On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 22:24:49 GMT, "katie"
wrote:

on the protein thing, there is protein in practically everything. oatmeal,
tofu, you name it. there just isn't necessarily complete protein in single
plant foods. to get enough protein, you've just got to try to eat some
grains and some legumes sometime in the same day, like with peanut butter on
whole grain toast, or soymilk on oatmeal, or lentils & rice, you get the
picture. it's not a difficult thing. how do people think that cows and
horses get so big from eating plants?

*grin* that's exactly what I'll bring up. Vegan animals (rats,
rodents, cows, buffalo) get big eating just plants. That may quench
their fears of me starving to death. Actually I would not complain if
I lost about 15 lbs. =)

as for people who give you greif, just try not to let it get to you. stay

I don't. The people giving me grief are my friends. =) And they mean
well. I don't advertise that I'm now vegan. But with friends it's
hard for them not to notice. I've dropped cheese, milk, eggs, etc.
Those are MAJOR ingredients in just about everything on restauraunt
menus.

vegsource (www.vegsource.com) is a great source of support - folks go there

Thanks for the link! I tried some of PETA's links but frankly there
was very little information on becoming vegan and a lot of information
on why everyone should become vegan.

-rb

(and yes, I have pet rats) =)