she has been a vegetarian for over a month now!!!!!!!!!!
congratulations!!!! now you can never ever turn back!! and you won't want to either!!!
Ooooohh My Goodness!! Thank you Pandora!
Hahaha... I didn't know about this thread at all until WHY PM me!! Thank you so much for all your words and support.
I was actually thinking to post a thread to share this change of lifestyle, but I haven't had the time!! Monday is holiday here and I have to work too much in advance!
On the matter, I have to say:
1) It was a slow process... I guess all things come in proper time... I considered the change for a couple of years probably. I have friends and acquaintances who are vegeterians too, and they inspired me as well as Morrissey of course. To me it always seemed great but I just lacked the will to quit meat. I thought by those days that becoming a veggie was something beautiful , but I really believed I couldn't live without the taste of a good barbecue, hamburger, ham, and stuff... I have to confess that, in spite of my being always skinny, I was able to eat half a kilo or a whole kilo of meat during a barbecue with family or friends... Don't hate me... Cause that was the "old me".
2) Slowly I started to eat less and less meat, because I noticed that meat really made me feel digestively horrible... I started to develop colon problems and not to mention all the troubles I had with my intestines.
3) After being involved in this forum and watching enough Morrissey interviews I knew that I had -sooner than later- to become a veggie. And I just decided it overnight. I realized that I hadn't eaten meat for like a week or 2 and I said to myself: "Well... Considering that I'm on this path already, why not to keep it like that!!..." And I made this oath to myself... Meat nevermore...
4) The results have been wonderful... I feel better than ever, my digestive system is working wonderfully as never before in my adult life, I feel "lighter", I know you'll understand what I mean... I feel my blood cleaner, my body has taken its original form, since I had gained a few little pounds and I had never been used to gain any weight whatsoever, but now in a month I'm just like I've always been in my adult life. 47 kilos is my all time weight. No more no less. And above all, I think this is a giant leap in terms of conciousness... I feel a little evolved now... I've always cared for animals, but now I know I'm doing something important for them. And I can look at them straight to their eyes without remorse. Like 2 weeks ago I found myself rejecting a plate they offered me in my work's cafeteria, it was turkey and white rice, but I said: No, I don't eat animals... And that was incredible... Those words came to my mouth by themselves... It was so natural... And now everytime I see a steak or a piece of ham or any meat I just can't see anything else but the whole animal being that that piece of flesh used to be... To me it's no food anymore, it's a part that belonged to an animal before.
5) Regarding my daughter: She's just 9. I've said here before that I'm one of those who think that children must make their own choices in proper time... My daughter looooves animals, and she have a special connection with cats especially, they look for her and they talk, believe it or not, but she also loves eating meat... By now... I know that sooner than later she will make the connection and I'm sure she will make her decision, but I won't push her to vegetarianism yet because I don't like preaching and because it can cause the opposite effect, especially if she will be a teenager in a few more years. However, meat doesn't make it home... I won't buy meat or any of its subproducts, none at all... So at home she sticks to my veggie diet and doesn't complain because, as a result of my change, I've started to cook more and I've discovered little veggie places where they sell soy burgers, franks, salami, everything vegetal, and tofu! And she loved everything, so no problem... But if we go out to a restaurant and she orders meat I won't scold her or forbid her...
6) Finally, I just got to know 2 weeks ago that the world meat industry generates roughly the 18% of ALL greenhouse gases that cause global warming!! So i'm really proud not to be contributing with that... And that just reaffirmed my decision...
Anyway, it's no easy being a veggie in a country of which NATIONAL typical traditions, costums and cuisine REVOLVE totally around meat: Family and friends meetings always happen around a barbecue, inevitably; rodeo, turn overs filled with ground meat... And I have to be tolerant because this an intrinsically carnivore country.
3 days after I had made my decision, I didn't have anything to eat or cook at home, so I crossed the street and went to a minimarket... All, but ALL sandwiches they sell there, all had some kind of meat, and my daughter and I were starving... I think that experience was the toughest test for my will... But I passed it... And we ended up eating some invention I had to make... hahaha.
As Pandora well said, this week I completed my 1st month as a vegetarian and I can't feel less than proud because I know there's no way back.
And the other day in the supermarket I remembered you Pandora! Cause I found the Portobello mushroom
Well...This turned out long, but it's my experience and I'm happy that Pandora got ahead me in telling you all and sharing this wonderful life change, which is, make no mistake, forever
Thank you all!!
