I'm trying out being vegan for a while...

[sacrilegend]

Are any of you? Thoughts?

[captainofbeef]

Nope, I love my meat.

[criterionmaster]

That sounded so nasty.

[eatawiiner]

your gonna turn green. I worked at a food cart for a Jamaican food restaurante near the UW on state st., and these Vegan thingys would come by and get Jerk Tofu and they looked like discolored simpsons characters. Rarley had any hair and the worst smell coming from them cause it was the summer and they were sweating out whatever kind of tofu they ate the previous week. Very skinny, teeth usually not the whitest, and they dont get to eat beef jerky.
I'd rather be dead myself, but good luck with that.

[sacrilegend]

Ahhh you're spoiling it for me! If I start smelling bad I'll start eating meat again. That's for sure! I'm just sick of feeling so unhealthy. I guess I don't want to be a fullblown vegan (that is, boycotting leather and animal-tested products) I'm jot in it for the animals, I just want to feel better.

I'll try and do this for a while and let you guys know how it goes.

[sacrilegend]

eatawiiner - That only happens when you have protein or vitamind B2 deficiencies. I checked

I just spent the whole frigging afternoon making a completely vegan shepherd's pie. My mom is a bit pissed off at how much trouble (she think) goes into being vegan, so I made this for dinner tonight. I hope she appreciates it. I'll keep you guys posted on the vegan lifestyle

By the way: I'm cutting out refined stuff (bread, sweets) as well. This is going to be bucketloads of... fun!

[sacrilegend]

So, I lasted exactly three months: Feb 15 - May 15

My mom started hassling me about not getting the right amount of protein in my diet or about other deficiencies or about my food being more expensive and abotu her havign to cook two seperate meals every day, so I'm compromising. I'll start eating fish, and eggs that are REALLY free-range (we're going to buy them from a couple of kids who own the hens and just pick the eggs up where they are lain). Still no other meat, I really can't stomach that right now. Still no milk, and my mom agrees because I have some weird sinus stuff going on when I have dairy anyway. Oh well!

[criterionmaster]

Well if you are eating some meat, why not eat all meat? It seems pointless now. You know what I mean?

[sacrilegend]

Nope, fish don't get tortured. And I mentioned it: meat makes me sick right now, I tried.

[wkw]

You can get your daily dose of proteins from legumes (beans, peas, peanuts, etc). I'm a total carnivore though, I can't possibly live without meat.

[sacrilegend]

I could, yes, but dieticians and people tell me that animal protein is something special and you can't substitute it with anything else.

[criterionmaster]

How do you know fish don't get tortured? I wouldn't like no fishing hook through the lip.

[sacrilegend]

Hey, I don't think they catch the fish one-by-one with a hook, guy. It hought they used a net, but I started eating everything again anyway. Oh my word, what a relief.

[criterionmaster]

Thank God, plus, some people do catch fish, if you were having fresh caught fish or whatever, and not ones bought in the store. Finally, you have returned to the meats.

[sacrilegend]

Yeah, but the last time I ate a frshly caught fish was when I caught it myself at the age of six, with a broken arm.