Vegetarian for a Week

I recently finished reading The God Delusion, which caused me to reflect on my own morality. I have long felt that it was hypocritical to be a carnivore if I wasn't willing to kill the animals that I was eating. But my they're tasty. Anyway, I decided to try being a vegetarian for a week. In some ways it has not been as hard as I expected. It has not been the case that there is nothing that I can eat. It's a matter of selection.

The big surprise for me is how hungry I have become. I eat what appears to be enough food, but come meal time (or a few hours before) I'm ravenous. I guess meat is just very calorie rich, and my body is telling me it wants (and is accustomed to) more. This effect has been more pronounced as the days pass. I have now gone more than a week and I'll have to decide whether to keep it up. If I get hungry enough, maybe I'll become more willing to kill a cow, thus resolving the issue of hypocracy.