It’s especially hard for us converts to get into the no meat on Fridays.
It’s not mandatory to abstain from eating meat on Fridays. Fridays are days of penance but you may choose another form, and it does not have to even be “giving up” something. For example, you might choose to say a rosary or the divine mercy chaplet on Friday, or another prayer such as the Angelus or the Divine Praises. That fulfills your obligation right there, and no dietary decisions involved. Or perhaps something like standing outside an abortion clinic, and if the weather is uncomfortable, offer it up. The idea of Fridays is to focus on some self-sacrifice to improve our spiritual being, there is no reason to restrict that notion to meat.