I’m used to it being a pain in the ass to go out to eat or to eat at some ones house, so I’ve just gotten used to bringing a veggie option for Tim. I know you can’t rely on everyone else to make an extra main dish for dinner especially if its only for one person. I always check menu’s online for restaurants so I know what to expect. Luckily, Tim doesn’t tend to care too much and can make do with whatever is at hand.

I agree on the fishing too… We are running the danger of fishing entire species into extinction.

I came to the decision about poultry because I couldn’t really justify it (both in terms of the animal side and the environmental impact) since I really didn’t need it to live and be healthy. I was never cooking it anymore, just eating it once in a while out of laziness/habit, so stopped and really never missed it.

What I do miss is having it be easy to eat at other people’s houses without having to discuss menu ahead, or being able to try local specialties when I travel. There’s definitely something to being able to eat what’s offered to you in hospitality. But other than that, I haven’t missed it at all.

Now that fishing’s having so much environmental impact in other ways, I have in the back of my mind that I’ll have to revisit my choices at some point. But I’m really not ready for it now.

And health-wise, I’ve not had any problem with it except that it was years before I realized you need double the RDA of iron when you get it mainly from non-heme sources.