Who Wants To Be A Vegan?

I’ve considered living a vegan lifestyle quite a few times over the past few years. I absolutely would not have a problem with this…I love fresh foods and could care less if I ate meat. I actually go days without eating any sort of animal product and don’t even realize it. The biggest obstacle for me is the fact that I moved back home after college and while I attend law school. See, last Spring when I was living in my townhouse, I always cooked for myself and ate extremely healthy foods. I still eat healthy at home at least 95% of the time, but my family eats meat and dairy products. I would really like to experiment more with vegetarianism and eventually veganism, but I would have to make a huge commitment by cooking all of my own meals!

I’ve been seeing Oprah’s “Vegan For A Week” idea all over the blog world, and I see a lot of people have jumped on the bandwagon. I haven’t done enough research yet, but soon I would like to experiment with it. I love to cook, and I love living a healthy lifestyle. And I know that “healthy” does not mean you have to be a vegan or vegetarian. That’s just what I think would be healthy for me.

Did you know that Americans eat an average of 197 LBS of meat per year?! And that the average American consumes 70 more lbs. per year than we did a century ago? Another interesting fact: on average, non-meat eaters live 6-10 years longer than meat eaters. Crazy! I found all of this info on Oprah’s website.

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Have you tried a vegetarian or vegan diet? What did you like or dislike about it?

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-xoxo

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