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TheVeganBuddhist
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Hello everyone, my wife and I are the minority. We are both Vegan (which makes up aprox. 1 % of America) and we are also Buddhists! (3% of Americans).
We are an odd couple, she is from El Salvador and I from Germany.
When we started we were meat eaters, ate what ever we wanted when ever we wanted. We were Christians.
After awhile, I started feeling bad (weighing over 220 POUNDS!) I decided to become vegetarian, once I did I started to think "I don't really like milk, or eggs" so I tried veganism. <--I had already converted to Buddhism (Wife still catholic!)
And and after awhile things started changing. I started losing weight, pound after pound my perspective of myself and the world around me slowly started shifting.
My wife than became vegan shortly after.
I started getting into theology, she came to temple with me a few times and eventually converted.
I am The Vegan Buddhist, in short I am who I am but who I am is forever changing.
I am attending Pre-Med at the moment, I am going to be a Physicians Assistant and I am becoming a nutritionist on the side.
<--before and after (me)
<--- before and after (her)
This is my story, this is our journey.
We are an odd couple, she is from El Salvador and I from Germany.
When we started we were meat eaters, ate what ever we wanted when ever we wanted. We were Christians.
After awhile, I started feeling bad (weighing over 220 POUNDS!) I decided to become vegetarian, once I did I started to think "I don't really like milk, or eggs" so I tried veganism. <--I had already converted to Buddhism (Wife still catholic!)
And and after awhile things started changing. I started losing weight, pound after pound my perspective of myself and the world around me slowly started shifting.
My wife than became vegan shortly after.
I started getting into theology, she came to temple with me a few times and eventually converted.
I am The Vegan Buddhist, in short I am who I am but who I am is forever changing.
I am attending Pre-Med at the moment, I am going to be a Physicians Assistant and I am becoming a nutritionist on the side.
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This is my story, this is our journey.
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I think you will like MFP! I am a vegetarian American living in India, so Im a little unusual too
Feel free to add me as a friend!
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Hi there - I am not a buddhist, but am vegan and German :-)
Welcome to MFP!
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You guys look great! I am trying to transit into becoming vegan myself!
Namaste my friends!0
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