Hey FiT VeGaNs!!!!


It's story time

So, I had an appointment for something that I'm sure I will talk about in the future, but as I'm sitting there, speaking with the nurse, she tells me to take off my boots and hop on the scale.

Immediately I thought well SHIT.  I don't do scales.  I don't like 'em, never have.  I don't own one cause the last time I did I used it too many times and broke it...anyways

I reluctantly took off my boots {these ones, to be exact} and stepped on the scale while begging myself not to look.
But, of course, as one does when they tell themselves not to do something
I looked.

And, lamely put, I was sad. I am sad.  I thought I was past this.  But, I will never get past this.  Eating disorders stick with you forever.  They follow you around like a fucking shadow, looming over you.  Except they don't go away when it's dark..you can't hide from them.

I would have never thought that I had gained weight, I didn't even think about it.  I didn't think I looked like I did. But THERE IT WAS ON THE FUCKING SCALE.  It's messing with my head.

I will never own a scale for this very reason; because a number does not define me.  A number does not tell me how beautiful I am, how kind I am, how healthy I am, or how much I should LOVE MYSELF.  A number should never give me permission to doubt myself or feel this bad.

That stupid, insignificant number should never have power over me.  Or you.

Fuck scales, man.

Thanks for reading.
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Hey FiT vEgAnS!!!

Today's post and tag-along video are rather somber. But oh so very worth talking about.
I will start by posing the question; Why Love One, But Not the Other?

So, this morning while browsing Reddit {as one usually does with their spare time} I stumbled across THIS post.  This post is titled Dog Milk and I was immediately like, say whaaa??  So, I read it.  The post, of course, was sickening.  Obviously people would be outraged at this.  I mean, DOG MILK?  That's inhumane!  We LOVE dogs!

But then I read the last three lines:

• One's a dog and ones a cow
• Cows are a lot larger than dogs
• Dogs have paws and cows have hooves
• Grass for food vs grass for barfing
• Dogs can smell real good
• Cows moo.  Dogs can't do that.
• Dogs and humans evolved together over thousands of years to co-depend on each other
• We love one and eat the other <--{I threw this one in}

Alright, that's enough of that.  Now that we know the average male college graduate can tell the difference between a cow and a dog, let's discuss the similarities between the two:

• They both have four legs
• They both have two eyes and a nose
• They both can bleed
• They both cry out when in pain
• They both love their kin

In all the ways that matter, dogs and cows {and chickens and lions and squirrels and humans} are exactly the same

So, why do we love dogs SO much, but we eat cows?

I unfortunately don't know the answer to this.  All I know is that it is happening and it NEEDS to stop.

This video aims at drawing attention to the hypocrisies of humans and how we need to stop playing favorites.  Would it be inaccurate for me to equate eating a cow or chicken over a cat or dog to racism? 

Why LOVE one , but not the other?

By now we should all know that animals feel pain.  So, why do we still intentionally hurt another living being?  How would you like to be taken from your family and skinned, boiled, or cut up alive?  It's NOT humane, people. 

I chose to NOT say this in my youtube video, but I have some very strong feeling about this subject.

There is NOTHING humane about murdering something.  You wouldn't murder your pet, would you?  You probably wouldn't even murder your own cow.  Am I right?  Would you cut off your own bacon from the pig?  Probably not.  But you would pay someone to do it for you?  Think about this.  Really THINK about this.  It's fucking sick.  You are not a kind person if you INTENTIONALLY know about the cruel practices of the meat, dairy, and eggs industries and STILL, despite knowing everything, you STILL eat that flesh, drink that puss filled slosh, you STILL continue to scramble up those eggs with a smile on your face.  That's just not right.  You are a monster.

Do I mean that?  Me, someone who tries to be so nice to others, who always tries to put others before herself, {and who really has way too much faith in humanity} do I really mean to say that people who eat meat, dairy, or eggs are monsters?  Well, yeah..kinda.  Especially if they know exactly what's going on.  Of course we all wanna think that our food animals have nice long lives before they are stripped of their milk, eggs, or flesh but they don't.  And god dammit even if they did why WHY would you want to take something away from them THAT DOESN'T BELONG TO YOU.  This is called speciesism, my friends.

WAKE THE FUCK UP!


A Mother's Love-Full Video originally posted on this youtube channel.
This video is one of the saddest videos I have ever seen.  It's not gruesome or gory.  It's just sad.

Milk Mystery story

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Hi FiT VeGaNs!!!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful day!  It's Super Bowl Sunday and I couldn't care less about that.  Sooooo I uploaded a video instead.

I recorded this video a couple days ago because I felt I needed to complain a bit after a rather infuriating gym sesh.


I wan in the middle of a super set workout and this guy hops on the leg press machine, which is fine of course.  But then instead of getting off between sets he just sits there.
And sits there...
And sits there...

For minutes {which is an eternity in gym time}

I was pretty annoyed, so I recorded it to complain about on the internet...probably not my best move.

Any who, here's the video of my eating and ranting.  Enjoy.

Hey FiT VeGaNs

Got another video for ya'll.  It's an un-boxing vid, so if you like that sorta thing like I do, then check it out!

Hey FiT VeGaNs!!!!

Incredibly short post today, but...

I'm sick of the current blogspot URL, so from now on, I am changing it to:
maggijeanTFV.blogspot.com

It's just better that way.

ALSO, I am creating a FACEBOOK for The Fit Vegan...so if you are at all interested please  give it a like
   and also, please check out my youtube channel 

I want to spread the vegan message and let others know about the fit vegan life!!

Cheers xx