I used to be a meat lover and meat semi-pro cook. And oh man, how I loved to eat meat! But when I gave myself some time to think about what I was doing to the animals and to the environment (I mean really think, i.e., to reflect deeply on the subject), the remorse was so great that I would get depressed. Luckily, being a vegetarian is much easier and much more fun than I first imagined :-)