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So I did a search for the old thread (there was one right?) and can't find anything so thought a new topic would be due.

How long have you been vego/vegan for?
What prompted you to be vego/vegan?
Was there a transition from vego to vegan or did you go vegan straight away?
Are you ok with just being vego or is the goal vegan and its a process?
Have you ever "fucked up" since you turned v/v?
How did you feel about it and what did you do if you did?
Have you been v/v and gone back to meat eating permanantly?
Do you feel that someone who claims to be an animal lover but still eats meat is a hyporite?

I love love love this topic and would be so keen to discuss this with anyone (meat eaters included)

Thoughts and extra questions to add?
 
I'd be interested to hear what people have to say on this too. I'm considering going vego starting next year - I've heard plenty of good reasons to :)
 
I tried going vego and couldn't do it. I was constantly hungry!! And the cravings for meat! Didn't anticipate any of that.

I'm now part time vego, meaning I eat meat but not a lot. I have quite a few vegetarian meals in a week. I eat a lot of fish and I'll still occasionally get a craving for red meat, I find it impossible to ignore that craving. It's like my body absolutely needs it. I don't mind, I think a balanced diet is a good thing and I figure my slight vegetarianism is better than nothing.

My reasons for liking vegetarianism are mainly environmental but also cruelty, health and cost.
 
I have this mental thing, where i won't touch meat that has a bone in it with a ten foot pole. Bones just freak me the fuck out :\ So, Ill eat meat, but someone has to cut the meat from the bone or i wont touch it and since most people wont do this for me, ill go vego.

Pathetic..Yea tell me about it.
 
An interesting topic, I don't really understand why anyone should have the goal of being a vegan. I mean, if meat grosses you out, well yeah don't eat it, but why this need to take it to unnecessary extremes?

Anyway, vego's are just omnivores who are spoiled for choice, with the luxury of not ever having to worry about hunger. Love for animals is a relative thing.
 
^That's not a reason to eat meat. I'm not saying your wrong. Many millions of people eat meat because they rely on animals to survive - they NEED them to survive.

The majority of us in first world countries DO NOT rely on animals to survive. I don't mean dietarily - I mean in the literal sense
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Personally though, I think it's a very interesting topic as well. I went vegetarian a few months ago and am transitioning toward veganism.

My reason is simple. I've watched animals being butchered for consumption. Chickens, goats, cows. I didn't even see them being slaughtered in an abbatoire - I saw them being killed "organically" or "free range" or whatever the fuck you want to call it, and i'll tell you, if you have never looked into an animals eyes while it's heads being cut off and not felt anything, well you probably don't have a soul haha.

And I watched Earthlings. That was enough to make me feel I was making a good choice.

PLEASE WATCH IT! It's narrated by Joaquin Phoenix and will open your eyes.

http://www.earthlings.com/
 
the meat is most tender near the bone.

I have gone vego for a while, sometimes even without knowing it. The only meat I really get cravings for and that's more a texture and chewy thing too is beef jerky and I can go ages without eating it.
 
Vegetarian since 2005 or 2006. Would prefer to be vegan, but my whole diet is like cheese and, er, cheese. So no.

I did it because of ethics.

I'm certainly not opposed to eating *meat* (eg I'd be fine with eating an animal that had died of natural causes, though it might not taste great), but the industry as it stands means that I can't comfortably feel okay eating meat in the present context. (Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation will give you a nice rundown, if you're interested.)

It is, though, an arbitrary line. If ALL I cared about was ethics, then I would simply have to be vegan. But it's complex and so I've drawn that arbitrary line to make my life somewhat ethical but not too difficult. There's a great blog on that topic (though, by a vegan), here - http://speciesistvegan.wordpress.com - which explains the principle in further depth.
 
Also, for those with health concerns (meat cravings, protein concerns, etc.), consult a nutritionist. I've never had to as despite my ridiculous diet (mostly wine, occasional pasta), I remain healthy (I get blood tests). But most people will find themselves feeling quite lethargic if they shift their diet significantly. There are professionals who can advise you.

Oh, and hi Sylvia :)
 
I've been vegan for 7 years this month. I was only vegetarian for 2 weeks before I went vegan.

I haven't slipped up much at all. It mostly happens when someone mistakenly cooks something that might have milk solids or egg in it, thinking it is vegan, and I eat it. But that doesn't happen very often.

I also became an animal rights activist soon after going vegan, and the things I've seen with my own eyes over the past 7 years totally justifies to me why I am vegan. Factory farms out there really are total hell-holes that have to be seen to be totally believed. There's reasons why farmers don't let anyone in to their farms, as it would be enough to turn you vegetarian or vegan, or have the place shut down. Not only that the slaughterhouse process in itself is enough to make you switch.

So I can't see myself going back. Plus, I've felt a lot healthier being vegan. I used to get sick a lot before, but now I can go a few years without getting sick, it's great (touch wood).
It's not hard evidence I know, but I've got lots of vegan friends, and I hear the same thing so there could be something in it.
 
I always try and maintain a simple dietary ratio of 4 non-meat days to 3 meat days per week. I couldn't by pass meat altogether but I have noticed definite improvements in my health, particularly with respect to digestion, since stabilising at those levels.

It is also worth noting that I have regular check ups with my GP and based on blood tests - I'm perfectly healthy. I'd suggest that anyone considering a diet change of any type should also be seeking some basic medical tests to make sure your heading in the right direction
 
I was a vegetarian for 5 years, and never had cravings for meat or anything. I stopped when I finally did some travelling around South America and realized that it is only priveleged first-worlders who have the fucking option to even be a vegetarian. I eat meat now, but only like once a week, often less. Usually only when someone else is cooking it for me.
 
My Mum, sister, sister's boyfriend, brother, brother's fiance, brothers' fiance's two sisters are ALL vegetarian. Like, strict vego-heads. I was bought up with the same diet, but caved when my Dad (a massive meat-eater) started offering me various meats.

I just like the taste, and find that it gives me so much energy. Each to there own of course, and I do admire my family for standing up for what they believe in.. it's just not for me. :)
 
I wish that I could put in the effort to be a vegetarian. I keep trying but slip back into my old ways again:(
 
IMO I see it as fundamentally we are omnivores and we need to be =P Don't they attribute the development of the human brain over the ages to meat eating?
I know of several circumstances where former vegetarians could not deny their body's need for meat. Like my cousin who finally fell pregnant after trying pretty much everything to no avail then took on the doc's suggestion of introducing meat back into her diet. Also I raced with some vego athletes years ago who were getting vitamin/iron injections and the like to make up for the lack of meat but eventually they decided to eat meat again and subsequently felt noticibly better/stronger. However I know those things could be merely coincidental and most (if not all) vego people are not at a loss health-wise.

Alas all that said each to their own, I commend vegetarians and their discipline. I too love animals and hate the way they suffer for our appetities however admittedly I don't think I could stick it out being vego...
 
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