To Veggie or Not to Veggie

I've been toying with the idea of going vegetarian for a while, not because of any moral inclination but simply just to live a healthier lifestyle.  But since I don't have any strong opposition to eating meat, I'm wondering if I'm actually going to be able to maintain the eating habits.

A couple years ago, I decided to give up red meat (and pork) for a year and actually completed it.  I felt like I was eating burgers, beef, and bacon every other day and it just wasn't healthy.  During that year, I really didn't crave what I was missing except for the times when I could actually smell the bacon cooking.  My mom makes this AMAZING potato pizzas (it tastes better than it sounds, I swear) and she tops some of them with bacon, so to wake up to that intoxicating aroma and not be able to partake...THAT was brutal.  I was fine not having burgers when other people were eating them around me.  But for some reason, bacon was a weak point for me.  But, I was able to resist and at the end of the year, I did feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment.  But this would be bigger than just seeing if I could do it for a year.  I'd like to make this a permanent change.

Then, of course, there's the issue of what kind of vegetarian I'd be.  Would I eat fish?  How can you justify which animals are worthy of avoiding consumption and which ones are ripe for the killing?  And if you're going so far as to just not eat any animal meat, why not just go a step further and leave out animals products altogether?  Essentially, eggs are just unborn baby chickens.  And if the cows aren't being fattened up for the butcher, they're kept stationary in their stalls while their mammary glands are sucked dry.

The options for vegetarians and vegans are ten times more abundant than they were in years past.  There's stores like Whole Foods and (in my town) The Green Grocer with selections specifically offered for those looking for alternatives to meat and animal byproduct.  The vegetarian/vegan cooking section and Barnes & Noble gets significantly larger with each passing year.  The options are there, if you're willing to consider them.

But now the questions is if I'm able to follow through with them.