The Activist-Vegan, and PROUD.

Hello friends. I have not written a blog in a long time, but I sit down to type this evening over a very important matter. Most of you know, that I made the decision to become a Vegan nearly a year ago, last November. However, until now, I still hadn't fully transitioned. I occasionally would eat some ice cream or frozen yogurt, and I still loved my seafood. I haven't touched any other meat since day 1, but sushi, fish... I couldn't give it up. Until today. As I was browsing the internet for good vegan recipe websites, I came across an awesome one called chooseveg.com. They have recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and even desserts! I was loving it! Then I decided to check out even more of it's content and researched under it's tab "For the Animals" and let me tell you... my life has been changed. Forever. There's about a 12 minute video titled "Farm to Fridge- the transformation of animals into food." I BAWLED throughout the entire video. I was sobbing, and had to turn away from the computer screen at many parts. It is awful. But most of all, people have NO CLUE what is even happening behind the scenes. The way these animals are being treated is horrifying, disgusting, disturbing, and wrong. They haven't done anything to deserve this kind of treatment. I cannot even imagine what goes through those workers minds to possibly think that what they are doing to these poor creatures is ok? It's sickening. If you have the stomach, please watch the video. It'll give you a better idea of what happens to the animals you are consuming on a day to day basis, and what they are going through and enduring to end up on your plate. From this day forward, I vow to live my life a VEGAN, consuming wholly a plant-based diet. I have decided to become a major animal rights activist and will do whatever it takes to make people aware and help them make the transition to vegetarian/veganism as well. I will donate my time, efforts, and money to foundations for animal rights and live completely animal-free. Some of you may poke fun and think I'm crazy, but I'm proud to be who I am. There's more to it than just animal rights as well. Research it. I promise you won't be disappointed in what you find. Eating a plant-based diet is SO much healthier not only for your body, but the environment as well. Our society is obese and full of disease. But we can make a step forward to change that. I'm currently in the process of watching the documentary "Forks Over Knives" too. It's available on Netflix, so if you get the chance, I would highly recommend watching it. There's also a book called "The Veganist" as well as "The Chinese Study" that will give you better insight into a vegan diet. There is tons of stuff on the subject. People wonder where you get your protein or calcium and worry about having to cook vegan and not having anything to eat but vegetables. But there are SO many amazing vegan recipes! I LOVE eating vegan. It's much more rich and flavorful and fresh! I HATE eating fast food, it makes my body feel like crap. I love eating healthy. I promise you, you will feel SOO much better. It does nothing but good. I'm still researching and learning too, I certainly don't know everything and love making new discoveries and trying new recipes and such. This post isn't to make anyone feel bad or anything, just to simply make people AWARE and express my opinions on the matter, and explain why I've chosen to become a vegan. I have not and will not ever regret my decision. I am completely 100% satisfied. VEGAN and PROUD.
Here's the video if you have the stomach to watch it. I will warn you, it is VERY disturbing and extremely hard to watch. But, it's REAL. This is happening all over the world. And it needs to stop. Please, take a stand with me. Show your support to the animals. Explore a natural vegan diet. You won't regret it.