shade
05-13-2003, 12:36 AM
It's probably about time that I'm getting around to posting my story. My story really isn't that interesting and I'm getting sick of telling it so it took me until one very bored night to do so. :p
I became a vegetarian at the age of 8. I always was ananimal lover just never really connected animals to the food I was eating (other than pigs, they were my favourite animals and I always refused to eat anything pig related for some reason). When I was 8 I got a horrible 3 or 4 month long flu. I couldn't eat much of anything other than crackers and bread like things. Apparently m stomach stopped producing the toxins to break down meat or something (doctor tried explaining it to me, I was 8 so not really paying attention). Basically to sum it up, I would get horribly ill every time I tried to consume meat after that. That was the big get go to it all.
I still had no idea what veganism was or that such a thing existed. I got made fun of at school for being "that girl that eats weird food".
I was also lactose intolerant this entire time I should probably add and no animal products really 100% agreed with me. I avoided certain animal derrived dyes (mainly red 40 since it made me extremely aggitated and violent followed by extreme nausea). I was finally learning a little bit more about veganism when I became a computer junkie and practically lives in front of this technological box. One day (I was actually visiting California ..and had really bad sunstroke at the time so was living off of fruit smoothies) I decided that I wanted to be a vegan. I tried explaining it to my mom and she thought that I was absolutely crazy. She tried to sneak dairy products and such into my food for about the first month. My dad tried to convince that I was going to die from malnutrition. They eventually got over themselves and realized that 6 years later I'm still alive and healthier than ever so it couldn't be THAT bad for me. I still learn new things every day about veganism. My friends and family are now more supportive and help me out rather than ridiculing me. When I go out to a restaraunt with friends it turns out to be a "lets all see what we can find that Jacqui can eat" hunt before they even look at the menus for themselves.
I'm not too sure what else to add. That basically sums up my story, which really isn't all that exciting.
I became a vegetarian at the age of 8. I always was ananimal lover just never really connected animals to the food I was eating (other than pigs, they were my favourite animals and I always refused to eat anything pig related for some reason). When I was 8 I got a horrible 3 or 4 month long flu. I couldn't eat much of anything other than crackers and bread like things. Apparently m stomach stopped producing the toxins to break down meat or something (doctor tried explaining it to me, I was 8 so not really paying attention). Basically to sum it up, I would get horribly ill every time I tried to consume meat after that. That was the big get go to it all.
I still had no idea what veganism was or that such a thing existed. I got made fun of at school for being "that girl that eats weird food".
I was also lactose intolerant this entire time I should probably add and no animal products really 100% agreed with me. I avoided certain animal derrived dyes (mainly red 40 since it made me extremely aggitated and violent followed by extreme nausea). I was finally learning a little bit more about veganism when I became a computer junkie and practically lives in front of this technological box. One day (I was actually visiting California ..and had really bad sunstroke at the time so was living off of fruit smoothies) I decided that I wanted to be a vegan. I tried explaining it to my mom and she thought that I was absolutely crazy. She tried to sneak dairy products and such into my food for about the first month. My dad tried to convince that I was going to die from malnutrition. They eventually got over themselves and realized that 6 years later I'm still alive and healthier than ever so it couldn't be THAT bad for me. I still learn new things every day about veganism. My friends and family are now more supportive and help me out rather than ridiculing me. When I go out to a restaraunt with friends it turns out to be a "lets all see what we can find that Jacqui can eat" hunt before they even look at the menus for themselves.
I'm not too sure what else to add. That basically sums up my story, which really isn't all that exciting.