Vegetarians...?

Question

share your story...... i love hearing from other veggies
~cam xo


P.S. i am a lactose intolerant veggie who loathes the texture and taste of eggs but will eat them in french toast lol (only cage free though!!) so in a way i am partially vegan..i love you guys!!!

Answer 1

I have been vegan for 23 years now...it started out because of a field trip taken when I was 9 to a farm, some of the things I saw saddened me and angered me as well...I chose right then and there that No animal would go thru that fo ME!! My mother was so concerned about it that she sent me to a counselor...who told her it was perfectly normal behavior...which I loved hearing..LOL and love bringing up to her even more LOL!!!

Answer 2

I'm a vegetarian.. I became one because of the high cost of meat.. One day I went into the Local A&P grocery store and the cost of the cheapest weiners were $2.49 for an 8 pkg. I glanced at other meat it was expensive too. So then I decided Vegetarianisn was for me! I knew about it cause my Aunt Scollie was almost a total vegetarian. She rarely ate any meat! Also one of my Grandfathers was a Vegan! I think Veganism is a little too hard to do! I'm however nearly a vegan but I like eggs and Ice cream but don't eat as much of that as I use to! Becoming Vegetarian I found myself much healthier so I stayed a vegetarian even though some meats did go down in price slightly! Anyone that isn't healthy as a vegetarian simply isn't doing the veggie diet properly! To be a Vegetarian or Vegan You need fruits, veggies, seeds, grains, cereal, beans! I'll remain a vegetarian till the day I die I'm sure!

Answer 3

im a vegetarian because its a way that i see as a protest for animal rights. whenever there is a new vegetarian it slowly cuts down the demand on meat and slowly but surely there will be changes in the meat industry. odviousaly only in what i could describe as the perfect world would everybody be a vegetarian, but it does effect it somehow. I have been a vegetairan for almost a year and a half. I eat eggs and milk, but i plan on being a vegan someday. For now, i would become scarily skinny because im only 13 years old, and my mom says that shell cook for a vegetarian but not for a vegan....lets just say that i couldnt cook if my life depended on it, but when i move out i will hopefull live somewhere with a whole foods or a vegan restraunt near by...i currently live in the middle of nowhere where there isnt eather of those in the country (i live in costa rica))

Answer 4

My story is similar to leavingnyc's. I sort of became veggie on a whim at age 11 (much to the delight of my veggie mum and the horror of my omnivore dad). I compromised with my dad that I would eat fish so long as he didn't hassle me about eating meat). Soon, I started looking into the animal welfare side of it, and decided that I didn't want to eat meat for that reason.

Not long afterwards (and the events were unconnected) I started to look into keeping chickens. When I finally got pet chickens aged 12, this only stiffened my resolve, as I know what great personalities they have. I also get entirely cruelty free eggs every morning for breakfast - it's not like they're going to be killed if they ever stop laying.

Now I'm working at the city farm, that's also stiffened my resolve, just because I have got to know all the individual characters of the animals there - I couldn't eat them or their distant relatives.

Now I'm 15, and still living with my dad, and still veggie.

Answer 5

I became vegetarian 10 years ago because I was doing yoga and read that giving up meat improves flexibility (I found this to be true.)

Eventually I started looking into the ethics of it, and shifted towards ethical vegetarianism.

I thought vegetarianism was good enough, I no longer had a part in animal slaughter, and that veganism was just too extreme.

I was wrong.

When they breed egg laying chickens they want lots of hens and very few roosters. What happens to the extra male chicks (they're born in roughly 50/50 ratios.) Horrible things! They're ground up live into fertilizer or just thrown into garbage bags.

What about dairy's breeding process? What happens to the male calves? A few are kept for breeding, but the rest become veal!

I became vegan in 2000.

Answer 6

I became a vegetarian at age 15, almost on a whim. I did it as a health kick and a way to assert my independence. However, as I began reading literature on animal rights and the environmental impact of eating meat, I very quickly realized I was apart of something much more significant. It became very close to my heart. And now, over ten years later, it has became part of who I am. It's more than just a diet- it's my way of giving back to the earth. And now, instead of a catalyst to stand out from everyone, it provides a great community of conscientious, forward thinking friends.

Answer 7

Get into some nuts and seeds or perhaps some beans. There is so much food out there to eat, there aren't enough hours in the day to try it all.
I've never liked meat and since I've discovered food combining I've been able to fit in more fruit and veges. Now is the time, in the southern hemisphere, for fresh figs and custard apples. Yum.

Answer 8

I just recently became a vegetarian. My parents are semi-supportive but not enough to try my veggie-burgers. I mostly do it for ethical reasons but also for the health benefits. Some people have told me that I won't be able to "stick with it" but I have friends who support me 100%. I do not eat eggs although I do eat dairy products.

Answer 9

I have been a vegetarian for about 5 months now and love it! The only meat (which I don't actually consider meat) is fish. I love all the fresh and frozen "veggie" products out there and don't miss beef, pork or chicken whatsoever!

Answer 10

I'm a veggie... have been for about 20 years. I don't eat eggs...hate them, and I'm actually allergic to them. I don't drink cow's milk, I use almond milk on my cereal, it's very good. I do eat cheese and sometimes ice cream, if it has no eggs in it. I eat beans and nuts for protein, and have done just fine all these years. Tootles.