Vegetarians & Vegans Support Group

Vegetarianism is the practice of not consuming the flesh of any animal . Veganism excludes all animal products from diet and in some definitions from attire also. Vegetarians have varied motivations including religious, cultural, ethical, aesthetic, environmental, social, economic, health, political, and personal concerns. Join many others in sharing your experiences to...

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rainBowsLoveMe 04/04/2012

How many mistakes did you make before you got it down pat? Your vegan/vegetarianism? In three weeks I've made three mistakes, all by mistakes because I had a slip of the mind, not because I gave into desire. I had a piece of chicke, and two pieces of jerkey, and one bite of jerkey last night. Of course after every encounter I remembered so it sucked :| lol.... I hate it because it makes me feel like a slight failure :[ How many times did you guys slip up before you had your lifestyles down pat?

BedHog 04/04/2012

I'm doing the vegan thing for my health. I have had some cheese when I've been out with my daughter. It's easy to find things without meat, not so easy without cheese. I've just let it slide.

The other evening my mother had some chicken fingers she had gotten from the store and baked. She was going on and on about how good they were, so I took a bite of one to see what was so great.

If someone brings in dessert at work for a meeting, I will have some.

These times are rare. I'm not going to beat myself up over them.
I changed my diet in June of 2011.

Dave17 04/04/2012

OH NO!

we are taking away your vegetarian membership card.

Sorry, I'm teasing you.

You didn't make the seiten jerky? I forgot mine in the oven and now have seiten chips instead. ROCK hard sieten chips. Good work out for the jaw.

My advice is to not worry about 'mistakes' or 'giving in' Just do what you want to do and don't worry about it.

deleted_user 04/04/2012

I have slipped up. I have been veggie for a year and trying to move to vegan. In the first few months I had accidentally had a bite of my daughters tuna sandwich and then thought 'what the hell!'...was just so used to doing it the other way. Also have tasted food when cooking and then realised also....I would say I am 99% there, but can slip up and revert to my other ways accidentally. Dont worry too much, the fact that you have a concious thought about it is enough really :)

rainBowsLoveMe 04/05/2012

No@Dave I haven't really been in town long enough to look around to see if they sell any to see if I can make it lol It seems so tempting

Thank you guys :) Make me feel better about slipping up

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