vegans.....?

Question

what made you become a vegan, do you like your food and are you well on your diet

Answer 1

I don't believe that anything should have to suffer for me and I don't think that people have a right to interfere with animals' lives for their own personal gain anyway. I have been vegan for four years and now I feel like I've been vegan my whole life.

There have been vegan Olympic gold medalists and a vegan woman can create an ENTIRELY NEW,HEALTHY HUMAN BEING INSIDE OF HER. Many of these children stay vegan and grow up to be perfectly healthy adults. So just keep yourself educated about what you eat and don't let anyone tell you that a veg diet is lacking anything essential.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Lewis
http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/advocacy_933_ENU_HTML_(Draft).htm

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I'm vegan and these are some of my favorite things to eat:

Breakfast: bananas, cream of wheat with brown sugar and soy butter, cereal, pancakes or french toast with real maple syrup, vegan "sausage" patties, smoothies.

Snack: BRUSSEL SPROUTS =) no joke

Lunch: VEGAN "SAUSAGE" SANDWICHES, sandwiches with vegan deli slices(Tofurkey is the only one that's kinda funky), fruit, dinner leftovers, couscous salad, vegan sushi, potato or pasta salad.

Dinner: sloppy joes, "sausage" and gravy with homemade biscuits, Spaghetti and Trader Joe's "meatballs" or TVP, lasagna, Thai pad see ew, pad khi mao(drunkard's noodles), pad prig king, tofu+eggplant with basil sauce, yellow thai curry with tofu or vegan chikn and veggies and jasmine rice, Indian dal with homemade roti or dosai, channa masala, aloo gobi, vegetable or minestrone soup, pizza, STEAMED "PORK" BUNS with potstickers or spring rolls, sweet&sour/orange/lemon chikn, vegan pho or wonton soup, baked tofu, BBQ homemade seitan (tastes like meat from boiled+BBQ'd ribs)

I use these sites to find recipes:
http://www.foodnetwork.com
http://vegweb.com
http://www.recipezaar.com

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If you want to become a lacto-ovo vegetarian, the transition should be quite simple. Almost all meats have widely available commercial replacements. All that you have to do is replace any flesh in your diet (beef, pork, poultry, seafood) with meat analogs or just leave it out altogether.

You should keep in mind that a journey such as this can be quite short but should just be the beginning of a longer one to a plant-based diet with no animal products. This is because of the reality of factory farming in which animals that are kept alive to produce milk, eggs, etc suffer much more and longer than animals that are raised to a certain weight and then slaughtered.http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/
http://meat.org
Some people use the word "vegan" in reference to this idea, but be aware that applying that label to yourself should always come with the inclusion of wise activism and advocacy.http://www.veganoutreach.org/advocacy/index.html
Two extremely important examples of this are that you should never speak to someone about vegetarianism/veganism without their consent and genuine interest or as a comment on what they are eating AND your dietary beliefs should never be used as an introduction or explanation of who you are as a person. Veg*ism should be something that comes up AFTER people get to know you and they offer you a situation that makes it confusing to withhold the information/discussion. Also, if you are presented something that you choose not to eat or you are
ordering food/eating together somewhere/picking the best place to eat.

When you you hold off on the subject until it's necessary and then act like it isn't a big deal at all, people are usually surprised and WAY more interested and curious than if you were to bring it up when someone's eating or just using it as a conversation starter.

A responsible vegan ALWAYS studies the subject of their own health and how to keep their body completely provided for in every sense. http://www.veganhealth.org/sh
To neglect their body is to define a plant-based diet as unhealthy and is the opposite of helping the animals.

Just to clear things up, the vegetarian/vegan diet is not composed of salads, vegetables, fruit and fake meat. Fruits and vegetables are always important but they DO NOT make up the largest portion of any healthy diet.
A balanced plant-based diet includes grains(breads, pasta, rice,cereal), legumes(soy, beans, peas, lentils), fruit and vegetables.
http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/vsk/food_groups.html
http://www.peta.org/accidentallyVegan/
http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/eating.html
Being vegan can be an art, one whose challenge is to take things that involve the suffering of the innocent and change them into something free of cruelty.

A vegan woman can create an ENTIRELY NEW,HEALTHY HUMAN BEING INSIDE OF HER. Many of these children stay vegan and grow up to be perfectly healthy adults. So just keep yourself educated about what you eat and don't let anyone tell you that a veg diet is lacking anything essential.

Technically the term "vegetarian" does imply that you don't consume anything that comes from the body of an animal that requires killing it. Many ingredients such as gelatin and glycerin are found in many candies, Fig-Newtons, and many of other foods as well as rennet found in many cheeses.
http://www.happycow.net/health-animal-ingredients.html
The best thing to remember is to take your time so that for example: when you are comfortable not eating beef and pork you can then give up chicken when you are sure you can make the commitment permanently.
Depending on your age or reliance on parents or regional options, it may not be best to give yourself a label. The important thing is to do your best to make progress and be committed to your compassion towards animals. Never put your focus onto what you or other people use to describe yourself.

If you meet someone that talks down to people for eating meat, dairy, etc or to you because they think they are "more veg" than you, laugh in their face and tell them they are a disgrace to the entire philosophy. People like this only hurt the idea of veg*ism AND the animals. The point of all of this is to live compassionately and and as free from cruelty as you can, all the while maintaining your health and a positive attitude. People who don't maintain either, need not open their mouths and represent our beliefs.

If you actually choose to read all of this, I hope it helps. If not, feel free to e-mail me if you have questions.

Answer 2

I became a vegan because I wanted to lessen my inpact on the environment and because I can't differentiate between my right to live and the rights of the other creatures on this planet. I've been a strict vegan for more than a year. Physically, I haven't changed, except that I have more energy. I love vegan food. I was always known for having great dinner parties and being a great cook, but I've noticed that recently more people have been crashing my parties and asking for invitations since I became vegan. I have never felt deprived but I do think about food more.

Answer 3

1. I am just against unnecessary death and suffering, and so I avoid contributing whenever possible. I think the meat industry is terrible, and even if people -had- to eat meat, we could be doing it a lot more humanely.

2. I love my food, I cook a lot, and though there are a couple of things I miss occasionally (cheese and fish, namely), I have -so- many recipes in the queue that I'm constantly eating new and exciting things, so I don't really get cravings for non-vegan food. I think vegan milks are far yummier, too (being more nutritious is a bonus).

3. I feel excellent whenever I'm eating healthier things (soups, fresh fruits, lots of veggies, brown rice, beans, etc.) and not so good when I'm eating mostly junk food. You'd be surprised how much junk food and candy is vegan. I think it is a good deal easier to be healthy as a vegan though, because it limits your ability to eat lots of fast food and binge on unhealthy things.

Answer 4

im vegan because i don't want to have any part in the exploiting and deaths of animals (even milk cows and egg laying chickens turn in to meat once they are of no more use).
i love my food. you'd be surprised how many dishes can easily be turned in to vegan ones :)
and i am very well on my 'diet'. i feel better than before i went veggie.

Answer 5

I went veg a few years ago after I decided I really didn't like eating meat anymore. And I did some reading on vegetarian health, learned about the dairy-veal connection, how the hens who are kept for their eggs are treated and thought, how horrible, I should go vegan.

Okay, that's an oversimplification, but I feel it's the right decision for me.

Answer 6

I am a happy Vegan =]

What made me a Vegan was www.Meat.org
And im VERY thin and normal in weight size.
I like the foods im eating because i had some
help finding yummy foods.
You should try it =]

Answer 7

Itried it, but ultimately decided it was silly. Iid it for health reasons, but I felt deprived

Answer 8

I call it a LIFESTYLE, not a diet. It's amazing, thanks xoxoxoxo