Intro

Hi, my name is Treen.  I am 24 and a vegetarian (hello Treen lol).  I feel totally alone being a vegetarian and living in the beef capital of Australia, Rockhampton. 

I want to use this blog to bring all us Central Queensland ‘veggies’ together and recommend place to eat and recipes. 

I have been vegetarian since I was four.  I don’t exactly remember why I became vegetarian but my mother says it was because I had big tonsils and couldn’t eat hard meat and slowly worked my way off all meats.  I think it was more of a seeking attention in a large family sort of thing.  None of my family are vegetarian, not even my fiancé.  I don’t have a problem cooking meat but the thought of eating it grosses me out and I dry reach (probably too much information).  I am not an animal activist, I am not a hippie, I just have chosen to be an individual and do what my body tells me if right.

I don’t recommend becoming vegetarian to anyone.  My future children will be eating meat and if they say ‘mummy you don’t eat it, why do I have to’, I will be sitting them down and having a long chat about the health implications.  I have to get B12 injections every three months plus iron and calcium (cause I don’t drink milk either) tablets daily.  I live having no energy.  I miss out on a lot due to not having enough energy.  My friends will go out clubbing and I will stay home, I can’t play too much sport, I live a life of limitations.  I would give anything to eat meat and be normal but I just can’t do it.

I am off to lunch with friends so i will upload my first vego blog soon.

Love, Treen