Thursday Thirteen #10
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1. There are numerous types of vegetarians. I am technically a lacto-ovo vegetarian. That means that I do not eat any means (beef, poultry, fish), but I do eat milk, cheese and eggs. I don't eat anything that caused the animal to die in order for me to eat it. 2. When I buy eggs...I do buy range free eggs (which I don't often because they are hella expensive). I buy range free because even though the chickens are not killed to get their eggs...in the "egg factories" the chickens are put in horrible, abusive conditions. So...if I eat eggs...range free. 3. I have been a vegetarian since 2000...when I moved out to Indiana to go to grad school. I started wanting to be a vegetarian about 2-3 years prior...it just took me that long to get there. 4. The last piece of meat that I ate...I think it was a double cheeseburger at McDonald's. How sad, eh? I started being a vegetarian in 1999, but I was having a hard time, so I would *sneak* meat from time to time...and a double cheese it was. 5. When people think I am a vegetarian...most people immediately ask why. It's a common question. So, why? Well...it started as a health thing. I wanted to get healthy and lose some weight, so I decided to cut out red meat and just ate a tad bit of chicken. And at the time...my roommate in college was a vegetarian, had a good number of veggie friends and my brother had been a vegetarian for over 10 years. Now I am a vegetarian because I don't think it is necessary for me to kill and eat animals in order to nourish myself. So, I don't. 6. Now that doesn't mean I am one of those vegetarians that gets all crazy because YOU eat meat. I don't feel it is necessary for ME to eat meat, but I don't make that decision for anyone else. 7. I also don't mind if we are out to dinner and the person I am with orders a big steak with all the evil steak juices. You have to eat it..I don't. 8. I get really annoyed when people snap at me and tell me without knowing anything...that I am not eating healthy because I don't eat meat. They tell me how my body is lacking protein, etc. Little do they know...I probably eat more protein than they do. 9. Most people consider me a hardcore vegetarian. I don't eat gelatin that is animal based. I don't eat marshmallows. I don't eat croutons that are flavored with animal products. I don't eat something that has been fried in the same oil that animal products have been fried in. I don't eat soup if it has chicken or beef broth in it. I ask the girl at Subway to change her gloves before she makes her sandwich...cause the last sandwich she made was roastbeef, etc. I don't eat anything that has meat in it...I don't just not eat meat that I can see. 10. I also don't use any animal products. This can be tricky and take a good deal of research. Try to find a hair condition that does not have animal products in it. I don't wear real leather shoes. I have to research a lot of things that I buy...because many things either contain 11. One of my hugest pet peeves...is how trendy or cool being a vegetarian is right now. That annoys me because there are some people who "say" they are vegetarians, but they aren't. They say, "I am a vegetarian...I only eat chicken every once in a while." Umm...that means you are not a vegetarian. And books have even classified one type of vegetarian...of people who still eat fish. It may be in a book, but if you eat fish...in my book...not a vegetarian. 12. I often don't miss meat...but sometimes I do. I miss the convenience and missing out on things. I have to special order so many things...or some restaurant will come out with a brand new, yummy chicken finger or something. It looks great...I would love to try it. And meat still smells good to me too...I just choose not to eat it. I loved..LOVED..Wendy's Chili. I will be driving by a restaurant or a KFC and the smell of chicken, etc...will be intoxicating. 13. People ask me this too...do you think you will be a vegetarian forever? Yes, I do. I don't see myself eating meat...making the decision that it is okay. I might be married and have kids...they might be meat eaters..but I can't see it for me. 6 years ago...I made a decision and I don't see myself changing my mind on that. |
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