Mary Ann's Intro

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> > Hi there...

> >

> > My name is Mary Ann and I live in Missouri. I have

> > been married to Bobby for 5 wonderful years. He is

> > 23

> > and I will be 23 on the 23rd :-) Our children are

> > Bobby

> > the Third (5 yrs), Christy (22 months)

> and

> > Lisa (6 weeks). I am a

> > housewife/homemaker and I homeschool my son. My

> > husband works full time at a grocery store up the

> > road. We are devout Catholics with a deep respect

> > for

> > life.

> >

> > I am transitioning into a new way of life right

> now.

> > I

> > am " going vegan " and starting to buy more organic

> > and

> > natural foods instead of all the

> > frozen/canned/processed junk. I am trying to cut

> out

> > most sugar and all aspartame. I have lost 130 lbs

> in

> > the past 2 years, purely counting calories--not

> > eating

> > nutritious foods, just eating less food

> altogether.

> > Now I want to try to eat " better " --not just me,

> but

> > my

> > kids too (hubby is not into it at this point LOL).

> I

> > am also trying to emply more holistic/alternative

> > health practices. I found myself taking loads of

> OTC

> > meds which I know cannot be good for me. I have

> > suffered from depression since I was a little

> girl,

> > and these postpartum times make it much worse. So

> > right now I have to rely on Prozac, otherwise I

> try

> > to

> > do the herb and vitamin thing more than the drug

> > thing

> > I am currently detoxing from nicotine and meat.

> > Yesterday was my last cigarette and meat eating

> and

> > today I must say I feel yucky. I am upping my

> > antioxidants and filtered water intake, to try to

> > flush myself out. Today I also start seeing a

> > counselor for my postparum depression.

> >

> > We are attachment parents. I am with my children

> > around the clock, being an at home mom with no

> plans

> > to work--ever, until my last child moves out

> (and

> > we do not use anything besides Natural Family

> > PLanning

> > to space pregnancies so who knows when I'll have

> my

> > " last " child LOL). Also, being a homeschooler I

> have

> > taken responsibility for educating my children on

> my

> > own, with help from my husband and homeschooler

> > resources of course. I do not " wear " my baby per

> se,

> > I

> > just carry and hold her all the time My newborn

> > sleeps with us, and my two older babes have bunk

> > beds

> > in their own room. I think the main thing to

> > attachment parenting is a true love and LIKE for

> > your

> > children, not just because they are yours, but

> > because

> > you like who they are. I never leave my kids with

> > anyone except my mother and occasionally my mother

> > in

> > law. Usually my kids, dh and I spend time at my

> > parents' house. My mom and dad are still together

> > after 23 years, and my brother drops by all the

> > time.

> > We are a close family, and in this day in age when

> > so

> > many people never see their extended family, it's

> > nice

> > to interact with them daily.

> >

> > My family and I were practicing " simple living "

> > before

> > it had a name LOL (gee, we thought it was just

> > " being

> > poor " !! LOL). We have 1 car, a 4 room house, dh

> has

> > a

> > simple 40 hr a week job, which doesn't pay much,

> but

> > enough We don't have debts (ok 1 we are paying

> > off

> > heh heh), we don't make extravagant purchases, we

> > don't travel. We like simple things, like just

> being

> > together after the kids go to sleep. My husband

> also

> > has built and races a stock car for Nascar dirt

> > track

> > series. Last year he raced at a local track which

> > closed. This year he is racing at a different

> local

> > track which requires the drivers be a member of

> > Nascar. Last year he placed 24th out of 65

> drivers,

> > which isn't bad for a first year! Then he had a

> > wreck

> > which put him out for the season. He has worked

> > since

> > then rebuilding the car and so help me if it gets

> > smashed again this year, after all that work,

> I'll

> > die!!

>

> Take care everyone,

>

>

> =====

> Mary Ann ~~~~the vegan, holistic minded,

> natural living, stay at home mom and

> proud attachment parent!

>

> " If I knew the way...I would take you home... "

> ~~~The Grateful Dead

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi Mary Ann!

 

My name is Vik ... and I have been a member of Planet Vegan since it's

inception (it was started by my friend Anji) ...

 

First of all, on behalf of all of us at Planet Vegan, I wanted to say how

proud we are of your decision to change your diet. It's a

true life commitment to the planet, those with which we share the planet,

and to yourself and your friends and family.

 

I have been a vegetarian for 13 1/2 years, and a vegan for 9 1/2, and I know

I will be one for the rest of my life.

 

Do you have a lot of contacts and/or resources in Missouri? Are you in

Kansas or St. Louis, or a smaller city?

 

Are you going vegan full out from the start? That's very ambitious and we

will support you any way possible!

 

It's amazing that you are getting your kids into at this point in their

lives, as most parents, my own included, didn't set a great

example for eating and nutrition for their kids.

 

I find that when I was detoxing from meat, I actually felt better, lighter

and people noticed weight loss immediately ...

 

All the best and welcome to the mail list .. I hope it is as resourceful

for you as it has been to me ... Anji posts lots of great

information on the Animal Rights community ... we have discussions (some of

them have been quite heated, but healthy none-

the-less) ... and we do local social functions (here in Toronto) ...

 

Take care,

 

 

Vik

 

Vikas Sharma of Operations & Media

Carnival Management

 

Web: http://www3.sympatico.ca/carnival

Email: carnival

Phone 416.

[Guest guest]

--- Vikas Sharma <carnival wrote:

> Hi Mary Ann!

>

> My name is Vik ... and I have been a member of

> Planet Vegan since it's

> inception (it was started by my friend Anji) ...

 

Hi Vik! I feel like we're at an AA meeting... " My name

is Mary Ann...hi Mary Ann!! " LOL Just kidding

 

> First of all, on behalf of all of us at Planet

> Vegan, I wanted to say how

> proud we are of your decision to change your diet.

 

Thank you so so much. It's hard when family is not

supportive. My husband thinks I buy too much " health

food crap " (his words) and that I am becoming " a

hippie " ARGH. My brother was vegan for like 2 years

and has recently began eating meat again. My mom was

so thrilled she took a picture of him eating

Thanksgiving turkey. I am almost afraid to tell her I

am going vegan because of all the hell she gave my bro

when he went vegan. I don't know why she (and others)

care so much what *I* eat!!

 

> It's a

> true life commitment to the planet, those with which

> we share the planet,

> and to yourself and your friends and family.

 

Thank you, I really needed that

 

> I have been a vegetarian for 13 1/2 years, and a

> vegan for 9 1/2, and I know

> I will be one for the rest of my life.

>

> Do you have a lot of contacts and/or resources in

> Missouri? Are you in

> Kansas or St. Louis, or a smaller city?

 

I'm in St Louis...I'm not really sure about the

" scene " around here...

 

> Are you going vegan full out from the start? That's

> very ambitious and we

> will support you any way possible!

 

Yep, I am going for it right away! I find it hard to

eat dairy or especially meat once I have decided I

don't want it anymore. Blech

 

> It's amazing that you are getting your kids into at

> this point in their

> lives, as most parents, my own included, didn't set

> a great

> example for eating and nutrition for their kids.

 

I haven't so far They eat way too much fast food

and I let them have way too many sweets. I hope it's

not too late to change!!

 

> I find that when I was detoxing from meat, I

> actually felt better, lighter

> and people noticed weight loss immediately ...

 

I feel lighter too...cleaner.

 

> All the best and welcome to the mail list .. I hope

> it is as resourceful

> for you as it has been to me ... Anji posts lots of

> great

> information on the Animal Rights community ... we

> have discussions (some of

> them have been quite heated, but healthy none-

> the-less) ... and we do local social functions (here

> in Toronto) ...

 

 

Awww, I wish I were in Toronto! Anyway, I am glad I

found you all. Have a good one!!

 

Mary Ann

 

 

=====

Mary Ann ~~~~the vegan, holistic minded,

natural living, stay at home mom and

proud attachment parent!

 

" If I knew the way...I would take you home... "

~~~The Grateful Dead

 

 

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