success stories: paloma brings the kind to argentina
Kind Lifer Paloma recently shared how she's adopted a kind diet in her home city of Buenos Aires. Check it out:
"Last year I discovered your site and started to know a little bit of the vegan lifestyle, but this is something not very common here in my country. There are some people who are vegetarian, and a few vegans, but that's it. In October 2010, my parents traveled to New York, and I specifically asked them to bring me a copy of your book. I wanted to know what this kind life was all about. The day they gave it to me, I read it cover to cover in one evening. It was so compelling! I flirted with veganism for a whole year. It was very difficult, given the fact that some products are very hard to find, my crazy routine, and, especially the fact that I am a sugar junkie!!! However, a month ago, I was diagnosed with insulin resistance (pretty much, pre-diabetes). So, I felt like this was the moment to fully commit to myself, to my body and health, and especially to the planet! So, I started a 100% superhero diet three days ago. I've never felt so good! I have mind clarity, and am able to concentrate like I couldn't in months. My skin is starting to look better than ever. I really, really hope to be able to lose some weight, given that I'm following the superhero plan, so will be trying to do some exercise four or five days a week. I've been feeling the symptoms of letting sugar go, but I know it will go away in a couple days and that it is for the best. So, thank you so much for inspiring me in this new trip! I hope to be writing to you soon to tell you everything's even better!"
Yay, I love this so much- so, so happy to hear this! A dear woman I know named Susana Lombardi founded an amazing place called We Care. She is vegan and also from Argentina. She jokes that she used to eat so much meat that in her country, where they eat tons of meat, she was known as a 'the meat eater', because she ate even more than everyone else. And then she changed completely! Anywho, I love that little story, and I love that you are doing this Paloma! Keep us updated on your progress and be sure to check out the kind forum for encouragement and support!
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thanks for your beautiful story, Paloma...I am so glad that you have committed to the kind, vegan way of life...before your diabetes got worse...I used to be a sugar junkie and junk food addict...it's taken a long time to reform and get to where I am...I no longer binge eat, either...the vegan way of life is the only way for me...it's to eat guilt free...no sentient being had to suffer and be exploited...and I don't have to worry about eating higher on the food chain, either, or the hormones and antibiotics that are in the meat people eat...congratulations to the vegan way of life, Paloma...
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OH my god!!! This is so amazing! It's been like a month and a half or two months since following the Superhero plan. It's been incredible! Never felt better! It's summer here and I'll be on holidays on January, so I'll be staying at my parent's house in the south of the country and guess what?! They're all going to try the Superhero Plan!!!! I've been, let's say 85-90% vegan and never been happier! Firs week were detox weeks, and I had all sort of funky symptoms, but I also started sleeping better, had waaaaay more energy and been having such a mental clarity! Just as you told, there's a whole meat tradition, it is historical, so it's hard to spread the word about it's naughtyness (same with milk!). But we are more than a few trying! I will always be thankful for what your book taught me! LOVE from Argentina! Paloma (by the way, my name means dove!)
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I love this story too and draw so much inspiration from people who strive to make changes in situations where it is even more difficult that usual.
I just posted a success story on my site from a reader whose hunting and meat loving husband has agreed to go vegan with her after watching Forks Over Knives...YAY!
http://veggiegrettie.com/2011/12/27/the-greatest-vegan-gift/
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