I've been vegan 5 days so far!
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I've been vegan 5 days so far!
I've only been vegan for about two months, and honestly I haven't seen much difference, even though before that I was an evil, hypocritical carnivore. I'm definitely proud of myself though.
I guess for me, the changes have mostly been mental - before, I practically refused to eat anything green, my favorite food was steak, and I seriously believed that meat was necessary for good health; now I keep catching myself forgetting that meat and fur are still legal.
Good for you TwentyfiveButtons! Positive mental changes are a good thing :)
I went veggie at the age of 11 after seeing a cow shot with a captive bolt gun :( learned all I could about being veggie got into animal rights at 15 went vegan at 17 - 18ish dead strict by 19... errrmmm I am 33 now...sssshhhh no old bugger jokes...
On a health note, I was a tubby little buggerback then I am not now..I have more of a zest for life and loads more enegy. And I have been told I look a lot younger than my age (tend to act it as well LOL) which all in is not a bad thing and yes I think veganism has had lots to do with it.
I need to keep up my vegan vits otherwise I can get ill easy in the winter but my stamina and strength is far better than ever.
Is that the kind of example you mean ? hope I understood the thread ok :-)
My friends said I wouldnt last a month. Its now been a year
Now thats going to show what an old bugger I am lol
I've been meatless for 16 years, vegan for a sum total of 4.5 years, with an unfortunate break in the middle!
Life-long commitment now. :)
I became vegetarian on the 11th of January 1992, and often vegan but now have been vegan since 1999. It took me a year to convince my Mum, but became vegetarian when I was 14. Only recently have I been associating with other vegans.
I've been vegan for maybe 4 years, veggie for maybe 3 years before that, but as it was a transition from one to other, no real date was diaried.
Yay! I don't remember what date in October I stopped eating animal products, but it was definitely in the mid or early part. I wasn't a vegan until about November or December when I stopped the use of animal products in other respects, but I digress.
After just one year, my cholesterol is 142 (though I don't know what it waas before). My LDL/HDL ratio is 2.9, which is considered optimum and I guess what most vegans are!
I'm so happy to hear that my horrible prior diet/effects from it are being reversed every single day with my healthier, more ethical way of eating and living. :)
Oustanding!
Congratulations, and thanks for the inspiration! ;)
Congratulations on a healthy year and many more to come!
Congratulations Artichoke! :D
Thank you! :D
Congrats, I'm at the year stage as well. I've never felt better.
well done Artichoke!
i've been vegan a year or so now too, have no idea about my cholesterol levels but feel pretty healthy. :)
I had to get a blood test for my disability insurance. I HATE to have my blood taken. I asked them for a copy of the results. It is my blood, after all.
Anyway, that's how I got the results! I am very happy. I ate too many animal products as a teenager and even from 18 on when I was on my own. I am so glad that I changed my life around and that it is already showing up inside my body. :)
A vegetarian for 12 years and I have been Vegan for less than 1 month.
Congratulations, Artichoke! :D
Happy vegan birthday artichoke! :p
Yay for Artichoke! Man...you are so knowledgeable and passionate about your Veganism...it seems as though you must have been doing this for many years! You make it look easy, practical and fun! Blessings to you on your Vegan Birthday! ;)
Vegan birthday is MY word ;)Quote:
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Word stealer :D hehe
Well I *usually* say "Vegan Anniversary" ... ;)
:) :) :) :) :) :)
- I am procrastinating...I am "doing" a language and literacy essay and I soooo can't be stuffed
Happy veganniversary Artichoke47, boomer, and that Gorilla. :D
Thank you, everyone! :D
Yes, I am very hardcore. I lived in an unenlightened state for far too long, CC. ;)
WOW! I thought from all your intelligent posts on veganism that you had been vegan for many years! Well done on making it to the year mark and for leaning so much on the issue.
I've been vegan for over 18 yrs now (blooming heck :eek: makes me sound dead old).
I think the question about how you feel & problems when becoming vegan come dow to your dietary choices.
If you become vegan, eat in red veg everyday (a vegan/veggie fast food place that does burgers etc) or eat mainly refined flour & heaps of sugar, then problems will follow, but if you try to balance your diet & make sure you get B12 & your EFA's (Essential Fatty Acids), then most people tend to feel better than when on either a veggie or omni diet.
If you'd like any advice on diet. I could do it here or if you'd prefer you could e-mail me (if you don't fancy your details being plastered over the net :) )
I'd need your weight (& whether the weight is mainly fat, muscle etc), height, activity level, current diet (roughly, if you don't have a proper breakdown). A list of any supplements you take, also a list of any problems you have at the moment (oh yea, & any vices, booze, smoking etc).
Sounds a lot I know, but the more we know, the better we can help. For my trainees we often run through complete dietary breakdowns, habits etc & really dig out any lurking problems, that's before they even touch a weight!
Like any diet, a healthily-balanced diet is not detrimental to the health - the only difference is that veganism get sfar more bad publicity. A healthy vegan diet is likely to be the healthiest of all diets.
I have been fully vegan almost 2 years and semi vegan (veggie the rest of the time) for 1 yr before that. I have never felt so healthy and happy and good-looking before. I do stupid amounts of sport, I am rarely ill and I have no health complaints. I avoid wheat 80% of the time, eat organic as much as I can afford, combine soy and lentils beans nuts and seeds for protein, avoid processed foods, eat about 50/50 raw and lightly cooked foods. My weight stabilised after an Eating Disorder and since beginning weight-lifting I have become strong and gained mass. I quote a sports centre staff person talking to a friend as I was running on the track in front of the centre, he has seen me progress from a severely anorexic vegetarian to the vegan that I am now : "She never stops - never seen anyone like her , she's the wonder of us all at the sports centre - must spend more time that us here- and she was a right scrawny thing when she first started coming here too"
Vegan since April 1990 so 15 year anniversary this month. :)
Vegetarian for about 10 years before that, which was a cop out now that I think back on it. :(
Oh dear, I was scanning down the list of options and I accidentally clicked on 1985-1994. I meant to click on 2005. I went vegan the first week of January this year.
I've been vegan since I was 26. I decided that I was 'officially' a vegan on January 3rd 2003. So I've been vegan for 2 years and 4 months now. I turned vegetarian at 14 (I was a few months off being 15). At that time I consumed eggs (yuk!) and milk (double-yuk!!!!), then when I turned 22 I decided to stop eating eggs (or anything with eggs in). It's funny cos when I say that ate eggs and milk, I never actually liked eggs or milk (ie I never could actually drink milk on it's own, or consume anything that resembled an egg before and I've never been able to - this has been from being a child), so it was always things that contained milk or eggs. I used to love cheese however, but once I'd given it up for a month I stopped craving it. Was I addicted??? :eek:
Oh, and I also tried being a vegan when I was 20 years old.... I lasted 3 weeks!! Ack....! Looking back I think I viewed it as more of a restriction than a philosophy, and I was probably not ready (???!!) I laugh about it now..... :rolleyes: :D
That's excellent Cal! :) Don't beat yourself up about being vegetarian for years before being vegan, I think it's a normal progression. I'm pretty sure most people here can recall the same. :)Quote:
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Happy Anniversary Cal!! 15 years is impressive. Think of how many animal lives you have saved. :DQuote:
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Thanks feline01 and Neptunes_Girl! :)
my 2 year vegan anniversary is coming up on december 16th :D yay! i dont know how ill celebrate!
Why, have a vegan feast of course. And then call me to help finish off the leftovers ;)Quote:
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LOL yoggy. woohoo vegan feast!
And me! Don't forget to call me! :D
:D well anyone have any ideas on what to have for a vegan feast. i know id want a big glass of noel nog WITH a little rum, thank you very much!