i have been a vegetarian since i was 14 (i'm 33 now), so over half my life. according to my mom i never really liked meat, but i had a very bad food poisoning experience where i threw up 9 times after eating a hamburger that i didn't even really want to eat. this sealed the deal for me and i stopped eating meat immediately.
i fairly recently started becoming vegan...although it has been a gradual process. i wasn't really eating dairy/eggs because of IBS issues, so it sort of is natural for me. 2 books completely changed my life: The China Study and Eating Animals. I would recommend that everyone read these books! I am a huge animal lover but even more than that, it is very important to me what I put in my (and my children's) bodies. These are the only ones we get, and life is too short to not be living feeling fantastic- and processed foods are no good. I love being able to go to petting zoos/aquariums with the kids and not have to explain that these are for looking at or petting, not for eating. my four year old completely understands, tells me she doesn't want to eat that pig, etc. she tells people she's a vegetarian!
my kids are not vegan- i don't quite have the time or discipline to make them fully vegan, partly because although hubby is vegetarian, he definitely eats cheese and eggs. but what i do is make pretty much vegan dinners, so the kids only eat dairy maybe once a day, if that.
would love to start a discussion, so...what's your story?
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