Why I am a Vegan

[Plenum]

Hi Plenum, hi everyone,

I know this is a rather personal thread, but as the topic is more positively than other threads of the similar subject, I will post the video I wanted to share with you here:

Hope that's OK. Otherwise, any suitable space would be appreciated.

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facettes

Hi facettes,

it's a great place to share that video; and thank you for doing so

just as an update:

I *was* vegan for about 6 months, but just recently, I've re-introduced eggs back into my diet.  I always go for the pricier (but ultimately, more kind) version of free-range eggs, and I sincerely hope that the chickens that lay those eggs live a life that has a more natural feel to it than the caged-chickens producing eggs.

My reason was, ultimately, one that is motivated by a more self-serving end, because I know it's *possible* to be vegan, and maintain it.

I chose to add eggs back in because I regarded it as a lifestyle choice.

My vast preference is to only eat one meal a day, and sometimes I can go 30 hours, 36 hours no probs.  Once I start getting into the day-and-a-half between meals, my mind actually starts sending some anxiety signals - hey man, it's been a while since you ate!  aren't you going to keel over and die of lack of energy/nutrition sometime soon ??  My body is perfectly fine; it maintains integrity, my stomach/digestive system does not complain ... and yet, once I start hitting that length of time between meals, some sort of survival buzzer gets triggered.  And I don't mind eating at all; I love my food, and I put a lot of care into what I eat.  But just the notion of eating every 2 days (that would equate to three meals a week!) seems a little too far off the beaten track

So I prefer to eat only once a day.  I find it more efficient that way, as there is prep time, and clean up time.

I think Van did ask me about my diet a little while ago, and I abstained from sharing.  I can probably share some more details here.

I pretty much have the same meal, although I'm not absolutely rigid about eating out, or getting stuff delivered.  But that's very occasional.

My Main Meal goes something like this:

* a litre of fresh fruit juice (I can tell you it takes a lot of fruit to produce a litre of juice ).  But I use a masticating juicer for that
* fried mashed chick peas + brown rice
* reheated vege casserole (usually with potatoes, onions, cabbage, and whatever is seasonal)
* two fried eggs with black pepper and celtic sea salt as seasonings
* some sort of bread, fried (very much a recent thing)

I do also have cheese (occasional) and butter (very occasional).

But I definitely don't fit in the 'vegan' band anymore.

But the eggs I added back in because it allowed me to consistently go for greater lengths of time between meals.  Whether that is the protein content, or just that it's a more energy dense source than anything else I had, I don't know.  But obviously, going on one meal a day, you have to be having extremely energy dense foods to make it feasible, without bloating yourself with obscene quantities of food

When I was vegan, I wasn't able to consistently maintain this pattern.  So that's why I say it's a lifestyle choice, more than anything else.