Cripes.  Well, I feel like spilling my guts.  I lurk here, I post occasionally, but I'm not vegan.  I really wish I was.  I am posting here to get advice and help.  I feel like an addict, I can't stop.  One of my main non-vegan splurges is bakery items at places like Starbucks.  You could say stop going there, but that's not going to happen.  What ( Read more... )

Hi, my name is Kells and I'm a strict vegetarian with aspirations of going entirely vegan. I'm doing great with the vegetarianism, and have been since November. But I keep getting caught up on a few things that keep me from thinking of myself as a vegan with a clear conscience ( Read more... )

Hello, I'm new.
I've been a vegan for about a week and a half now [but I have been a vegetarian for 11 years] and I have a couple questions:

1) What are some good sources of calcium?
2)What is a nice girly soap I can buy at the grocery store that is cruelty free?

Sorry if either of these questions have been run into the ground.
Thanks.
xXx

It started out as a control issue. I kind of like putting limitations on my intake of food... I like discipline. I was a meat-eater before this. It wasn't like I made a small jump from vegetarian to vegan. I was a milk-drinker, I was a consumer of meat, I never looked at the ingredients. I owned a wool sweater. It wasn't about animal rights ( Read more... )

Hello out there!

I recent posted in vegetarian a few days back, and since then have done a bit of research and poking around on the subject of veganism and things of that nature. I thought if I posted in a vegan community, I could probably get the biggest spectrum of answers and different ideas and thoughts on things. So before I begin I apologize if you've ( Read more... )

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Hi, I've been a vegetarian for 3 and a half years, and I'm really thinking of becoming a vegan. However, my family says it would be too "unhealthy" because I would get even less vitamins then I'm getting now (even though I do take vitamins.) Any help convincing them? I really wish to become vegan.