A little background on what got me here.
I have loved animals my entire life. When I was 7, I remember finding a fly caught in a spider's web, and spending an hour with toothpicks doing my best to get the fly free. I cried through every animal movie... from Homeward Bound to Stewart Little. I became a vegetarian in high school while working at Burger King... repulsed by the way that the animals I loved were reduced to nothing more than ingredients. At first I gave up only red meat, in a year I gave up poultry. Finally, I gave up fish. I struggled trying to help people understand my choice not to eat flesh. It was considered "wierd" by most of the people in my life, and my diet became an inconvenience for them. I was told I was malnurished, asked what seemed to me ridiculous questions like "Where do you get protein?" and "Don't carrots have feelings?" I craved knowledge, nutritional evidence to back my ethical decisions. I changed my major to Nutrition, and changed schools, which turned out to be one of the greatest decisions I could have made. This past January, with the backing and support of my animal loving boyfriend, I took the final plunge and went vegan, something I had pondered for ages but never had the nerve to do. So here I am, a new vegan, newly graduated nutritionist, with a thirst for knowledge and a passion for animal rights. I do my best, but I make plenty of mistakes too. There is a bit of a learning curve with this vegan thing. Not only do I no longer eat animal products but i don't use them either. I do my best to buy products that aren't tested on animals, but it seems I am forever finding hidden ingredients I didn't know were animal derived. Its a process. But as I grow and learn I am constantly encouraged and thankful that I have started this journey. I am starting this little blog to document my triumphs and failures, and I hope that it can be encouraging and helpful for others who are also trying to live without cruelty.
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