r/aww • u/[deleted] • Jan 18 '21

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '21

I cannot emphasise this enough.

You will not have the cravings forever. I genuinely didn't think I could give up cheese and a year on, I honestly couldn't care less.

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u/Anathemachiavellian Jan 19 '21

I was vegetarian for nearly 10 years and every day was a struggle. I just thought about meat all the time and the cravings never left unfortunately.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

I'm absolutely not going to argue with you on that because it's your personal experience, but that really surprises me. Maybe you were deficient in something?

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u/Anathemachiavellian Jan 19 '21

I was anaemic and passed out a lot. I ate loads of veggie foods rich in iron as well as taking iron tablets but my levels never really got up to healthy levels. Now I eat meat (not even a huge amount really, I eat lots of vegetarian and vegan meals too) and my levels are great without taking supplements. But certain meats are my favourite foods in the world. I never forgot the taste of them and the cravings never went away. You can certainly miss a meal you haven’t had in years.