Yes, I did eat meat before. There was a period of a year or so that I had stopped eating meat before, but had to begin again for health issues. I'm still very much anemic, but had decided to quit nonetheless.

There are a lot of reasons for this decision. I myself am not sure if they are the true reasons, which is why I tend to stumble when people ask my why I stopped.

After I came back from physics camp, I was sick of eating chicken every meal for three days. Chicken with countless preservatives and God knows when it was actually put into its packets. As you could understand meat was starting to sicken me. So a week after coming back, I stopped for good. So I haven't touched meat, even egg, since May. 

Soon after I quit, I fell into religion more. I was feeling like I was spiritually able to connect with the Gods and being vegetarian made me feel that connection even more. God began to become my saviour. By praying and having something I could focus my energy into, I was able to channel all my thoughts, good and bad, into something that made me feel good. I felt a little less lost within myself, and even though I had so much more to do in order to discover who I was, this was a little step forward in the long road I have yet to take. 

People often ask me for the reason. I usually mumble that it's 'religious'. It is, but only partly. I just stopped. I don't really know why myself.

People also ask me if I miss it and if I get tempted. I do. I really do. It's very hard to resist. 

But when I having that steaming BBQ in my backyard, and I ignore my mouth watering from the fumes, the smell, I feel so proud of myself for resisting temptation. It makes me feel so damn divine.

Melon.