Any one was once vegan or vegetarian and went back to eating meat?

Um...ever heard of Jordan Hasay?

yes i have never knew she was once vegan

no, in fact, i have felt much better in my transition towards the 80/10/10 vegan diet

There are stories of people who did get faster, as well as many stores of people switching TO veg*anism getting much faster.

Know that that bloated, low-energy feeling is WHY so many people don't eat meat. And also know that it's spices that make food taste and smell good, not meat itself. Eat meat plain, without any sauce or seasoning, and it tastes godawful. Any good taste you can get with meat you can easily get without it.

Those people look very unhealthy.

I was vegetarian for about 10 years...went back to eating meat. Glad I did.

I want bacon! wrote:

yes i have never knew she was once vegan

SHE HAS THE HEART OF A LION!

Did any changes in your body occur?

killarney wrote:

And also know that it's spices that make food taste and smell good, not meat itself. Eat meat plain, without any sauce or seasoning, and it tastes godawful.

I don't know what meat you're eating, or what you're doing to it, but this has not been my experience.

killarney wrote:

Eat meat plain, without any sauce or seasoning, and it tastes godawful. Any good taste you can get with meat you can easily get without it.

I'm sorry you have no idea how to cook.

Just so you know, you probably get pretty much all of the protein you need from a vegan diet. The whole "vegans don't get enough protein" is a myth spread by the meat industry to make people think they need meat and dairy. Clearly, you've been just fine going without meat.

Meat itself won't make you a better runner. If you're not getting enough protein, the main problem will be that you won't recover quickly enough. There are a lot of great vegan sources of protein. Quinoa, lentils, beans, and nuts are all good.

That doesn't mean you have to be a vegan for the rest of your life. You can choose what you want to eat when you're not with your parents. Just don't use "I want to be a better runner" as an excuse. You don't need meat to become the best runner you can be. If you don't want to be a vegan, make that choice for yourself and stand up for it rather than using running as an excuse to hide what you want.

I don't know how to cook? If you need meat to get good-tasting food, muhf*cka YOU don't know how to cook...

Mr. Obvious wrote:

killarney wrote:

Eat meat plain, without any sauce or seasoning, and it tastes godawful. Any good taste you can get with meat you can easily get without it.

I'm sorry you have no idea how to cook.

My husband was brought up SDA and grew up around many vegans and vegetarians. If you have never eaten meat your digestive system may not have the enzymes or gut bacteria to be able to digest meat. My husband does eat meat now even though he was brought up primarily vegetarian.

I would never eat a steak or such before a run but I do enjoy one afterwards for recovery.

killarney wrote:

I don't know how to cook? If you need meat to get good-tasting food, muhf*cka YOU don't know how to cook...

Mr. Obvious wrote:

I'm sorry you have no idea how to cook.

I can cook good delicious tasting food with or without meat. If you need to smother your meat with sauce or seasoning to get it to taste good then you are either buying crappy cuts or meat or you don't know how to cook it.

There are lots and lots of great tasting vegetarian and vegan dishes out there. There are also lots of great tasting meat and meat dishes.

Lol...ever eat a plain vegetable??? My god.

I was vegetarian for a few years and then went vegan for ~7 years (while I was an elite cyclist). I felt really great and I believe it helped. I recently wanted to try eating other things just to see how it went... I don't really care for meat at all now. I don't like the way it tastes and my digestion is not that great when I eat it. But I did not have any crazy reaction to eating meat after so many years as a vegan as so many people claim to. I am now vegetarian. I eat a healthy diet with some eggs (daily) and cheese (on occasion). I feel good.

I had a veg. Friend (maybe veg for 8 years), recently finished boot camp and started eating meat in the process. He's probably gained 15/20 lbs over 5 months ... But he was also lifting etc. That's the main thing i've noticed with friends switching over (gaining weight), but they were also just becoming middle aged/inactive.

I don't think it'll affect your running much either way, it'd be surprising if you were deficient in protein unless you eat a lot of junk food... Likewise re: if you had some form of anemia.

Re transitioning to eating meat: I haven't had many born and raised veg. Friends, but most of my college friends were veg/vegan and they had no problems with eating meat again. I even had one friend that was vegan for a few years, largely b/c of his GF, and the day they broke up he had a few big Macs... No problem.

None other than Benjamin Franklin went back to meat after being a vegetarian. Not sure how it impacted his running career.

ruppersunite wrote:

None other than Benjamin Franklin went back to meat after being a vegetarian. Not sure how it impacted his running career.

So-so. He won his local turkey trot 3 years in a row after the switch (hence his desire to make the turkey the national bird instead of the eagle), but DNF'ed at his only marathon attempt after getting struck by lightning one week before the race (philly full, I think).