big and vegan

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Hey all,

 

I get these sfbayveg emails in digest form, so i just had the pleasure of

reading them all at once. I never really post to this list, but finally

felt compelled because of how ignorant some of these posts are about being

fat and vegan, and how that somehow will cloud your message to folks.

I have been vegetarian for 13 years, vegan for almost 5. By society's

standards I am considered fat. I where a size 14, which many stores don't

go up to. I exercise, eat healthier than most people I know, walk

everywhere I go in San Francisco. But I am still a big girl. So why is

that? Because I am f*@#ing Pacific Islander!!! I also have size 12 feet

and am a woman. Nothing you can do about it! I could stand to lose a

little weight, but really, it doesn't matter how much women in my family

have dieted, we are naturally big girls.

This email thread is obnoxious, and reminds me of why all my friends are

shocked that I am vegan - It's not because I am fat, but because I am not

a preachy and close-minded, which is so many of vegans they have

encountered.

Thanks to Karin, Laura and Victor for trying to be voices of reason. And

Mary Anne, you are an extreme case. Your experience sounds very painful,

and congratulations on the healthy life you are now leading. But you do

not represent the majority of the people who are considered fat.

Luckily as I am reading this I am home in Hawai'i, and surrounded by

people who look like me!

 

Take care,

Lani

 

 

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" Base not your joy

on the deeds of others,

for what is given

can be taken away. "