Why I’m no longer vegetarian after 2 years of not eating meat

[@charlottef2604]

Sometimes I really want to eat meat again but I just can't bring myself to it. I know I'm just gonna get a whole bunch of, I told you so's

[@sunflower4879]

And animals suffering

[@FutureLegend100]

Maybe because it's in your nature

[@KF-zs8oq]

Me aswell I crave chicken but I haven't eaten even white meat in in 2 years my hair is thining my brain is slow I'm drained I need a change

[@KF-zs8oq]

I eat so much healthy food, balanced high protein and take all my vitamins, I do the vegan diet right been to a doctor about my diet everything,

[@laurac746]

Lottie F same!!!

[@lexi2640]

i started being a vegetarian back in august 2018, and i stuck with it until april 2019. i loved being vegetarian, it made me feel healthy for the most part, especially around the beginning. at first, i was eating pretty healthy, sticking with the whole grains and fruits and vegetables. after a while, though, i realized i was eating nothing but carbs. i craved carbs, and only carbs, and my body was just NOT doing well (weight gain, acne, always tired/hungry, things like that). im going to just stick with chicken and fish for now, no red meat, just to see if that helps, along with eating better in general of course.

[@yanibelleza]

How many calories were you eating a day?

[@ganapatikitty]

I understand the carb thing, i was vegan for 3 years..it’s all I craved I think it’s healthy to incorporate some animal fats it makes me less hungry and crazy for carbs

[@ulyssespage8250]

Eat meat once a month, if you like.

[@KISSKetoitSimpleforSuccess]

Why are you worried about red meat? Read up about grass fed beef.

[@caitconnelly7349]

How did you start eating meat again emotionally? For me it’s so hard to think about but I know I need it

[@sunflower4879]

No one needs to eat meat. Every single vitamin found in meat can be found in plant based products.

[@Lilyanna298]

Dieticians support vegan diets and say they “can enhance” health www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/19562864/m www.bda.uk.com/news/view?id=179 www.dietitians.ca/Your-Health/Nutrition-A-Z/Vegetarian-Diets.aspx daa.asn.au/smart-eating-for-you/smart-eating-fast-facts/healthy-eating/vegetarian-diets-the-basics/ josephpoore.com/Science%20360%206392%20987%20-%20Accepted%20Manuscript.pdf www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5971679/ www.aicr.org/patients-survivors/healthy-or-harmful/vegetarian-and-vegan.html Also The World Health Organisation says that most meats cause cancer www.nhs.uk/news/cancer/processed-meat-causes-cancer-warns-who-report/

[@FutureLegend100]

@@sunflower4879 that ain't true lmao

[@whitesylveonrose2042]

Hey after 10 months, did you start eating meat again? I‘m also starting to think I should start eating it again.. But I feel so bad.

[@azwell45]

@@whitesylveonrose2042 hey after 5 months.. did you do it ? :D

[@Cheergirly0921]

I started watching you when I binge watched dorm hauls my senior year of high school (2015) and now I'm in my senior year of college. I genuinely relate to you and like to see what other people are doing at their own school as a college student myself. I like to think of someone I would want to be friends with

[@lauramillanes5178]

I've been vegetarian for 2 years and want to go back to eating meat. How exactly did you start eating meat? Like you ate meat one day and then every single day after you kept on eating it?

[@kitty1256x]

Maybe just try fish or eggs...

[@rohanmaurya9740]

Eat white meat n red meat only mutton n lamb grass fed.

[@angelinarouthier4577]

Probably to late now, but if you haven't tried it yet maybe try fish first :)

[@blitzmlcom2939]

What do you mean how to start eating meat, just start eating it like you eat everything else,

[@lauramillanes5178]

@@blitzmlcom2939 What do you mean you’re replying to my comment a whole year later 🤣

[@catherinechoi97]

omg same girl!! i've been vegetarian for 6 years but this past summer I randomly started craving meat like crazyyy (like i would literally go to bed and wake up thinking about meat which had never happened before) so i was like mmm i think my body is trying to tell me something. so i went and got chick fil a (HAHA it was my first time and I wanted to see what the hype was about) and since then have been eating meat for the past ~4 months. and though i think i'm going to go back to like a 90% vegetarian diet next semester, i think it's totally fine that you're eating meat again and you don't need to be apologetic at all!! even not having eaten meat for 2 years/watching what you're eating now makes a huge difference so don't let anyone guilt you into feeling a certain way!

[@lauramillanes5178]

Catie Choi did you get sick at all? When you ate meat again did you eat the whole burger? I've been vegetarian for 2 years and want to eat meat again. I just don't wanna feel sick after so idk how to go about it.

[@shamere1993]

Were you low on iron? My doctor says you tend to crave it especially when low on iron.

[@janeh9962]

I'm super busy with finals as well, but trying to find the time to watch your vlogs. Love you so much, you absolutely got this!!!!!!!!!!!

[@siickheartz]

I haven’t been vegetarian for a whole year yet and I’m already dreaming about eating meat. Almost nightly. Idk what to do.

[@Chamitammy]

Becky Townes nobody has to do it. I was Veggie three years long and craved meat so bad after two years. Well: Eat just when you really, really want it and take care that the animals lived a fullfilled life. Nobody has to be "extreme"

[@TopNotchEagle]

Eat what your body craves, eat what you want, nothing wrong with eating meat. Be happy and healthy.

[@lifestylewithdarci]

Listen to you body it’s telling you something very important. 🙏🏻😊

[@laurenscott1879]

Listen to your body I’m vegan and I have been craving chicken and seafood so I’m going to listen I’m just afraid of the hate

[@allysoune5509]

it's only been a week for me and i'm already worried about the negative health benefits, i care about the animals so that's my biggest conflict. emotionally it's a bit much. but i don't want to be unhealthy. i'm also worried about the i told u so's

[@maes879]

it's funny because being an introvert is something that I relate to you so much on and I love to always hear what you have to say about it because it is so refreshing so hear someone with similar opinions

[@salemestreich2863]

Real question: so I’ve been vegetarian for two years and just really want a Chick-fil-A sandwich, and some bbq. How do you bring your self to break out of the bubble. I feel like I just can’t do it. How do you stop being vegetarian. Real help please.

[@Angela-zw6ko]

I feel stuck. Many of the people in the comments have been vegetarian for 2 years or less. I’m going on year 9. It’s too hard. How is it even possible 🥴😭

[@savannahmacdonald7704]

Love your content Annemarie!

[@meganasekar4002]

I think your reason is great! I always knew some Asian cuisines rely on meat a lot, but I never thought about how that could affect diet choices. Especially since in Asian cultures, rejecting food can be disrespectful! Honestly, I think as long as everything is done in moderation and not heavily wasteful!

[@tanja3712]

Yes! Moderation is king

[@addison7859]

I’ve been a vegetarian for around 3 years and I have the sudden urge to eat meat but I know I couldn’t actually bring myself to eat it 😪

[@azwell45]

hey guys. i want to stop being a vegetarian too but i dont have enough courage for it. plz help?

[@JennieCJ]

I definitely understand where you are coming from when you talk about the cultural aspect of food. Food is a big aspect of the asian culture and if I were to reject any of my relatives or parents food, it would be very disrespectful! You’re my favorite vlogmas channel!

[@tanja3712]

I Just eat meat when i am really craving it. Which ist like 2-4 Times per month(especially Fish). But on the other days I just don't have the feels for it.

[@Lucillee.e]

I watch you bc you have always made me smile, and bc of your honesty on topics make me think about things internally but also makes me be honest with myself. Also bc I feel we could be like bffs lol

[@august8132]

I relate a lot to what you said about vegetarianism. I mean in general, I don't eat a lot of meat just because I am an insane carb addict haha, but there a lot of reasons (definitely can be pegged as selfish reasons, but I think nonetheless valid) that I don't think I could ever commit to vegetarianism long-term. First is definitely the culture aspect, not that my own culture relies heavily on meat (I mean I'm white sooo that whole argument is kind of irrelevant haha) but I love the idea of experiencing other cultures through food (thank you Anthony Bourdain for helping to instill this passion in me

[@ESWilliams09]

"white" isn't a culture. 🙄

[@august8132]

​@@ESWilliams09 I just meant that most people usually associate their culture with their ethnicity, but you're right, some people associate it with where they were raised and other factors...but personally, as a white person, it is hard for me to pinpoint specific things that I would consider a part of my "culture" and I think a lot of us struggle with that...white people tend to be less in touch with their ancestry and lack traditions associated specifically with ethnicity (traditions among white people are almost always instead associated with religion)...overall, as a result of colonization, white "culture" primarily consists of the appropriation of other cultures, you know what I mean? Sorry, I didn't mean to offend...you're right, white isn't a culture, I just meant that white people often don't have unique foods or traditions that they would consider to be exclusive to their ethnic background if that makes sense...

[@ESWilliams09]

Culture includes your language, your food, your holidays, your religion, the clothes you wear, the music you listen to, etc. etc. Every individual's culture is a little bit different, and it is not really tied to race. "White" isn't an ethnicity, there are German customs, Italian customs, Polish customs, etc. etc. ALL CULTURES.... YES, ALL CULTURES, are the result of cultural appropriation, that is how all cultures evolve. Cultural appropriation is simply the exchange of the things I listed in the beginning, and yes, sometimes culture spreads by force, but sometimes it also is shared voluntarily. No culture is original and nobody "owns it."

[@august8132]

​@@ESWilliams09 Going back to what started this discussion, food, my point in all of this was that other racial/ethnic groups in the US often have stronger emotional associations with certain foods that they consider to be a part of their culture, but that is certainly less common of a sentiment among white Americans (also yes, American isn't technically an ethnicity, but considering how disconnected most white Americans are from their German, Irish, etc. ethnicities at this point, I think the distinction is a bit irrelevant). Like for instance, to draw from a recent experience, I took a class this semester called Culture, Lifestyle, and Health, and at the end of the semester we had a potluck where the professor wanted us to bring in a dish native to our culture. There was an interesting correlation that I noticed, in which the majority of the white Americans and African Americans in the class did not bring in a dish, but most of the Asian American and Latino American students did bring in dishes, and had stories about what the dish meant to them and how they associated it with their family, etc. There definitely are distinctions when it comes to the connectedness people feel with their cultural background along the lines of race/ethnicity in America. This largely comes down to migration...in the early days of the United States, most of the people who immigrated here (forcibly or not) were from Europe and Africa; however, now, these two continents make up a very small percentage of our immigrant inflow (42.8% come from the Americas, 39.1% come from Asia, and then there is a huge dropoff with only 9.6% coming from Africa, and 7.9% coming from Europe). Therefore, in the context of America, I have personally noticed that Asian Americans and Latino Americans have a greater connectedness with their cultural background than white Americans and African Americans. I also just want to note that I am not trying to be combative or anything (I hate how things come across sometimes on the Internet), but the reason I keep responding is just that I want to make sure to clarify my argument so that none of this is being misinterpreted :)

[@ESWilliams09]

You think the ones I mentioned don't have food and drink customs? Lol you have never met Italians or Irish I guess. That's like VERY OBVIOUS in popular media/culture. I have recipes from my "very white" ancestors that I brought to a similar class. Yes, as the "melting pot" effect of integration occurs people become less attached to their ancestral "homeland" and their culture begins to evolve. That is literally how culture works in general and has nothing to do with race.

[@DeersThrone]

Searching for people who've quit vegetarian because I recently did the same and posted a video about it on my page!

[@Lucillee.e]

Lol....not gonna lie but I forgot that you were vegetarian 😂

[@beatlesnerd11]

Totally relate to your food choice reasoning! I think this is not uncommon for Asian people considering diet changes.

[@tanja3712]

I think most people do fine with eating meat like once a week. Or in special Family occasions

[@kelseywoerner5524]

LOVE your vlogs

[@mandy7469]

The fact that you are conscious about the food you’re putting in your body and aware of the repercussions of it is more than enough. I am slowly starting to decrease my meat/dairy intake for the sake of the environment and such. But meat is delicious and it is in a lot of food. And I totally agree what you’re saying about the cultural reasoning. What you put into your body is 100% up to you, and it’s no one’s business to tell you whether it’s right or wrong. Keep doing you, girl!

[@rodan5052]

never have a relationship with food

[@marialeon7197]

Damn that was boring. I kept waiting for you to say why you are no longer a vegetarian

[@liamlewis7923]

10 minutes in and still dont know why ur no longer veggie....

[@ManCaveGroove]

Dont even understand a word she saying

[@jonahlevi3178]

noone cares the answer is because you do not care about animals its nothing special

[@ratuckyt3652]

haahahah

[@ratuckyt3652]

you are crazy there is more animals than humans ...Do animals like chichen cow and stuff like thath care about us ? Go and buy some meet . stfu

[@linusweber9682]

lol

[@lorivaz9840]

are you still with jacob? enjoying your vloggss

[@PopcorningPiggies22]

Glorylu Vazquez no

[@Hannah-vp6eq]

Kind of confusing because all the vegan Koreans I know have no issues recreating their cultural foods with vegan substitutes. Definitely understand how turning food down in front of elders is uncouth and rude! It’s a little disingenuous that this is your justification though because if it was true wouldn’t you only eat meat in those specific situations instead of at every meal?

[@linusweber9682]

I'm a second hand vegan. Cow eats grass, I eat cow.

[@rohanmaurya9740]

Eat white meat like chicken n fish & red meat only lamb, mutton n beef only in limit. But not to eat other animals like rabbits, dog, mouse cat etc.

[@carolinconradt-reiners5019]

First❤️

[@jlew3275]

Omg you talking so much rubbish , I thought was a serious video 👀

[@NYCeesFinest]

So basically the palate of your tongue is stronger than your will to not cause harm to others? Gross.

[@jglee6721]

That's not how nature works. Nature wants us to eat good foods by making good foods taste good to us. Only idiot death cult vegans twisted it around. Why don't you eat cactus, dumbass?

[@NYCeesFinest]

@@jglee6721 I do eat cactus, especially Prickly Pear and Barbary Fig.

[@jglee6721]

@@NYCeesFinest Who cares? You cannot live on them.

[@NYCeesFinest]

@@jglee6721 You can live off plants and fruit. You don't need to kill animals to live you utter fool. Upload a video of you eating raw liver or raw animal flesh so I can prove how the human body is not designed to eat flesh. You won't do it.