9 year vegetarian review!!!
I became a vegetarian on July 10th 2015.
I am Lauren and I am a Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian. That means I eat dairy, egg, and Plant products but no animals are sea animals.
I went vegetarian because of moral reasons: I do not believe it is ethically right to consume animals for any reason, those are my personal morals. I do miss meat but my morals outweigh the murder of animals.
I do not see myself going vegan but I am not closed to it.
I would date a meat eater I just would not cook meat for anyone or buy meat for anyone because of my morals.
I do not wear animal clothing or that has animals in it.
When I shower, I use dish soap on my hair and body-vegetarian kind.
I use vegetarian and vegan hair products too. I use to have big boils on my face but since being vegetarian, My acne has cleared up a lot and my complexion is beautiful!
I am super skinny and feel great!
When I have kids someday, I plan on raising them vegetarian because I want them to respect animals and to believe its wrong to eat animals and sea creatures.
I have gotten judgments for being vegetarian and I have been scolded but nothing will stop me from my beliefs or deter them.
I get asked as well, if I was stranded on an island would I eat meat? My answer is no, I love animals too much to eat them or kill them.
I use to drink Boost dairy milk for protein and I use to eat dairy ice cream but since I have learned about the dairy industry and what they do to the cows, I have cut down on dairy, I eat vegan ice cream and vegan milk (soy milk).
Not all cheese is vegetarian. Farmers kills pigs, cows, sheep, goats, and they take their stomachs out and take the enzymes that are called rennet from their stomachs and they put it in cheese. I get special cheese and research before I buy any dairy cheese. Target Market Pantry cheese, Little Caesars (check on the sauce), Chuckie cheese (check on sauce) , Pizza hut (check on sauce) cheeze its, Dominoes (check on sauce) , all have vegetable rennet 
I do not believe that people that consume meat or sea creatures are evil people, there are good people that do eat meat, eating meat does not make you a bad person so please do not feel like you are a bad person if you eat meat.
First thing first: Definitely watch your protein! Since we do not have a large intestine that absorbs everything, you need EXTRA protein. So definitely watch the levels, when I did not watch my levels: my skin was MAD dry, my hair/fingernails/ toe nails were not growing but now that I watch those levels, everything is growing! For protein I eat Peanut Butter, soy milk, plant meat protein, and bread for protein. The veggie meat brand name meats are Morning star, Gardein, AMYS, etc.
Vegetarians/vegans are typically low in iron, calcium, vitamin b12, and zinc. I drink soy milk to help with those levels and in addition to that, I take iron pills, calcium pills, vitamin D pills, and rarely take magnesium pills as well.
Please make sure you get all of your vitamins and minerals, especially if you are a person that has periods. If you do not do it right, it can stop or throw off your period so be careful
How many bms I have: I poop 14x or more per day and I use wipes strictly, I keep wipes and Calmospetine in my purse. Toilet paper hurts my butt too much. I do not think I would poop 14x or more per day if I were not a vegetarian, so your bowel movements may increase when switching to a plant-based diet- totally normal. And you will also have a higher transit time too. Just do not eat a shitload of fiber because that can clog you up too. I can eat raw veggies just fine- i get extra veggies on my subway sandwich all of the time with no issues. Whenever I get watery stool I do not find it alarming since we have a J-pouch- maybe I should find it alarming but I tend to not too. I get butt soreness every now and then, if i eat too much white flour products, or sweets like candy or pastries for an example or if I do not drink enough water. I just use the Calmospetine and that takes care of my trouble.
My poop comes out really good! It sometimes looks like the food I ate and it can be very liquiddy and it can be similar to popcorn chicken nuggets (veggie haha) food comes out easy like honey!!!
I use wipes strictly but if I am out, I use toilet paper- i would rather not because it hurts.
I have never had pouchitis-vegetarian/vegans diets are typically low in bacteria and high in probiotics and its healthy for the pouch obviously. No fruit or vegetable bothers my pouch at all, raw or cooked, nothing like that bothers my pouch.
Probitocs/prebiotics: Vegetarians and vegan diets are more higher in good gut healthy bacteria and it naturally has more things in it that is excellent for us. I think along with pooping so much and being on a plant based diet, that helps me not get pouchitis. I never had pouchitis.
When I go out to eat, I eat veggie burgers from restaurants or I get salsa chips with/without fries or I get guacamole and salsa. Fast food places I go to Burger King or Wendys and I get the Vegan fries. When i go to Taco bell: I get tacos and i substitute the beef with black beans. I also get the blackbean crunchwrap and bean rice burritos.
for my 9 year anniversay I went lunch with my dad at Red robin and had a vegan burger with unlimited fries. I also went to a Pig sanctuary and petted the pigs and spent time with them! And I went to Church and sang and did praise and worship, my dad was with me the whole day
I am a volunteer with PETA now and they opened my eyes even more When i volunteer with PETA, I sign things to end animal abuse and I email governments and schools to end animal testing and animal abuse. Guess what!!! A lot of of the stuff I have signed, has actually helped and I helped PETA get victories! . I also do Sticker activism , leaflet activism, and protest actitivism all for the animals