a lifelong change
I’ll admit it, when deciding to go vegan a short time ago, I wasn’t sure I’d be able to stick to it.? I mean, I had slid in and out of vegetarianism for years.? And being vegan requires more work.? Or at least that’s what I thought.? Sure, I cook a lot more as a vegan.? But I honestly find it easier to be a vegan than a vegetarian.? That gray area of eggs and dairy always made for a slippery slope.? If I can rationalize eating eggs, why not eat the chicken?? Things like that.? But with the black and white lines of veganism I’d have to try much harder to validate going back to an omni lifestyle.
Being a part of the VeganMoFo has also helped emmensely.? I get feedback from other vegans so I get encouragement and know I’m not alone.? But I also read most of the blogs involved.? Okay, “read” is not accurate.? I skim most of them.? But by seeing a lively vegan blogging community and reading about their lives, passions and how they eat has helped to keep me excited about my lifestyle change.
I know that there are a lot of animal derived ingredients out there and that you can drive yourself crazy trying to insure that you arent accidentally consuming them.? But I still think being vegan is easier than being a vegetarian.? I know that sounds crazy to most people.
Now, less than a month into my new dietary lifestyle, I feel as though I can stay vegan for the rest of my life.
Tags: conversion, excuses, vegetarian
Filed under Miscellaneous, VeganMofo.
October 27th, 2009 at 1:14 am
Rad.
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October 27th, 2009 at 3:29 am
Yay! This post put a HUGE smile on my face. I love hearing people commit to veganism. Isn’t being a vegan AWESOME?
I went straight from being an omni to being a vegan so I have no idea about the difficulties of being a vegetarian, but what you say made sense. I’m glad you are finding it easier to stick to a vegan diet.
And hell yeah you are not alone, there are a lot of amazing vegans out there. We are a pretty great bunch, dontcha think? ;-)
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October 27th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Becoming vegan was a lot easier for me too than I thought it would be, I just did a trial too and then I decided I would be veg until the holidays and by the time Thanksgiving came I was adopting Turkeys at Farm Sanctuary!
Just do the best you can and don’t worry about the inevitable mistakes.
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October 27th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
:) YAY for you.
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