How Old Were You....

[Biozombie]

I went vegetarian at 16 and first went vegan at 21 (though have slipped back to vegetarian a couple of times since then).

[petunia]

i became veg at 16, after realizing that there was no difference between my dog and cats and the chickens and cows i was eating.

even as a little kid, (like 4 and 5) i remember not wanting to finish my meal, and my mom saying, "well just eat your meat" (cause it was the expensive part, im assuming), and me saying "can i just eat the bun?"

i also remember being forced to drink milk, and hating it. so i would ask to be excused to go to the washroom, and i would take my milk with me, pretending to drink it while in the bathroom. i would then go into the playroom and dump it out the window onto the rocks, and go back to the table saying how i finished it. haha... i was MEANT to be a vegan.

(my parents were pretty dumb... lol... they mustve figured it out eventually)

went vegan for the first time at twenty two; have fallen off the wagon a few times, but am now very committed...

[Khashoggi]

Veg at 15, vegan at 16 :) Best decision I've made.

[littlewinker]

I've been veggie all my life.

When I first wondered if veganism existed (I didn't know the name) I thought it was the right thing to do, I must have been about 6 or 7. I asked my mum and I took on her opinion the veganism was really hardcore and difficult and unnecessary. I knew in the back of my mind that what she said wasnt true and veganism WAS necessary or you would still contribute to the meat indusrty, but I deliberately didn't think about it.

Until I was 9, when someone let me know that milk was 16% pus (a man who had to be about 40 was criticizing me being a veggie) and what he said was credible, so I tried to go vegan. I kept trying every day for about a week or 2 and lasted 2 whole days, but my mum and auntie thought it was a phase and kept offering me non-vegan stuff. I had no supprt so I quit.

For the next few years I didn't think about it again convinced that veganism was a realy restrictive diet.

I had the intention of going vegan from the age of 13, I done it age 14 but went back to the dark side a few months later, (I lost weight and thought it was from being vegan - it wasn't, I never put the weight back on) then soon went back to being vegan again and I've been one a year now :)

sorry i rambled *blushes*

So basically I've wanted to go since I was a child and been one on/off since 14 and one properly since 15 :)

[pavotrouge]

really, thats awesome, thinking about such matters so early in life. I first wanted to go vegetarian when I was about 11/12 but my family wouldn't let me, so I know what you mean about the no support thing as a kid.

what does your mum think about veganism nowadays?

[Joe]

I became vegetarian at 42, but had to give it up as I felt so weak.:confused:
I became a vegetarian again at 45, with no problems the second time around.:)
I became a vegan at 48.:bigsmile:

[LuVegan15]

Vegetarian at 12, vegan at 14, and I'm 15 now. I've been vegan for 9 months. :)

[emzy1985]

Way hey! Glad things are going good LuVegan15. Haven't seen you around in a while. You ok?

[xwitchymagicx]

Tut, mine is still on the 16-17 section. :umm:

Shows how long I've been here I guess. lol

[pavotrouge]

you're an old lady now, Sarah :) Let's go feed some ducks.

[Darky_]

I was NEARLY 22. . .

[Dylan Mulenburg]

I became vegetarian when I was 11 and vegan when I was 12. (almost 13) I am now 15.

[clueless]

I became veggie at around 13, vegan at 17 - that was four months ago. I am now 17. :satisfied:

[umbilical]

that's great that you found this forum so quickly :D

..it took me around 8 years :satisfied:

[pavotrouge]

didn't you know search engines existed before *lol* ?

[umbilical]

i never thought there could be more vegans beside me in this world :p

[pavotrouge]

self-centered boy :D

yeah I'm in a teasing mood today...

[lily80]

I was around 13 when I went vegetarian and then 21 when I went vegan.

[.Rebecca.]

I became vegan when I was 18.

[Qaxt]

I turned veggie four months before my 17th birthday. I turned vegan a few days shy of that same birthday.

[Aims]

Vegetarian at 21, vegan at 23

[imblissful]

Vegetarian since I moved out of my parents house (on and off though) at 18 years old, vegan since June 22, 2008 at 39. When I became veggie there was no one I knew who was veggie (except the mountain hippies in a neighboring town). I think that is why I kept going back to my carniverous ways.

[violet7]

veggie since my birth (lucky me:)), vegan at 19 (it is less than a month, i think:))...

[qwerty]

You are lucky Violet, I wish I was born that way
Vegetarian at 18, vegan at 18

[violet7]

You are lucky too! It counts a lot cause you decided without help of family. :) well done!