Meat 2012
In order to discourage myself from eating meat and becoming more of a vegetarian, in the entire year of 2012 I kept track of all the meat I ate. Granted this list doesn’t include seafood in which vegetarians do not eat but I still eat… I’m more of a pescetarian.
A lot of this list contains meat of which I was “forced” to eat via going over family/friends houses where their main course was meat. Also it contains instances where I ate meat because it was going to be thrown out anyway. Here’s a key for the reasons why I ate it:
^ = went over someone’s house who served meat
* = ate meat because it was going to be thrown out anyway
# = chose to eat meat
| Date | What I Ate | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1/5/12 | chicken & broccoli | # |
| 1/8/12 | 1 piece bacon, turkey | ^ |
| 1/14/12 | chicken & broccoli | # |
| 1/15/12 | chicken wings & sloppy joes | ^ |
| 2/4/12 | half hot dog, chicken & broccoli | ^, # |
| 2/14/12 | chicken teriyaki | # |
| 2/17/12 | bbq that ar wouldn’t have eaten | * |
| 2/25/12 | chicken & spare rib | ^ |
| 3/4/12 | ham | ^ |
| 3/11/12 | lasagna with meat | ^ |
| 3/22/12 | chicken teriyaki | # |
| 3/24/12 | pepperoni pizza | ^ |
| 4/3/12 | roast beef | ^ |
| 4/8/12 | chicken, turkey, ham | ^ |
| 4/15/12 | sausage | ^ |
| 5/6/12 | chicken teriyaki | # |
| 5/28/12 | sausage, part of steak | ^ |
| 6/28/12 | lasagna with meat | ^ |
| 7/1/12 | fillet minion | # |
| 7/22/12 | chicken teriyaki | # |
| 9/2/12 | bbq sandwich | ^ |
| 9/27/12 | hamburger | # |
| 9/29/12 | hamburger | # |
| 9/30/12 | meat in pasta from pizza hut | #/* (I didn’t realize the pasta had meat in it when we ordered… damn Pizza Hut) |
| 11/3/12 | piece of roast, little bacon | ^ |
| 11/22/12 | turkey, ham | # |
| 12/25/12 | ham, little turkey bacon | # |
| 12/28/12 | little hot dogs | * |
So I guess I didn’t do too bad for the year. I ate meat 28 times. I averaged eating meat once every two weeks. I only really chose to eat meat 13 times. I definitely cannot call myself a vegetarian after eating all of that meat though. I will do better in 2013 as I’m more familiar with meat substitutes (Morning Star Ribs, Veggie Chinese place, chik’n, etc).
I’ll continue to keep track and see how I do in 2013. I need to be more strict and refuse to eat meat when it’s served.
By the way, the main reason I became a quasi-vegetarian/pescetarian is to help save the planet. Eating meat is very hurtful to the environment.