I've been a vegetarian on and off (mostly on) for about 14 years. I started when living in Oregon and then Hawaii after finishing at Wake. I gave up meat for environmental reasons (eg, resource consumption, land use, methane production, pollution...)- not for health or animal rights reasons - after seeing just how much of our western land scape, even in Hawaii, is dedicated to beef production. My original goal was to cut back meat consumption to only have 10% or less of my diet come from meat, but once I'd achieved that, the last 10% was pretty easy to cut out. It was a great decision; I feel great, and I eat such a diversity of tasty things since giving up on the steak and potatoes diet of my up bringing. It's also gotten so much easier to be a vegetarian over the years, with resturant and grocery stores offering a lot more options than 14 years ago. Anyway, I don't have much to add to this thread from 2 years ago, except to say that I hope you stuck with and that yoru foray into vegetarianism was successful and sustainable.