I’ve been vegetarian for about 5 years, and it’s basically the best thing that has happened to me. It’s really healthy and helps you keep extra unwanted weight off.
Also, you’re being nice to the animal community <3

Talk about confusing. The Fundamentalist Vegan ex ate a product that contained honey…yes, bee vomit in front of me as if it didn’t matter. This was the same person who said that I was taking part in the slavery of bees years ago.

shakes head in confusion

I can’t believe it but I’ve got relatives of mine who formerly put eating a veggie diet down eating the hardcore foods. :-)

I don’t know whether to be flattered or worried for my own supplies. Eeep.

This food is so delicious, I almost don’t want to stop eating. I went to the market with some of the money I earned and bought myself a lot of fruits, veggies, and soy products including tofu and soysauge. Yummy!

So, once my family heard that I was adopting a vegetarian diet, the ‘offers’ began coming out. This was for everything from a ‘nice juicy steak’ to a free dinner out at the ‘carne-restaurant’ of my choice. When I mentioned some of the local vegetarian/vegan places, I got blank stares and wrinkled noses even though they’d never been there before.

I am so glad I am old enough to decide my own dietary choices.

Ahhh, I resisted the urge. I knew that someone was going to come in the door and try to tempt me away from my goal so I got up and started chopping the second I knew the house was empty.

Green peppers, jalapeno peppers, mushrooms, onions, celery, and a dash of salt, pepper, lemon pepper, as well as a splash of some basil vinegar I made last year and I was set. Before anyone came in with any spiced ham, I had the vegetarian soup on the stove.

I was in the process of clearing up just as the door opened and the assumptions began. The crestfallen look on the face of the person offering spiced ham and delivery pizza brought a lovely sense of satisfaction to my body, warming me all over.

I am proud of me and even prouder of the permeating smell going through the house of delicious soup.

I have consumed a vegetarian diet all my life :-)

It’s great and guilt free!

I am not planning on giving up on this. It seems like when you try to do something and you have set your determinism to do it, others will go out of their way to prevent you from achieving your goal. I am not going to let this get to me though, as I am determined to do this once and for all. roar lol

When I dated my fundamentalist Vegan ex-boyfriend I adopted a Vegetarian diet more to get him off of my back than as a personal health choice. I can say that I’ve noticed the difference in my health and overall feeling between the two systems of eating and that’s why I’m going back to the moo food on my own terms.