becoming vegan

if you a going vegan on for the ethics of animal slaughter, then please dont be hypocritcal and wear leather shoes, carry a leather handbag wearing a woolen jumper when you get out from under your duck down quilt and sit on your suede sofa.

i have no problems with vegetarianism or veganism, so long as the people involved go all in, and not just when it suits them.

You have no idea if people are wearing vegan leather (see moo shoes for awesome vegan shoes) and/or if they "inherited" them or acquired them prior to being veg. People who eat a plant based diet are doing way more for the environment and animal cruelty than omnis even if they happen to have a few leather items (for whatever reason) in their closets. They are not hypocrites they are working towards something absolutely better than where they came. I can't help but wonder if omnis who find fault in veg just feel guilty themselves. Doing something is better than nothing. So instead of criticizing other maybe you should turn your gaze inward and ask what you are doing.

Also, many of us have different reasons for doing what we do. So buying local, supporting local might make an otherwise vegan person buy eggs from their neighbor and/or the commitment to recycling might include using reclaimed leather (to show respect to the animal and/or as to not contribute to consumerism). Those of us who have chosen to live a more compassionate and Eco friendly life are deep thinkers. Sometimes it is not just a case of "following the bouncing ball" rather it is multilayered. If you are omni you should not be judging veg you should look to yourself and asking why you are not choosing to be veg., give up leather etc. Once you successfully do that then I believe you can join the veg conversation, until then you are simply part of the problem.

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if you a going vegan on for the ethics of animal slaughter, then please dont be hypocritcal and wear leather shoes, carry a leather handbag wearing a woolen jumper when you get out from under your duck down quilt and sit on your suede sofa.

i have no problems with vegetarianism or veganism, so long as the people involved go all in, and not just when it suits them.

so should I put my family out on the street because I now have to buy a new car (leather seats) and cannot afford to trade in my car yet, or toss out furniture and clothing that are still in good working condition because my values have shifted? I think that would be very wasteful, not to mention economically unmanageable for me. I am human, ergo not perfect, but I am making improvements every day. When the time and money are here to buy a new car, you can bet it will have cloth seats. Future purchases of clothing and furniture will be cruelty free, as new purchases in health care products have been. But I am not going to throw away perfectly good items I had before I went vegan. (Same for treasured family items handed down for many years, even if one of them is wool.)
Hypocritical would be to criticize people for taking steps to make the world a better place if they dont fit your all or nothing viewpoint.

im not sure i can commit 100% vegan though, i atready drink almond milk over cow milk, but i deffinetly want to limit my dairy intake, i love cheese, and ate least become vegitarian for now, and move towards vegan from there

So.............you want help being a lacto-vegetarian first then...right? And then completely become a vegan?

And be sure you research this on your own and be prepared to really keep an eye on getting your protein in (as well as researching alternative protein you can take) otherwise you'll suffer from protein deficiency.

@fishgutzy

Firstly, get your facts straight. Michael Clarke Duncan had only recently became vegan. You can't repair your body from years and years of awful eating habits overnight! It takes time! And even though he started to make healthier decisions (including veganism), it was too late in his life to prevent his tragic death.

Whatever you do, an integral part of being Vegan is making sure EVERYONE knows about it.

Duncan was a vegetarian, not a vegan, and was for two years before passing. IF two years isn't enough time for the vodoo to work, why bother?

You can be vegetarian (and vegan for that matter) and still have a terrible diet. Oreos are vegan.

Could never do voodoo...that involves hurting chickens. If you are going to toss insults around at least make sure they make sense :laugh:

I too am trying to adopt a vegan lifestyle and it has set me back a bit since I had a fairly effective diet for maintaining my weight and I find I eat a lot more carbs when eating a vegan diet. I do well on a diet that consists of a lot of protein so that has also been a problem since one can only eat so much soy. I'm learning and adjusting, but I think it will just take time. For me, one thing that has helped is to not try to go cold turkey (pun absolutely not intended) but to allow myself to just think about eating more "vegan" whenever I can with the goal of always trying to do a little bit more but not ever getting OCD about it.

It is very hard finding prepackaged foods that are vegan. I live alone and find I do better with counting my calories if I eat mostly prepackaged foods that can be considered a "known quantity" when it comes to calorie counts. Calculating homemade recipes is much more demanding of my time and likely to be less accurate. Not to mention I enjoy the convenience of having something easy to prepare for lunch. However, I've eaten every Amy's vegan frozen entree they make about a dozen times and I've had just about enough The grocery stores and food manufacturers really need to step up their game.

Also, I have a hard time with admitting it to others since I don't want to be seen as the stereotypical vegan. As the joke goes, "You know how you can tell who are the vegans in the room? Don't worry, they'll tell you." I don't want to identify as vegan since a lot of the vegans I've met actually are very judgmental, holier-than-thou, evangelist, hipsters. I don't want to identify with that. I'm hoping that a vegan lifestyle can just be another thing that I do, not who I am.

Firstly, haters gon' hate.
Secondly - if it hasn't been said before - chocolatecoveredkatie.com - delicious and healthy and vegan desserts!! Yum.

I'm a vegetarian, trying to slowly slip into vegan. My diary is open so I hope we can help each other out !