My husband stopped eating red meat, so I only ate it when I was out. So we ate tons of poultry for a long time. Then he decided to give up meat altogether, and out of convenience as he is the cook, I decided to do it as well with a little coaxing from a book called The Skinny Bitch. I have had meat only on very special occasions in over a year and I am very happy about it. I do forsee going back to eating meat sometime as we have a little one. We still eat dairy, eggs, and fish, so we cannot be called true vegetarians. Believe me I love the taste of bacon, but I am not really missing it like I thought I would. It's good that you enjoy it when you go out.