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Saw the Vegan Diet on Oprah, went to the library , found the Kind Diet, read the book & my new life began! No flirting for me as I just wanted to do it & do it right. It's a month so far & loving it considering previously I was a complete 'sugar addict'. Not missing a single thing.

Darling Hubby who is a body builder decided after my first week that he wanted to do it. So again, no flirting just straight into it. Bless him, he is starting to enjoy it, having been a 'meat man' for many years as body builders believe you need the meat to get the protein! But after doing his own reasearch he now knows - this is not the case.

Anyway, to be honest I need to find more receipes especially for children as we have a fussy 6yr old & an 18 month old. My aim is to make my whole family a Vegan one. Also looking to plant a vegetable garden this year. This will be interesting as I can't even maintain a house plant!

So watch this space, but in the meantime - Thank you for such a great website.

Thank you Tracy,

Yes I was & sort of still am like your friend! I made different meals for everyone. Sometimes my picky eater would make me cook four different meals because he changed his mind! I know it's crazy but I just didn't want my son to go to bed hungry. It took me a while to learn from it & now he if doesn't eat it then he goes without.......well sort of!!

But I will definitely start to give them what we are eating.

Thanks again.

Hi Tracie....and Tracy!

Tracie! Congrats! Isn't it exciting to take control over your food! I can't tell you how much happier, more peaceful, more joyful my husband and I are since going vegan. We were vegetarians for a couple years, but the final step to veganism really made a huge difference for us. I don't have kids, but I think age 6 and a toddler are young enough to get them on the journey easily. Kids eat what they see their parents eat. You should be very proud of yourself!!! Keep us posted on your journey! And you'll love growing your own veggies. It's really fun. It's work, but it the "right" kind of work for your mind, body and soul.

Tracy....wonderful advise! It makes me so happy to read about mom's who are really invested in their kids food. It's so important and it's such a huge problem in our country. You are a true supermom!

Hi Tracie,

My family has been growing our own garden every summer for the past 4 years-we are in the US. And we have been adding new items to grow each summer. It is so nice to have fresh food from your own yard to eat. We have grown several different varieties of tomatoes and they are all great. We have now added herbs which are easy to maintain. We have also been drinking a protein drink from a company called Mix 1. They are a good way to add some protein to your diets. I have reviewed them on my blog:http://healthylivingnaturalbeauty.blogspot.com/. We are trying to use products without all the bad chemicals and also trying to eat more healthy as well. I have a few friends who are now vegan and they seem to be very healthy. I too have a sweet tooth and realize it's hard to cut the sugar out. I've been working on finding natural sugar substitutes like Agave nectar. Agave doesn't spike your blood sugar levels but it tastes good and adds just the right amount of sweetness to oatmeal, and teas. Once you get used to it, you really don't miss it as much as you thought you would. Good luck on your adventure! Hopefully, we can all one day be eating healthy and using healthy products. It's great to hear others think this way as well.