How old were you when you went vegetarian? Then vegan?
Posted by ledzepfan12 on Aug 05, 2008 · Member since Jan 2007 · 675 posts
Totally random question. I don't actually know for sure, I remember thinking about it at the end of 10th grade, reading some books and stuff and then being vegetarian.
So I could have been 15 or 16 when I became vegetarian. And 19 when I became vegan. I started actively avoiding animal products about a year later but, I didn't know about "hidden" animal ingredients for like two years so, I was actually 19 when I became vegan.
/oh hai. I'm back...-ish.
YAY!
I am 26.
Veggie just after my 15th birthday. Vegan at 23.
Raised a vegetarian from birth.
Started eating meat when I was not at home from about 15 or so.
Vegetarian again at 32ish.
Vegan at 35.
Turn 36 in a month.
I've been vegetarian since sometime in college, around 20, I believe. I became vegan shortly thereafter, around 21. I'm currently 37.
I've been vegetarian since sometime in college, around 20, I believe. I became vegan shortly thereafter, around 21. I'm currently 37.
That is incredible. You are an inspiration!
I just have to ask, what made those of you who went back to eating meat for a while do it? Did you miss the taste of meat?
And to those of you who feel bad for starting late, Paul McCartney was 32 whe he became vegetarian. Now he's 66 so he's been veg for over half of his life.
just started 2 weeks ago :) will be 30 next month.
i'm sure i'll go vegan at some point, but one step at a time for now.
Vegetarian around third grade, vegan around 6'th or 7th. So that makes me...9ish and 12ish.
Vegetarian at 12 (or 13, I'm not sure) and vegan at 22.
Veg at 15.
Vegan on and off since 18. I would eat cheese (rennet free english cheddars) from time to time and be flexible when out of the house.
Vegan vegan for the past two years.
I'll toss this on also because it important to me and I hold it close to my veganism.
I have not had a drink nor drugs in two years.
30 :-[
I guess I should add I am 30, been vegetarian about 2.5 months. I'm tinkering with veganism but like kannas did, remaining flexible with cheese and eggs outside the house. At home I am vegan.
Its a trio 30 party!
I guess I did it different than most. I gave up all meat, eggs and dairy, except cheese when I was 18...
You all can call me Eric. Kannas is my dog :)>>>
vegetarian at 17, finally made the vegan jump about a month before my 29th bday. i always assumed it would be so hard, honestly vegweb and all the tips and recipes showed me how easy it actually is.
it makes me happy to see longterm vegetarians here. I feel like I've been vegetarian forever even though it's only been 11 years. I find that I meet a lot ex-veggies who are like "yeah, I was vegan for three years" and it really bums me out. I hope I never end up like them and stay on the path I'm on. I don't see myself ever going back, and vegweb definitely helps whenever I feel like I'm alone in this crazy, meat-eating world. So, I thank you for that.
When I was in 3rd grade I thought I went vegetarian because my mom and sister said they were vegetarian and I followed suit. But we all still ate fish. So I wasn't really veg until I went vegan at age 16. Now I'm 23.
The first time I went vegetarian was when I was 28 and pregnant. I went back to full blown omnivore after the pregnancy and didn't start my journey to changing back until I was 41, when I became a pescatarian. At 43 I went ovo-lacto vegetarian and a few months later to lacto-vegetarian. I eat vegan about 95% of the time now (at 44), but since I still occasionally indulge in a bit of feta cheese I do not claim to be a vegan. Feta is my weakness.
I tried vegetarianism at 24, just a few months shy of my 25th birthday. Five years after that, at 29 almost 30, I switched to vegan. I'm turning 35 next month so I just celebrated my 10 year vegginess!
I just wish someone had clued me in about being veggie before 1998. All those years I could have enjoyed myself more with an animal product free life.
I just wish someone had clued me in about being veggie before 1998. All those years I could have enjoyed myself more with an animal product free life.
me too - except in my case 2008! -i can't believe that i just became fully aware just recently. I was so naive.
I wasn't ever a big animal eater to begin with in my meatloaf/beef stew/porkchop and potatoes family. I declared myself vegetarian around 16 and my mother just about lost it, thinking I was going to die a slow death. I gave in but at 17, after doing plenty of research (sure could have used those interwebz back in my day), declared my vegetarianism for the last time, with the goal of going vegan. (Mom and I both survived). It only took me another 17 years to finally go vegan at age 34. (I'm now 38).
I went veg at 30 and have been vegan on and off throughout. I am now 43..so 13 1/2 years. I now have decided that even when I am technically vegan I am just saying vegetarian...after reading the honey thread and all the possible ways I probably screw up I just feel more comfortable saying vegetarian.
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