bein vegan

i know. im lame. i apparently have so little going on in my life that the ONLY thing i have to talk about is how im trying to be vegan. (It’s been about 48 hours without ‘animal anything’ for those keeping track).

but it’s been a really big change for me. and i think the point of having a blog is to, well, write about whatever the heck i want. right? right.

so, for those interested: i had fruit for breakfast; vegan products tend to be more expensive; soy milk (with chocolate) tastes good (ish); sugar is NOT made from any part of any animal and i CAN still have a pop if i want to — i just think it’s not going to help me stay on track with this.

and i’m NOT doing this to lose weight (although that would be nice). i’m doing it, because i believe in it. i don’t think humans were meant to ingest a milk that a cow makes for it’s young. it would be like you drinking a random woman’s milk. (what? it WOULD). only it’s worse because it’s inter-species. ewwww.

the vegan thing really has made a difference in my body. one, im hungry more often. two, im tired more. but three, my pee is way clearer. (yes, i check that kind of thing. and you should too! btw: apple cider color=bad, lemonade color=good). also, i just kind of feel cleaner — although that could ALL be in my head.

the book i read about all things vegan (which said my body should get used to the whole thing in about a month) also suggested yoga — so  i did that too (i think it’s the only exercise my animal-fat-free body has the energy for anyway). and although i pretty much modify every pose so i can, um, DO them, after each session i feel more “balanced,” which is good because that’s how the yoga teacher says i SHOULD feel after. and it DOES relax me. and one day i DO plan to hold the downward facing dog for more than 30 seconds.

Oh, and im thinking i won’t make a separate page on this blog for my vegan fascination — at least not yet. im going to try and make it week ‘animal-anything free’ before i make that kind of commitment to myself. (and i still have to actually figure out HOW to make a separate page for that).

stayed tuned for all things vegan. but don’t worry, im SURE something else exciting will happen to me soon and then you can read about THAT too.

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how long until i can attend the official vegan conferences?

I posted like five things over the last two days, so im not going to post anything exciting today.

but y’all should know that i still haven’t eaten ANY animal products since i finished this book two days ago (excluding, of course, the aforementioned egg whites in my soy chik’n and three grains of parmesan). not even one thing. and im looking into starting a separate page on my blog about my desire and attempts to be vegan. you know. for the three of you who care. but seeing as how i JUST realized what tags were, it might take me awhile.

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it’s kind of as life-changing as say, the bible. kind of.

When i became a vegetarian back during my freshman year of college, people thought i was crazy — and they still do. my dad’s boss asked if i was doing it to impress a boy. my former co-worker wanda wanted to know “when i knew i was vegetarian” and “if i was born that way” and my friends constantly explained to me that i should just order the chicken. “oh, wait. that’s meat  TOO?” they would say.

my grandma on my dad’s side was the most alarmed by the whole thing though. she tried desperately to explain to me that i should eat meat because “Jesus ate fish.” and im not going to lie. the first time i ate at her house after making the decision i choked down the pot roast because i was too scared to tell her i had gone insane (aka given up meat).

but i stayed strong. and gave up the dead carcass (sorry, had to say it).

and i think im ready to take it one step further. i finished this book. (read the whole dang thing in less than a day) and im not going to say it definitely changed my life, but i am going to say it probably changed my life. at least for the last 24 hours (and counting).

i’ve been convinced to become a vegan. and eventually give up sugar. (that’s going to take awhile longer though, i think).

since i’ve finished the book, the only animal products i’ve eaten were the egg whites in my soy chik’n patties and the three grains of parmesan i couldn’t resit putting on my whole wheat pasta last night.

i know. i’m awesome. and i even bought vegan oreos. but of course they’re not called oreos. they called “almost as good as oreos.” or something like that.

but wait. there’s more.

guess what i DRANK with my dinner! that’s right people. i had a glass of SOY milk. and it didn’t suck.

and if you read the book, you probably would become a vegan too (if you want to borrow it, just ask).

and the weird thing is, after reading the book, im convinced that had my grandma been born today she would probably be a vegan. or at least a vegetarian. because it’s just WAY healthier. and she was all about the health. she would cook home-made stuff and take TONS of vitamins and read every health book she could get her hands on. so, I’ve decided she was just a vegan waiting for the future. and now she can experience it through me. (her crazy granddaughter).

ah, who am i kidding. she’s probably eating lobster with Jesus looking down on me right now saying how she tried to fix me before she died.

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