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Reasons why i feel like i can't continue the vegan diet right now. All are of equal importance:
1) I think I'm too judgmental and self-righteous about the whole thing. I probably could be worse but I really shouldn't get upset and definitely not angry when I see people eating plates of meat and dairy every single meal.. I should not care that much. I should not let that get in the way of my friendship with any of them, and I think it does, which nicely leads to my next point.
2) I really think there's an inherent barrier between me and the rest of the world, at least the Searcy/Harding world. I only know like four, maybe five vegetarians on campus, and none of them are even vegans, so it feels like there's just a "wall of separation between robin and world" which i really cannot live with. It comes between me and others too much, and more than that i feel like people try to eat around me, like plan their meals around me, or worse yet, question me about my desicion every chance that it could come up. I can't handle that, and it's not worth losing friends and potential friends, even if just a little. I have a passion for human relationships that is very hard for me to quench sometimes, so this would definitely be a step in the wrong direction
3) I also know that being vegan doesn't do anything to help my relationship with God and definitely right now I need to do things that are going to help that. The Bible even says that the question of eating meat is a disputable matter and doesn't matter to God either way, like circumcision, so, while this isn't necessarily hurting my relationship with Him, if it's a huge part of my life and i'm not moving forward with God, I should reconsider.
4) Ever since I started the vegan kick I've felt more and more like i'm being really unhealthy. It wasn't bad before but now i'm pretty sure that I've lost about 25% of my muscle mass because of the lack of protein; I think this point in my life would be the worst time to be unhealthy. I'm still growing - the last thing I need is to slow that down or hinder the process. It seriously could have really awful effects later on, on my physiology and health. I feel like I can't get anywhere near enough nutrients, even with vitaman supplements, and I just feel physically weaker.
So that's basically it... I think I can still support vegsource and christianveg because it's a very pertinent and important issue, but as far as personal desicions go, this is how I have to live my life right now.
Let me know what you think :)
1) I think I'm too judgmental and self-righteous about the whole thing. I probably could be worse but I really shouldn't get upset and definitely not angry when I see people eating plates of meat and dairy every single meal.. I should not care that much. I should not let that get in the way of my friendship with any of them, and I think it does, which nicely leads to my next point.
2) I really think there's an inherent barrier between me and the rest of the world, at least the Searcy/Harding world. I only know like four, maybe five vegetarians on campus, and none of them are even vegans, so it feels like there's just a "wall of separation between robin and world" which i really cannot live with. It comes between me and others too much, and more than that i feel like people try to eat around me, like plan their meals around me, or worse yet, question me about my desicion every chance that it could come up. I can't handle that, and it's not worth losing friends and potential friends, even if just a little. I have a passion for human relationships that is very hard for me to quench sometimes, so this would definitely be a step in the wrong direction
3) I also know that being vegan doesn't do anything to help my relationship with God and definitely right now I need to do things that are going to help that. The Bible even says that the question of eating meat is a disputable matter and doesn't matter to God either way, like circumcision, so, while this isn't necessarily hurting my relationship with Him, if it's a huge part of my life and i'm not moving forward with God, I should reconsider.
4) Ever since I started the vegan kick I've felt more and more like i'm being really unhealthy. It wasn't bad before but now i'm pretty sure that I've lost about 25% of my muscle mass because of the lack of protein; I think this point in my life would be the worst time to be unhealthy. I'm still growing - the last thing I need is to slow that down or hinder the process. It seriously could have really awful effects later on, on my physiology and health. I feel like I can't get anywhere near enough nutrients, even with vitaman supplements, and I just feel physically weaker.
So that's basically it... I think I can still support vegsource and christianveg because it's a very pertinent and important issue, but as far as personal desicions go, this is how I have to live my life right now.
Let me know what you think :)