PAveG*n
07-10-05, 04:33 PM
I figured I would post here and say hello since I have not even been on this site since November. I joined in 2003, but I am a quiet person that does not post much, so I doubt anyone would remember me. Anyways...
I became a vegetarian in 2003 while I was pregnant with my second child and really loved it. Then towards the end of my pregnancy with him I started losing weight and they were worried about his size, and blah,blah, blah, I went back to meat. After he was born, I felt like crap, read A LOT about veganism and went back to being a vegetarian. My goal was to go vegan, and up untill this past winter, I was getting there and was very proud of myself. It was very difficult for me to be the only vegetarian in the house (let alone the fact that I only knew one other vegetarian). My husband and kids are omnis and cooking a bunch of different meals all day everyday took its toll on me. I have always been small, but I had ended up too underweight, though looking back I know that it was because I was not eating enough for my body.
Then I joined a gym last December and started lifting weights and made new friends. Eventhough I went veg for AR and enviornmental reasons, I would be lying if I said that it had nothing to do with my health. After reading Diet For A New America by John Robbins, how could one not?
But I somehow got sucked in-again- to believing that I needed meat and dairy in my diet. I didnt bother to add more protein in my diet in other ways, and it was too easy to go back to that crap since it made life at home easier.
Now it is what? 7 months later, and I have had it. I feel yucky. Yeah, I gained about 10 pounds and think it LOOKS a lot better, but I dont feel better. Meat and eggs just make me feel nauseaous and bloated all the time, my skin is breaking out like crazy, etc. I also have read too much about factories and the enviornment to just play dumb and forget. I have decided to go again. But this time I am going to go slower. I do not drink any milk since I went veg the first time (I used to LOVE glasses of milk with my food, but cannot stomach it now), but cheese has always been a weakness of mine. I do not like tofu, or regular soymilk for that matter, but I love to make homemade seitan and eat beans, tvp, bulgur, veggies, tempeh, and so on. I think if I make seitan and some oat bulgur patties ahead of time for the week, and stock up on some tempeh and quick veggie burgers and some nuggets that it wont be so difficult at home making meals. I finally got four or five vegan dinners that my husband will actually eat, and my kids love soy nuggets and even my seitan, so I am hoping it will work out okay.
I guess I am done my rambling, LOL. I am glad to be back!!
I became a vegetarian in 2003 while I was pregnant with my second child and really loved it. Then towards the end of my pregnancy with him I started losing weight and they were worried about his size, and blah,blah, blah, I went back to meat. After he was born, I felt like crap, read A LOT about veganism and went back to being a vegetarian. My goal was to go vegan, and up untill this past winter, I was getting there and was very proud of myself. It was very difficult for me to be the only vegetarian in the house (let alone the fact that I only knew one other vegetarian). My husband and kids are omnis and cooking a bunch of different meals all day everyday took its toll on me. I have always been small, but I had ended up too underweight, though looking back I know that it was because I was not eating enough for my body.
Then I joined a gym last December and started lifting weights and made new friends. Eventhough I went veg for AR and enviornmental reasons, I would be lying if I said that it had nothing to do with my health. After reading Diet For A New America by John Robbins, how could one not?
But I somehow got sucked in-again- to believing that I needed meat and dairy in my diet. I didnt bother to add more protein in my diet in other ways, and it was too easy to go back to that crap since it made life at home easier.
Now it is what? 7 months later, and I have had it. I feel yucky. Yeah, I gained about 10 pounds and think it LOOKS a lot better, but I dont feel better. Meat and eggs just make me feel nauseaous and bloated all the time, my skin is breaking out like crazy, etc. I also have read too much about factories and the enviornment to just play dumb and forget. I have decided to go again. But this time I am going to go slower. I do not drink any milk since I went veg the first time (I used to LOVE glasses of milk with my food, but cannot stomach it now), but cheese has always been a weakness of mine. I do not like tofu, or regular soymilk for that matter, but I love to make homemade seitan and eat beans, tvp, bulgur, veggies, tempeh, and so on. I think if I make seitan and some oat bulgur patties ahead of time for the week, and stock up on some tempeh and quick veggie burgers and some nuggets that it wont be so difficult at home making meals. I finally got four or five vegan dinners that my husband will actually eat, and my kids love soy nuggets and even my seitan, so I am hoping it will work out okay.
I guess I am done my rambling, LOL. I am glad to be back!!