After a recent stint in hospital for the 3rd time in about 10 years i've decided to start eating meat. I've been a vegetarian for 14 years but i keep getting anemic resulting in so far 8 blood transfusions. Starting to eat meat again was a big step because i was as strict as they come. Anyway, my question is, has anyone else gone from being vegetarian to a meat eater and found they have lost weight? i'm not getting the bloat i used to get living on my veggie diet...

Someone told me eating meat speeds up your metabolism?

I've never heard that about eating meat and your metabolism but on average I think vegetarians tend to be skinnier than meat eaters so I kind of doubt it.
Sorry if this sounds rude but I think you weren't doing something right if you were anemic, though it's completely possible you are predisposed to anemia. But if not, whatever you were doing wrong to balance your diet may have affected bloating as well, I don't know. When I first went vegetarian, I was borderline anemic but that was because I was eating very unhealthily. I've never had a problem since then. (~16-17 years now).
I don't know anyone who has gone back to eating meat after being a strict vegetarian so I can't really help answer your question other than that.

Vegetarians who follow the proper diet should lose weight. Allot of people mess up by replacing meat with carbs, and then you get chubs.

If you become a meat eater again, eat lean meats.

It's recommended you take B12 and iron supplements if you're following a vegetarian diet.

As far as metabolism... about a dozen different factors affect that. The weight loss may be temporary while your body adjusts.

it's not just meat you need, it's red meat, if you're afflicted with anemia so severe that you need blood transfusions. why don't they do iron transfusions, i wonder? and have they said what form of anemia you have?

in any case, i do know one person who has to eat some red meat in order to stave off anemic episodes so severe that she needs to be hospitalised. it doesnt mean you have to eat alot. just once or twice a week (no reason to eat more) eat a serving of red meat. not hamburger, hot dogs or any of that crap. if youre really doing this strictly for purposes of keeping your ferritin levels up. steak. liver. although i would never be able to stomach liver.


you just do it. do you remember liking any form of red meat when you were younger?

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