Hi everyone! Everyone (that means everyone...lurkers and regualrs! LOL) pleace tell us alittle about yourself...How long have you been a vegetarian? What brought you to this board? Ect...whatever youd like to tell us = )
hmmm a *debates* section?!! oooh LOL. my DD is 4 months old...but she's the size of a 6 month old. yikes! i checked up with the pediatrician and she was very supportive of raising her vegan, which surprised me, actually. i was expecting a battle.
she'll be helping me along when she gets to certain ages to make sure she's on teh right diet. which i thought was great!
I am a vegan as of last April 15. My boyfriend (he's 48 and I'm 46) and I decided to try the vegan diet after seeing how much it improved his daughter's health when she went vegan. We decided we'd try it for a weekend and almost 5 months later, we're still vegans!
We have both lost weight and our allergy symptoms have drastically reduced. My boyfriend's cholesterol was on the high side and has gone down about 30 points. I have an extensive family history of heart ailments, so saturated fat is not my friend, either. In addition to the obvious health benefits of being vegan, we both feel better about our consumption of food from an ethical and compassion standpoint.
We are both passionate cooks, so we've really been having fun in the kitchen. We both agree that since we decided to "restrict" our diet, the variety of foods we eat has increased tenfold! Not to mention the fact that our grocery bill has gone waaayyyy down!
We plan to take it a step further by starting a large organic garden this fall.
Cheers! Nini
P.S. We were both total meat eaters beforehand. Thought going cold turkey would be hard, but we don't miss the animal products at all.
As always, it is sooo nice to see a new face around here, please feel free to jump right in and start posting, we cant wait to get to know you better =O)
Hi, I'm vegan. As a child I never liked the taste of meat and only ate it when I had too. AS a teenager I became aware of animal suffering and the environmental impacts of eating meat. So I played around woth being a vegetarian for years, only eating fish occasional. I then decided that I could not call myself a vegetarian if I was still eating fish so I stopped eating that as well. A year or two later I gave up dairy and eggs and found it to be quite easier then what I had expected. sO now I have been vegan for two years and I cannot imagine ever going back to eating meat or even dairy or eggs.
It has been a life changing experiance in all areas. I look at life more compassionatly, i'm more aware of what I'm putting into my body and it has developed me more spiritualy as well.
Sure I get alot of slack about it especially living in the south where opening day of Deer Season is bigger then Christmas, but I also get a lot of support and interesting questions from people wanting to know more about veganism. I use the opportunity to educate them about the health and ethical benifits of my diet and way of my way of life.
My father, born in Georgia and raised there, in the Carolinas, and a few other Southern states, keeps telling me that if he'd raised me in the South on real ham (Iowans may raise pigs by the million in huge, stinky enclosures (humans smell them over a mile away even when there isn't a lot of wind, not to mention the effect on groundwater- even hamlovers object) but apparently we don't know real ham) and fried chicken I would never have been a vegetarian. There's supposed to be meat, a few veggies (including greens at least twice a week) and biscuits at every dinner. Of course when he cooks, once a week, it's heat and serve meat dishes, frozen biscuits, instant mashed potatoes,
Surprisingly, I do not lack in options here in the South. My grocery store has a decent natural foods section along with a great produce section, although the organic produce section is small and only offers items that are in Season. There is a large Natural Foods store about an hour away from me and once every month or so, I go down to stock up on Bulk Items and hard to find items in my town.
Being vegan in the South has made me think outside my box when it comes to cooking. It has forced me to try new recipies and get a little more creative with my cooking. People at work are always curious as to what I'm eating because they can't believe that something that smells that good is not meat.
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hmmm a *debates* section?!! oooh LOL. my DD is 4 months old...but she's the size of a 6 month old. yikes! i checked up with the pediatrician and she was very supportive of raising her vegan, which surprised me, actually. i was expecting a battle.
she'll be helping me along when she gets to certain ages to make sure she's on teh right diet. which i thought was great!
LOL :)
Hi Friends!
I am a vegan as of last April 15. My boyfriend (he's 48 and I'm 46) and I decided to try the vegan diet after seeing how much it improved his daughter's health when she went vegan. We decided we'd try it for a weekend and almost 5 months later, we're still vegans!
We have both lost weight and our allergy symptoms have drastically reduced. My boyfriend's cholesterol was on the high side and has gone down about 30 points. I have an extensive family history of heart ailments, so saturated fat is not my friend, either. In addition to the obvious health benefits of being vegan, we both feel better about our consumption of food from an ethical and compassion standpoint.
We are both passionate cooks, so we've really been having fun in the kitchen. We both agree that since we decided to "restrict" our diet, the variety of foods we eat has increased tenfold! Not to mention the fact that our grocery bill has gone waaayyyy down!
We plan to take it a step further by starting a large organic garden this fall.
Cheers!
Nini
P.S. We were both total meat eaters beforehand. Thought going cold turkey would be hard, but we don't miss the animal products at all.
awsome! my DH and i feel the same way.
>>We plan to take it a step further by starting a large organic garden this fall.<<
i'm planning on that for us as well...complete with soy beans ;)
WELCOME!!!!!
As always, it is sooo nice to see a new face around here, please feel free to jump right in and start posting, we cant wait to get to know you better =O)
Hi,
I'm vegan. As a child I never liked the taste of meat and only ate it when I had too. AS a teenager I became aware of animal suffering and the environmental impacts of eating meat. So I played around woth being a vegetarian for years, only eating fish occasional. I then decided that I could not call myself a vegetarian if I was still eating fish so I stopped eating that as well. A year or two later I gave up dairy and eggs and found it to be quite easier then what I had expected. sO now I have been vegan for two years and I cannot imagine ever going back to eating meat or even dairy or eggs.
It has been a life changing experiance in all areas. I look at life more compassionatly, i'm more aware of what I'm putting into my body and it has developed me more spiritualy as well.
Sure I get alot of slack about it especially living in the south where opening day of Deer Season is bigger then Christmas, but I also get a lot of support and interesting questions from people wanting to know more about veganism. I use the opportunity to educate them about the health and ethical benifits of my diet and way of my way of life.
Hey, Berry Vegan (can I call you berry?)
My father, born in Georgia and raised there, in the Carolinas, and a few other Southern states, keeps telling me that if he'd raised me in the South on real ham (Iowans may raise pigs by the million in huge, stinky enclosures (humans smell them over a mile away even when there isn't a lot of wind, not to mention the effect on groundwater- even hamlovers object) but apparently we don't know real ham) and fried chicken I would never have been a vegetarian. There's supposed to be meat, a few veggies (including greens at least twice a week) and biscuits at every dinner. Of course when he cooks, once a week, it's heat and serve meat dishes, frozen biscuits, instant mashed potatoes,
Surprisingly, I do not lack in options here in the South. My grocery store has a decent natural foods section along with a great produce section, although the organic produce section is small and only offers items that are in Season. There is a large Natural Foods store about an hour away from me and once every month or so, I go down to stock up on Bulk Items and hard to find items in my town.
Being vegan in the South has made me think outside my box when it comes to cooking. It has forced me to try new recipies and get a little more creative with my cooking. People at work are always curious as to what I'm eating because they can't believe that something that smells that good is not meat.
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