Posts by xdarthveganx

I would like to add, the idea that someone should not feel guilty about supporting an industry that kills 60 BILLION animals a year for food, and is completely destroying our planet is ludicrous.

Make no mistake about it, this is an ethical issue and like any other ethical issue we must take a stand.

My friend Ed is a personal trainer and has been vegan for 15 years. He is huge and ripped. His pictures will be up on veganbodybuilding.com very soon, so check back!

Poptarts with the frosting on top have gelatin, the other ones do not.

Still not exactly a healthy good to be eating.

Umm I don't do drugs. Maybe you should try it?

I am absolutely in the same boat and I feel for you. I am 6'0" and 265 or so and have been absolutely working my ass off. I am eating 2000 calories daily and doing a really hard hour in the gym 6 days a week. I do 30 minutes of full body weights and then 30 minutes of hiit cardio. Ive been doing this for a solid week and the scale is jumping all over the place. I weigh myself the same time every single day but it is always different. I have literrally gained 3 pounds in one day. I have faith though, you need to also. If you do everything youre supposed to do, the weight WILL come off. I have no doubt that I will lose 2-2.5 pounds a week as planned, and that I have to understand that it is an average. Weight will jump around from day to day and week to week. Just be patient, keep working and it will happen.

I wish we had an actual vegan forum here, all the pescetarian threads are frustrating for me.

Original Post by simomo:

Vega by sequel- it is awesome.

I work for them and I still don't buy their stuff (because of the price). I will admit that it is very high quality protein, not to mention all the other stuff. It is much more a meal replacement then a protein powder and should not be used as such.

But at $70-$80 a container its just ridiculous. The OP said they would rather not buy online but if they change their mind I have a great suggestion.

Trueprotein.com

can make custom blends and I have found their protein to be great. You can do any percentage of PEA, HEMP, SOY and BROWN RICE protein. Personally I buy a blend like this...

Soy 30%

Pea 30%

Hemp 25%

Brown Rice 15%

It comes out to just under $6/pound.

Can't beat the price or the quality

Commercial fishing is literraly KILLING our oceans. I am not going to cite articles as many can be found online just by searching. Oh and before you recommend "sustainably" caught fish remember one thing, if the process can not be used to feed 6.5 billion people without vastly depleting resources faster than we can replace them than it is NOT sustainable.  "Sustainable" fish and "sustainable" meat is a lie. We must do something now, or we will be left with irreversible damage to our eco-system. Sure one has to make sure they are eating healthy and getting enough nutrients for their body. With a little research this can be done easily on a vegan diet. The body needs certain amino acids found in protein, it does not care if those amino acids come from plant or animal sources. So please, next time you make a choice, choose compassion. The animals and our beautiful oceans will thank you.

Well sleeping burns calories as well.

Just remember try to eat as clean as possible, 6 times a day and hit that calorie consumption mark.

Original Post by conbread101:

Doomsayers always say the world will collapse. The one thing that they do not remember is that human ingenuity will prevail (in most cases).

For instance the world watch institute has been saying we are going to die since the 1980s... 

In addition the book POPULATION BOMB... prediction also wrong

Have believe in people and that generally people want the best of the environment, but sometimes lack the means of doing it. People try to do what is best. Education is key not preaching, or dictating.

Saying the environment is important is also funny. Yes from a human point of view. Everyone should care for the environment. If we all die tomorrow because we live in our own filth... the planet will still live on without us.. as all planets have and will always. There were worst things such as metorites that have damaged the environment causing mass extinction, destroying dinosaurs. The earth is not static, rather very dynamic. The Earth doesn't care... humans do.

Playing devils advocate again. If animals have the right to live because they are found on the planet. Do plants not have rights? They also exist.. Are they "Slaves". AR people sometimes are so into their thing that they lack common sense.

Let me use your own logic here for a second. Over 90% of the crops grown on this planet are used to raise animals as food slaves.  Thus more plants are killed eating meat than actually eating vegetables, thus making your entire devils advocate argument a little silly.

As far as your doomsayer suggestion, I respectfully disagree. The science on these issues is pretty solid. We need to take corrective action now, not wait for some beacon of technology to save us.

Original Post by vegan_rachel:

FISH IS NOT A VEGETABLE! Fish are a member of the animal kingdom and therfore their flesh is considered meat.

Yes, thank you.  If it didn't come from a vegetable it isn't vegan. Vegetarians eat dairy and possibly eggs. A fish is not a dairy product or vegetable thus it can't be vegetarian. **rips out hair**

Original Post by laurensking:

 

xdarthveganx

you are insane.

you're one of those people who would choose to swerve to avoid a squirrel in the road, only to kill yourself and your passenger.

On the Titanic, you would've yelled "Rats first! Get the rats off first!"

You probably spend your weekends outside department stores with blood on your face and a sign with a skinned mink on it.

 

You're wildly entertaining.

 

Most people would brake or swerve to avoid hitting an animal in the road, vegan or not.

I simply believe that all senteint life has a right to exist on this planet.

Call me insane if you want. The culture you partake in is the one responsible for our current ecological crisis.  Global fish populations are on the verge of collapse, sea levels are in danger of rising dramtically as a result of global warming and threatening millions of people all across the planet. Over 95% of the planets anceint forests have been destroyed. Global economies face the potential of total collapse as a result of peak oil. 46 billion animals are slaughtered every year for human consumption.

I am the one thats insane? please, I think you should take a good hard look in the mirror.

Original Post by conbread101:

I think the judgement comes from the delivery of your words as I said before. I think you are a good guy and are passionate about AR stuff which I respect. There are a lot of grey areas in terms of AR and vegetarianism. I respect anyone who has made lifestyle changes to better, perhaps not the best, but on a path of betterment (real word- who knows)

I think if you want AR to succeed and bring awareness the way to do it is through peaceful, respectful language.

The harshness in my words is meant to exemplify the fact that the term Vegetarian and the term Vegan are not to be shaped as people see fit. There is not wiggle room here. If you want to stop using aimal products except honey, so be it. Just don't call yourself Vegan. Put yourself in my shoes, you dedicate your whole life to a cause, and then someone comes around and starts to manipulate a belief system in the way they see fit. If people want to eat honey, there is nothing I can do about it. They just shouldn't call themselves Vegan while doing it.

Original Post by fuzzys:

How about laying off the judgments.

it is not a judgement. If someone eats meat of any kind they are not a vegetarian. If someone eats animal products they are not vegan. That is hardly a judgement, it is just a simple fact. My issue here, is preserving what Vegan means. Ive been Vegan for 13 years, and very much involved in the AR movement throughout that time. Confusing what the term Vegan and Vegetarian actually mean, has been extremely detrimental to our movement as activists. If someone wants to cut down on the amounty of animal products they buy that is a great thing. However just because you only eat meat once a week, or you only eat fish does not mean you are a Vegetarian. Fish is not vegetable, and honey is not a vegetable. If a food is derived from an animal it isn't Vegan. That is all I am saying here.

Original Post by conbread101:

I said I call myself a vegan.. to LAY people. 

I think, not that it offends me, but your comments could come off as rude. There are nicer ways to give you POV. "wow, really? Fossil Fuels is that the best you could come up with?" - lines like these are unnecessary- keep debates clean to get your point across

I have a beehive in my backyard. I believe there is nothing wrong with helping sustain the bee population. Sure you could say it is their honey. I do not use it for convenience. I use it because there is an abundance. I guess if you wanted to label it a symbiotic relationship. I provide them a house. They provide me with some honey.

People's ideas evolve. I am sure you evolved.  Perhaps one day I may learn something different about bees, but the current research illustrates that they need all the help they can get. I am not missing something, nor do I plead ignorance. I understand all your points and I have though about them before. I've been veg for 15 years now.

I guess I am not as hard core into animal rights, rather the ecology side of things. 

Domesticated farm animals are terrible due to pollution. Bees on the other hand are not. Cows do not grow vegetables. I am pretty much done explaining this idea. 

There is nothing wrong with your ideas and I believe their is nothing wrong with mine. They are consistent with our current beliefs. You are just getting bogged down with terminology which I already clarified.

 

You are not Vegan, simple as that. There really is nothing left to discuss.