At first ecological, environmental issues. And then I started looking into animal treatment and felt really guilty about it. It took me maybe 6 months to 1 yea

At first ecological, environmental issues. And then I started looking into animal treatment and felt really guilty about it. It took me maybe 6 months to 1 year telling myself I was now eating vegetarian, while still eating meat more or less regularly. And eventually it became a habit. From a logistic point of view the switch is really simple if you live in a place where you can find alternatives, just stop buying meat and instead compensate with lot of vegetables, tofu, beans, mushrooms, soy-based meat-like alternatives, etc. And you save a good amount of money doing so (at least in Europe, I believe in the US meat is way cheaper because of government subsidies). Though to be honest it's a bit frustrating if you like to cook because you won't find something that behaves/reacts like meat. In practice I still eat meat <10 days a year, for example on vacation to a place where vegetarian food is difficult to find or when I join a family dinner and don't want to be annoying.