Might go vegan???? plz answer!!!!?!
I am thinking about going vegan, might not. I am already a vegetarian and finally gave up fish this year. I want to go vegan, but my mom still wants me to eat eggs if i go out to breakfast and they don't have anything else.
Would that be an o.k. exception?
I know vegan is a lifestyle but how can i live that lifestyle when I am only an early teen?????
What foods could I buy?
Any ways how I can persuade my mom into letting me become a vegan if i feel like it?
Do you ever make an exception if you cannot find anything vegan on a restuarants menu?? (i would eat vegetarian, if i could not find anything vegan.)
Thanx!!! =]
Answers: Hello.
I am thinking about going vegan, might not. I am already a vegetarian and finally gave up fish this year. I want to go vegan, but my mom still wants me to eat eggs if i go out to breakfast and they don't have anything else.
Would that be an o.k. exception?
I know vegan is a lifestyle but how can i live that lifestyle when I am only an early teen?????
What foods could I buy?
Any ways how I can persuade my mom into letting me become a vegan if i feel like it?
Do you ever make an exception if you cannot find anything vegan on a restuarants menu?? (i would eat vegetarian, if i could not find anything vegan.)
Thanx!!! =]
I am a true vegan. And that is a lifestyle based on compassion and understanding. It is more than just saving animals and a diet. You have a desire to be a true vegan but there are things in your way . . . your age and your parents.
Yet you have the DESIRE to be a true vegan. And in the philosophy of true veganism it is what is in your heart that matters. So until you are of age and able to make decisions on your own, do what you can, learn all you can about true veganism and the philosophy of living as a true vegan. Since it is in your heart, eggs would be fine, and vegetarian would be a good substitute. When you come of age then you can make choices for yourself.
I was fine as a vegetarian but when I went vegan I became obsessed with looking at labels, depressed and unmotivated. It's too extreme man!
Just buy any dairy organic/free range and limit it. Like as you say, you can't even eat an egg. You'll find people even less accepting and you'll probably get anemia.
You can't even eat QUORN because it has egg white!
You can't be a vegan and eat eggs. If you can't make the switch all at once, you can ease into it. As you become more comfortable as a vegetarian, you'll get used to looking for menu items without any animal products at all (and remember, that includes dairy and honey as well).
Like you said, vegan is a lifestyle, and most people who are, are for animal rights, so no, no exceptions.
If you truly want to become vegan, your mom can't make you eat or drink anything you don't want to, so it is 100% your choice. I personally wouldn't be able to live like that.
When you are vegan you do not eat any cooked foods, no animal bi-products(eggs, milk, fur, skins, pelts, etc. . . ) and you harm no living thing in any way, no killing bugs or mice, you are totally humane to everything. It is a decision you need to take a lot of time on and really research what you are wanting to do, it will be very hard and since it is a lifestyle change, you can't just eat eggs if you feel like it, it has to be all or nothing.
I've been vegetarian for about 15 years (not vegan). I don't really want to eat eggs, cheese, etc. but do mainly because of lack of other things to eat. I don't eat much fish but I don't like fish either so that doesn't really count. Maybe you can convince your mom to buy cage free eggs and soy cheese. Yes it is a lifestyle but don't beat yourself up if you can't be 100% vegan right now. There'll be time when you get older if you want to do it then. Many grocery stores, and especially stores like Whole Foods carry a wide variey of vegan items, but they can be expensive which your mom might not like or be able to accomodate. When I went veg my grandma freaked out for a while and then came to accept it over time. Good luck and congrats on not eating meat!
Sorry. No eggs. They will have oatmeal or something. If you can't get it done, then you aren't ready to be a vegan. Just do the best you can.
Don't listen to people who say you HAVE to be ALL OR NOTHING. It's ridiculous for them to tell you how you have to be. You can figure out for yourself. Why do you want to be vegan. Is it for animal rights? If it is, then how would you feel if you ate an egg or something when there wasn't really anything else to eat. If you would be okay with that, go for it.
Also, it's always good to ease into it if you can't start cold-turkey.
I went vegan for about a week and a half when school first started back up in August. It was nice knowing that I was helping animals even MORE than being a vegetarian, but it was way too intense. I think it was about a week after I became vegan that I started getting really sick. I was always tired in the morning and was lacking a lot of energy. But, the thing is, I wasn't really absolutely positive about what I could and couldn't eat...and my parents weren't very supportive of my discision either, so they wouldn't buy many vegan products for me to eat. So I pretty much starved myself for a week and a half.
What I'm saying is, if your parents are fine about you going vegan and you know that they will support you 100%, and if you do some research on what you can and can not eat, by all means, at least try going vegan!
But, since your mom wants you to eat eggs, you won't really be considered a vegan.
What I do, is I still stick to the whole vegatarianism thing, but I'm SUPER strict about some other animal products that aren't exactly considered meat, but came from an animal. Aside from not eating meat, I don't eat eggs (besides the egg whites in veggie bacon/veggie corndogs/egg beaters/etc.), I don't eat or drink anything with milk in it, instead I drink chocolate soy milk and put vanilla soy milk in cereals and whatever else I might be making which requires milk, I don't eat anything what-so-ever with chicken stock in it, I barely ever eat something with honey in it, I don't eat anything with lard in it, and now that I think about it I really don't eat much cheese either. Going vegan means checking labels ALL THE TIME to be completely certain there are no animal products in it, which can be a little frustrating at times.
Another thing to look out for that's found in a heck of a lot of foods is mono and diglycericides....I didn't know about mono & diglycericides until my sister told me that lots of foods contained it, and it was kind of hard to find foods with out it. She told me that being totally vegan is definetely possible, but you can't really eat out anymore unless you go to a vegan resturant, and that it's gonna be even harder unless you start growing your own foods so you know for CERTAIN there are no animal bi-products in it. Incredibly, she survived being completely vegan for two years, but she was VERY sick during those two years. So like she said, it is very possible to be vegan, but it's SUPER HARD!
Just do some research first and see if you're willing to cut out a lot of foods.
Good luck!!! You feel great knowing that you save so many animals!!!!
-?- Teetoe
Going Vegan is a natural step for lots of veggies.. Xing out eggs/milk for breakfast solidifies your will for your health and ethical reasons if thats a reason why you are what you are.
You dont want that pus film in your system.. do it for yourself and allow your parents to gradually accept.
First off, I'm not a vegan, or even a vegitarian, so take my advice for what it's worth.
I don't like breakfast food, never have, even as a small child, so I'm often at a loss in restuarants that only serve breakfast foods.
As a young teenager, especially a young lady who might later in life be suporting a pregnancy, you need your protien (and a lot of other stuff).
We live in a very rural area, with very, very bad snowstorms. We always carry peanutbutter, and crackers in our cars emergency kit. That way if we are ever trapped we have a good source of protien and fats that are quick, easy, store really well, and require zero cooking. Might your Mom allow you to make that compromise? You could eat some peanut butter and crackers before or after the meal out and still get some protiens and fats into you?
Laying hens are actually one of the most abused of the livestock animals. They live their entire short lives in serriously overcrowded cages, in a warehouse environment. They never see the sun, or do anything remotely natural for a chicken.
Best of luck to you.
~Garnet
Homesteading/Farming over 20 years
Vegetarians don't eat meat "sometimes" and vegans don't eat eggs "sometimes." Why would you pick a label if you don't follow the beliefs that go along with it? That's nonsensical. If you feel okay eating eggs, then eat them and call yourself ovo or lacto-ovo vegetarian. Why do you need the vegan label so badly?