I'm not sure there is much left to salvage, my life has taken many twists and turns, some for the better, most for the worse. I lived for several years as a vegan, (in fact, I used to post on these boards under another user name...this was several years ago. I haven't mentioned my old username because that person no longer really exists, I have changed so drastically since then), but some events happened in my life that left me devastated and I used those events as an excuse to follow a path of self destruction. I gave up on my life of veg'n, started eating anything and everything, quit exercising, changed careers, relationships, just about everything. Well, if my goal was self destruction, I pretty near accomplished it.

I'm not asking for sympathy. I mean, I did it to myself, I have no one to blame for my current situation but me. Anyway, I'm now severely overweight, have high blood pressure, high cholesterol... just totally messed up physically. So, I finally woke up to my situation and decided to do something about it. I was so much happier and healthier when I was living a vegan lifestyle; I want that back.

I plan to start by going vegetarian first and then working my way back to vegan as soon as I can. I am so happy to finally see the light at the end of a very long dark tunnel. I NEVER want to live life the way I have lived for the last several years again. Looking forward to relearning a lot of my cooking skills, (carns eat all kinds of lousy, nasty stuff without caring), trying new recipes and feeling great again.

I'm SO glad to be back.  :)