Hi since this is a little longer thought than a mere comment I decided to send an e-mail.

I grew up with a mother that had been one of 13 children large Irish Catholic family-there was never enough food let alone meat to go around. My father grew up in a very wealthly family and was raised by nannies and then sent to military school to be educated-he ate pretty well-according to the norms of the times. When it came to meat, my mother saw a t-bone as a status symbol, we had money-and my father probably didn't notice one way or the other.

So meat held the significance of abundance in my household. I ate and liked it-now for some reason I am not at all interested in it-I'd love to tell you how it happened but I don't remember how it occured-at little at a time or just no more meat! BUT I find every 30-60 days a deep craving for meat- I usally go out to eat at that time so I do not get involved in the preparation and cooking of it. It seems less mine if I do not cook AND eat it! And it is expensive but satisfying.

That is my point statisfy your hunger, and to some extent your cravings so you will not feel deprived while changing your life style. I also had cholesterol issues, so it was easier to stop eating meats for that reason- I no longer have cholesterol issues and had forgotten until this moment that this was my reason for going meatless.

Thw brand Better than Burgers are great meaty tasting meatless "burgers" made by Morningstar or morning something- they satisfy the burger cravings- I do not like Boca Burgers another meatless burger-they taste like rice. Rice is not a substitute for beef!