After receiving an insane amount of backlash over the way I look in this video, there's a really important topic that I failed to cover here- toxic body image. First and foremost- I'm vegan for the ANIMALS. I'm not vegan to be skinny and that's a really important point that many people and animal rights organizations fail to understand. BEING VEGAN DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE SKINNY!!! In the past decade, vegan food has come a long way and the main way that we've found to convince people to go vegan is through FOOD. If you can replace bacon made from a pig with bacon made from plants, why wouldn't you? We have never once tried to push the toxic narrative that being vegan means you're healthy or that it means you will lose weight. Can you be? Absolutely, but it's not a given. When I first went vegan, I was skinny because I wasn't eating... I was spending a lot of time in Las Vegas in my early 20's. I didn't eat a carb for a year, took weight loss pills, and was constantly exercising to avoid a toxic roommate situation. Yes, I am much heavier than I was back then, but I've never been happier than I am right now. I feel sorry for people who put so much emphasis on what other people look like, it just shows what a sad human being you really are.
Ever wonder what were the reasons I went vegan? Are you contemplating your own transition to a plant-based diet and want to know my vegan story? In this video, I go over how I first learned about veganism, how the first seeds were planted, and my career in animal rights activism.
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