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A month and a half later, the last thing I cut out was eggs and I became vegan. Three years later, I am now a happy, more understanding vegan.
I went vegan for ethics. The idea of eating another sentient being never
sat well with me. Although I never had a dog, cat, or anything like that and
I never grew up on a ranch or near a farm, I loved animals and had an
appreciation for all life.
When I became a freshman in high school, I joined a program called F.F.A.
(Future Farmers of America). I began to learn much more about agriculture
and animals in general. After around nine months of joining, I started
becoming really depressed about being in the program. I realized that there
was nothing "humane" about any of it. However, they kept labeling all their
practices humane, even when you heard the animals crying and screaming.
After my freshman year, my family moved to a new city and I left my high
school's F.F.A. program and held that sadness of the "humane" aspect until
my sophomore year. I didn't know what to do and being vegetarian sounded too
hard for me at the time. When junior year came, I still felt the same way.
However, I became mad at myself for not trying to change my food habits. I
felt lethargic and had constant heavy breathing problems every day. Due to
this, I decided to change my eating habits for the better. Still, my weight
problems didn't go away and neither did any health problems that were
arising.
When senior year came, I decided it was now or never. That September, I went
vegan...for a week. Unfortunately, I genuinely forgot that I went vegan and
ate a piece of fried chicken. It was a real low point in my life. Then, four
months later in January 2016, I officially went vegetarian. As an avid meat
eater and an overweight senior in high school, everyone laughed at the idea
of me being vegetarian. However, I was determined - I decided to cut out my
favorite meats first so that it would be an easier transition. I removed
hamburgers from my diet - my all time favorite food at the time. Then I
removed lamb, chicken, and more. I'm already lactose intolerant and hate the
taste of cheese, therefore, the milk aspect was easy to overcome.
A month and a half later, the last thing I cut out was eggs and I became vegan. Three years later, I am now a happy, more understanding vegan.
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