I wanted to take a minute and gush because new vegans and people try to eat more vegan meals gets me excited! See, this lifestyle change for me has been profound so I’m always excited when people want to know more and ask me (serious) questions.
The sad thing, to me,is that most people will say “I couldn’t do that”. Why is it so sad to me? Well, because people think its all or nothing. It doesn’t have to be. One of my favorite posts I’ve ever done was on the different types of vegans. You can scroll down or copy paste the link: http://wp.me/pZc2s-4r . I did it because people need to understand that even just eating vegan one day a week is good in general.
So, what specifically am I gushing about?
Two people who work in the dairy industry (not sure on specifics) have decided to try a week of eating vegan! David Jones and Carrie Isaacson are their names. According to the first post by Jones on his blog , “This week will be an exercise in “walking in someone else’s shoes,””. Its a great idea!
Honestly, this is part of the reason I have a problem with Peta. You’re going to just thrust a photo of a tortured animal in someones face and scream they need to go veg? Thats not only disrespectful, its extreme and you don’t make a lot of friends by being overtly extreme. You’re not “walking in some else’s shoes”. When people ask me why I went vegan,like most people with common sense, I start with something that will make sense to them…I feel people eat too much meat (approximately 200lbs per person per year in the US) and I don’t believe its healthy.If they inquire further,I answer the questions,which usually deal with processing…
Back to my point though(I do that A LOT)… I hope all of us can take something from this example. They are willing to understand us and our lifestyle change/decision, so why shouldn’t we respect theirs? Granted, I hope they end up having at least one meal this week they end up preparing again,not only because of my bias that its healthier,but because everyone writes off our food as “boring” and “tasteless”….there needs to be more mainstream meals that break the stereo type of use being strictly salad eaters(I probably haven’t had a proper salad in weeks! Feel free to berate me in the comments). In the winter I eat some of the best soups,stews and pastas I’ve had my whole life…with a side of fresh home made bread.
I hope you all follow their week, like I am and send them some vegan love!
Carrie just posted today about their first vegan shopping trip on her blog and has a lot of pictures on her site. I can’t wait for the next post! Good luck you guys! Enjoy!!!
David Jones blog address: http://agrilifestyle.blogspot.com/
Carrie Isaacson blog address : carrieisaacson.wordpress.com
Tried to embed them and it messed up the post. *shrugs*
