I've been a vegetarian for 10 years now, and tried to go the dairy free route for a while, but found it far too difficult to eat well and avoid dairy. I recently re-added fish to my diet as well. I'm having huge conflicting issues regarding that though.
I don't know *why* I became vegetarian in the first place though. I did grow up on a hog farm, but it was far from a factory farm, so that wasn't really it. I know I made the decision based on health issues (heart disease runs through both sides of my family, and I have migraines that are sometimes triggered by animal products). The animal rights thing came later on to me, but more as an extension of learning more about yogic philosophy.
Wow. Didn't quite mean to drone on like that!
I do find it difficult to have to answer people's questions on what I eat. I find that to be a very personal decision, and to have to go through the whole "Do you eat this?" No. "What about this?" No. conversation gets a little old. I try to say, "I just don't consider that food," and leave it at that, but that tends to get even more questions.
Sometimes I want a t-shirt that says, "Just cause I made this decision for me, doesn't mean I'm judging you." Sigh.
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Date: 2003-12-15 11:14 am (UTC)I don't know *why* I became vegetarian in the first place though. I did grow up on a hog farm, but it was far from a factory farm, so that wasn't really it. I know I made the decision based on health issues (heart disease runs through both sides of my family, and I have migraines that are sometimes triggered by animal products). The animal rights thing came later on to me, but more as an extension of learning more about yogic philosophy.
Wow. Didn't quite mean to drone on like that!
I do find it difficult to have to answer people's questions on what I eat. I find that to be a very personal decision, and to have to go through the whole "Do you eat this?" No. "What about this?" No. conversation gets a little old. I try to say, "I just don't consider that food," and leave it at that, but that tends to get even more questions.
Sometimes I want a t-shirt that says, "Just cause I made this decision for me, doesn't mean I'm judging you." Sigh.