Hi
A few months ago I was hell bent on going vegan. I use animal products.. I am guilty:/ But i decided to stop buying anything leather, and if my cosmetics aren't labeled cruelty free I refuse to buy them. (unless I need to buy shoes for this job I might get, vans and converse will rub my feet raw and i wear kid sizes, so normally they're oversized on me.. or too small, no inbetween...)
Where I'm from there isn't many vegan options and it is very expensive. One avocado can cost 2 dollars. Oranges are a dollar each. (for example)
I also have bonding on my two front teeth, and I can't eat anything acidic, or colored (fruit for example) on a daily basis or my two front teeth will turn yellow, and they wont match the rest of my teeth... (they're the whitest color they had to match, at least that's what my dentist said) I already got them fixed from being chipped twice, after I got them done the first time.
My dads buddy owns a health food store, he is vegan, but everything is expensive. I plan on going there when I start working for some healthy stuff. His brother (also my dads best friend) is such a nice guy, that in my dads gym, he captured and released a wasp with a cup and paper. They are the epitome of kind.<3 He is why I love hummus, I went over when him and my dad were playing guitar and he left out vegan snacks, they were way better than any genetically modified, preserved chips I could buy!
I eat junk food every now and then but I would say my taste is overall healthy. I ate full vegan for a week and I never felt so deprived and hungry in my life. My dad told me he tried the diet before and almost passed out and had to go back to eating meat.
Don't say "oh you guys didn't do it right" because the vegan diet isn't for everyone. I wish it was for me but it just isn't.
My dad was 100 lbs overweight when he was young, his doctor told him he was going to die and he changed his life, and never went back ever since. He went on to becoming a eighth degree black belt, he taught kick boxing and karate, and sometimes he would make diet plans for people.
He was surprised at all I knew about dieting and becoming vegan. He was so surprised he said I should try to make a job out of giving diet advice. I'm also that one person my friends come to advice for about dieting. Before I gained my weight back I had a toned stomach and really muscular thighs. And that was honestly thanks to meat (and boxing, biking). I realized if I don't eat it, I get weak and sick, and dizzy. I also know of multiple vegan protein alternatives, so don't tell me (like I said again) that I don't do it right. Spurlina (spelling?), kale, peanuts, and our target sells vegan protein bars (idk what they're called target gave them to my bf for free for advertising)
I wasn't following a vegan diet but when I was 17 I didn't eat that much meat for a period of time. I ended up bruising all over my body. I had up to 28 bruises at most on one leg alone. Nobody batted an eye (except my dad and bf) they thought it was normal.
I bawl my eyes out whenever I think of animals dying. I hate it. I still cry about my dog who died five years ago. I truly believe animals and bugs are equal. I refuse to kill spiders anymore either.
Sometimes changing your lifestyle you grew up with is hard. I grew up healthy as it is. My dad forced all these vitamins, and other health foods on me. For two months straight he refused to let me go to the end of the driveway to catch the bus until I took these damn 100 dollar vitamins he bought....
I also remember growing up, always seeing him eat a salad daily that consisted of spinach, carrots, tomato, any other veggies we had and apple cider vinegar. I also never seen him go above 1,500 cals a day.
My first day of sixth grade I stood outside. I live right by a pig slaughtering house, and I heard the pigs squealing. My boyfriend applied for there (NOT FOR KILLING FOR STOCKING TRUCKS. AND HIS TWO CHILDHOOD FRIENDS WORK THERE. ONE KILLS ONE STOCKS) so ik that they
usually (SICK RIGHT?) die instantly.. They are supposed to jam a machete in their neck. So whoever was there that day was torturing the pigs as they died. And thats all I heard waiting for the bus... I am still scarred by it honestly... Pigs are wonderful animals and make great pets... Our local fairs are also depressing, because this is a farm area, they get animals like rabbits, pigs, cows, and as a child I would ask my mom why they were there. And well she told me even the rabbits were going to be killed for meat. And it literally effected how I slept for three days.....
I wish it wasn't so hard for me, I also wish it wasn't so expensive either. That is kind of why just blew it off, other than me not feeling satisfied and weak. I even tried some pasta with tomato sauce I home made myself. As an Italian, it was the worst thing I ever ate and didn't even satisfy me :/ then I ate half of a pineapple and I still was hungry.
The closest thing we have is whole foods in CLE over an hour away, and a trader joes thats 45 minutes away.
My dads friends health food store is pretty small, but they sell things like juices, oils, things for cooking, and some snacks. Not actual every day food.
I really salute all of you who are vegan (as long as you don't treat others badly for their choices, then my salute will change to a middle finger)
I feel like a piece of **** sometimes when I eat meat....
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I don't know if this is correct but I was told by a health guru it is my blood type, and that some people just CANT go vegan. But Im not sure how accurate that is.
Oh and I also refuse to buy honey(or anything with honey), we need to save the bees!
