Vegan anyone?

dirty_dirty_eater

Hi! I'm vegan, and indulge in the occasional dairy and fish. My acne has completely disappeared, my digestion is great and I wake up feeling a lot happier and lighter. I've been vegan for exactly a year now, since Dec 2012. It can be hard in the beginning, but by doing some research, pinning some yummy recipes on pinterest and even finding your own community for support (I like the Kind Life website, as well as Kris Carr's website for inspiration and recipes) it can make the transition a lot easier. I'd suggest reading Kris Carr's book, Crazy Sexy Diet, for a complete understanding though. The protein deficiency thing is a complete myth, and Kris really makes it all easy to understand. I know it can be difficult to keep an open mind when it comes to the vegan lifestyle, but it really is worth it. I initially just wanted to try it for a month (I loooooooved my steak!) purely for weight loss and yet here I am, a year later

No Vegan Diet. No Vegan Powers

PikaKnight

Thanks so much to everyone who belittled me with their picking apart my statements when I was merely trying to give some non-judgemental (look it up) advice to someone who asked for it. Not really sure where you got your god complex from, but it's also none of my business, in the same way that I VERY occasionally consume dairy or fish is none of your business. What I was merely trying to illustrate was that it can be difficult sometimes, and the occasional slip up is nothing to feel bad about. Undoing a lifetime of habits won't happen overnight. So yeah, I'm pretty much vegan. I don't need your permission, nor do I want to be part of any exclusive club.

I gave my opinion with a kind, open heart, and all I received back was your crap. Hope you're proud of yourselves, I'm sure you're an absolute joy to everyone in your life...

No god complex. It's just the fact. When I was toying around with the idea of vegetarianism and veganism...I researched and learned the difference.

I've just found most people that throw around the terms just want the entitlement of giving themselves a label despite the fact that in the end, they really aren't what they claim. Even if I ate 99% of the time a vegetarian or vegan based diet, I still wouldn't call myself that. I'd say I'm an omnivore due to the fact that I still indulge in meat, diary, or/and fish.

There is nothing wrong with eating a primarily vegan based diet. But know the difference between that and actually being a vegan.

nikilis

Thanks so much to everyone who belittled me with their picking apart my statements when I was merely trying to give some non-judgemental (look it up) advice to someone who asked for it. Not really sure where you got your god complex from, but it's also none of my business, in the same way that I VERY occasionally consume dairy or fish is none of your business. What I was merely trying to illustrate was that it can be difficult sometimes, and the occasional slip up is nothing to feel bad about. Undoing a lifetime of habits won't happen overnight. So yeah, I'm pretty much vegan. I don't need your permission, nor do I want to be part of any exclusive club.

I gave my opinion with a kind, open heart, and all I received back was your crap. Hope you're proud of yourselves, I'm sure you're an absolute joy to everyone in your life...

some things are all or nothing, calling yourself a vegan is one of those things. You say its none of anyones business weather you think you are a vegan even though you eat dairy and fish, but you put it out on the public domain, so you invited comment. people corrected you because what you stated is incorrect. look it up in the dictionary, your use of the term is wrong.

sometimes people make mistakes, thats ok, its how you deal with it. The commentary in this thread is meant in jest, its not an attack on you, but you have chosen to take it that way. I's seems that your way to deal with problems is to get angry and indignant. you would find more joy in your life if you chose to laugh at adversity. it makes mole hills out of mountains.

^x^