It's so true, you get so pissed off at them at first lmao. I am apart of a family where half the guys and girls are involved in vegan fitness.

My sister had a huge argument with me about it, and I ended up yelling at her cause I thought she was pushing the vegan stuff onto me, but then I tried to eat a burger LOL. I felt so bad and threw it right in the trash can.

There's a reason she made you vegan then, made you a better person for the future

Lmao yeah same thing happened to me but with a piece of chicken. Realized that what i was eating was actually a dead animal and almost puked myself and promised myself that id never eat any animals from that moment on

Dope that more people from your fam are into the vegan lifestyle though, makes it way easier in the beginning

the highest praise a vegan could ask for

100%

Loving this discussion y'all. And yeah it feels to good to actually live aligned with your morals. Nobody wants to be cruel to animals, they just don't know better and carnism is a helluva illusion.

I applaud all of you who are committed, this s*** hard af

I find it pretty easy tbh. What do u struggle with?

Tbh the hardest thing for me was eating out with family/friends and also finding the right alternatives for what youre corrently consuming.. and theres a plantbased alternative for pretty much everything these days. if you figure that out its gonne be easier for sure

I'm glad you were the type of person that was able to see the connection lol. It's crazy cause after that day you realize, so we're just consumers that are just as responsible for the choices in products we invest in.

But yeah, I am super grateful for my sister and the family, without my fam I would've never even watched the videos lol

And lets not also talk about those regular health checkups! Almost shocked me how much lower my cholesterol levels got

Staying committed

Same here im trying

Explain more about this. I’m worried I could have an ulcer because my stomach used to be f***ed up bad. Ever since I’ve switched to mostly vegan (except chicken and fish but I’m working on that) it hasn’t been as bad but still kinda there

It seems like cheese is in like everything though. How hard is it to find meals that don’t have any cheese?

I mostly make my own. Asian food is always clutch too.

Huh, for me it was like a light switch flipped. One day I was omni and the next was vegan and that was almost 5 years ago. No struggle with staying on track either. Sorry I can't offer any advice.

stomach ulcer is damage on the lining of your stomach, esophagus or peptic system

soo, it's all about what goes into your body (eating drinking smoking)

when it's severe and meds dont help that much you have to exam every possibility.....for example, stuff like sodas, alcohol, cigarettes and bad eating habits/disorders f*** you up

I drink nothing but coffee and water (excluding a bottle of OJ once a week)

if you do that and it gets better then you good but if it doesnt then you have to move on to the next cause which is eating..(this is where things get tricky)...minced meat isnt ''clean meat'',,,that means it can come from ANY body part of an animal....''cold meat'' that is found in most sandwiches is the most convenient type of meat for junk food cause it's made in a way that it can be preserved for the longest amount of time

now chicken can be served in many ways. (Deep fried, grilled etc) what's f***ed up about it is the seasoning and how long it can be kept in a refrigerator and that is what makes it a cold tasteless piece of meat with no actual benefits that is 100% relying on seasoning and all types of sauce ......The reason it f***s your stomach and peptic system up is cause the acid in you cannot breakdown something that is basically 90% chemicals.

I feel ashamed of this but I used to work at butcher shop and I saw how long meat can remain frozen and to what lengths factories go to keep em ''fresh'' plus how sloppy that line of work is.....I'll just say this,..I'd chop countless pounds of meat every day and 70% of it should not be edible but out of that 70 percent only a third of it would be properly disposed.
Poor people with nothing to eat would come at the back of the shop to get meat from the trash to make stew so they can have something to eat for the rest of the month ....and guess what?? most of em got chicken ''leftovers''

I apologize to anyone that might think this post is graphic

It’s okay bro thank you. I’ll be back in this thread when I fully commit.

I’ve been pretty much pescatarian for 2 months, I really salute to the folks who are vegan. I just love eggs too much

No thank you for sharing. It definitely makes me even more so now want to completely quit meat.

What are we all eating on today? For lunch I'm having my usual sandwich.

Sriracha marinated tofu on sourdough with spinach, bell peppers, pesto, pickles, and spicy mayo.

My sandwich theory is basically "the more the merrier". The pickles is homemade too

500 cals with 20g protein

motherjones.com/food/2020/08/industrial-hog-farms-are-breeding-the-next-pandemic

Industrial Hog Farms Are Breeding the Next Pandemic

“While pure swine flus don’t jump easily to humans, pigs can catch flu viruses that are from birds and humans, and then pass them back and forth. When more than one flu virus has infected a single host, the viruses have the sinister ability to swap genes, a process researchers call “reassortment.” Like DJs creating something new by grabbing and combining snippets from old vinyl records, flus use the bodies of pigs to make the viral equivalent of a mixtape. If a pig catches an avian flu and a human flu at the same time, the two viruses can morph into novel strains that contain swine, human, and avian genetic material, with the potential ability to infect all three species.

That’s why many epidemiologists call hogs “mixing vessels” for flu strains; they provide a host in which avian- and swine-evolved flus can reach people. And since human immune systems have little exposure to bird flus, it can be quite dangerous for us when genetic traces of these bird flus invade our bodies through a strain that was reassorted inside of a hog.”
just stop eating animals you motherfuckers!

Ima be in this thread more I just needed to book mark it
should be stickied

that sounds delicious though

@plants @Psychodrama

i need some dinner ideas

something i can buy all of the ingredients at trader joes

you guys got any ideas? havent been cooking in a while need inspiration