongolian bbq place (though I eat lamb there not beef at least).

I may switch to just eating lamb, cause I like it so much, it's more expensive, but.........I don't think they are treated as badly (please don't tell me if they are) and they are not causing the problems with the environment that cows do.
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wolfy42 posted...

and they are not causing the problems with the environment that cows do.

They are causing the same problems as beef, they are ruminants (I'll spare you the extent of mistreatment; no animal wants to be killed for food). Lamb is not an environmentally friendly choice
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Between meals.
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Doctor Foxx posted...

no animal wants to be killed for food

How do you know this? Can you communicate with animals?

Maybe animals are enlightened and out of all possible reasons to be killed, they would be very happy to be killed for food because their death would mean that another animal(s), as well as plants, would be fed and thus kept alive.
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Blaqthourne posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

no animal wants to be killed for food

How do you know this? Can you communicate with animals?

Maybe animals are enlightened and out of all possible reasons to be killed, they would be very happy to be killed for food because their death would mean that another animal(s), as well as plants, would be fed and thus kept alive.

Youve never seen or heard the butchering of a pig
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That response implies that they were reacting that way because they knew they were being killed for food, as opposed to just being, you know, hurt really badly.
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Blaqthourne posted...

How do you know this? Can you communicate with animals?

Slaughterhouse footage exists... Or empathy

Try to hurt an animal when it's not confined and see how it reacts

(Don't actually do this)

Animals fight to escape and avoid being killed on the slaughter lines all the time, they are unfortunately in a situation where they cannot escape as hard as they try

Blaqthourne posted...

That response implies that they were reacting that way because they knew they were being killed for food, as opposed to just being, you know, hurt really badly.

They don't want to "just be hurt really badly" either

Believe it or not animals make it pretty clear they don't like being treated that way. Whether it's for food or just because you are being cruel, no creature wants to be on the receiving end of violence no matter what the ends are (slaughter is an act of violence)

They're also smarter than you think. They can smell the blood, fear, and death of others around them. They can see them being hurt and killed. They spend those last moments in abject terror, aware of and unable to avoid that fate
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It's almost like you're saying that animals don't like being killed. Period.
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Blaqthourne posted...

It's almost like you're saying that animals don't like being killed. Period.

literally what is your point lmao
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