I am not a vegan but I am a Pescetarian. Close to the end of 2010 I just saw too many videos about the animal abuse plus I was not healthy I didn't feel good even though my weigh and everything seem fine. We were never big on red meat growing up and once I thought about it we didn't really eat much red meat so might as well get rid of it all together. My new years resolution for 2011 was to stop eating chicken, beef, pork and just stick with seafood. I had to say at the begging it is hard to change the thought process of meal planning but always doable. Now it has been over a year and I never gone back
. I must say it does get easier with time as you get adjusted. I was just talking to another friend that is vegetarian and how difficult is to find food you can eat at BBQ's I am not sure if it is were we live but they seem to put some sort of meat in everything like bacon in the salad
. I always wonder if the have any idea the amount of protein they are consuming
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Close friends usually now and they always make something I can eat and I
for that. It actually is great because they get to try new recipes and so many times they said how much they like it and with they would've tried earlier.
We try to be as environment friendly as possible between DH and I we only have a 1/2 a 13 gallon bag of trash a week including the cat littler. We try to recycle everything and we take the time to sort it out. There are a few places I pass on my way to school were I drop specific items. We try to buy things with the least amount of packaging to create less trash and it is incredible the amount you can reduce. I unplug all appliances that are not being used. We try to do as much as we can.
Chemical as many have said white vinegar is great. I have stop using chemicals way before I stop eating meat and it was mainly to help my asthma. There a many resources in the web about homemade cleaning products.
We live in a rural area so it is easy for us to find fresh veggies and fruit that are truly organic as well as our eggs.
My shampoo and cosmetics have come from cruelty free companies for a few years now. I use Kenra for shampoo and conditioner and my make up comes from Mac and Estee lauder. This year my goal is to be completely cruelty free and I feel sometimes there is not enough information out there. For example my dog food it is tested on animals but of course animals are going to eat so you really have to do your research part of the reason I feed my dogs Acana is because the quality of their product and their animal testing procedures. They state what they test and they don't test in a laboratory environment. I think this is cruelty-free even though it they can't say they don't test on animals. I must say one of the things I use but I don't use often is bleach for whites.
We have never been big on fast food but I found taco bell can replace anything for beans and restaurants I usually always check the menu and if not I end up having dessert as my meal
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