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"This weekend I saw my other vegan friend, Gary, and it was...interesting. Not only is Gary a vegan, but he also &amp;quot;lives off the land,&amp;quot; so to speak. He really only eats freshly grown fruits and vegetables, many of which he grows right on his property. He would literally walk into the yard, grab a handful of lettuce, and eat it right there! Everything is so fresh that you don&amp;#039;t even have to wash it. (Well, he didn&amp;#039;t wash it. I insisted. I think that&amp;#039;s something that&amp;#039;d take getting used to.) The whole weekend we cooked a lot of meals with these fresh ingredients, and travelled to local farmer&amp;#039;s markets for other supplies. Fresh juices, every kind of fruit you can think of, salads... it was quite delicious! And very refreshing...for a few days. But I could never do that all the time. First of all, it&amp;#039;s so much work! You have to make everything you want, more or less, not to mention all the added work of the garden! I have a garden myself, but I forget to even water it everyday. I can&amp;#039;t imagine all the pruning, picking and plucking you&amp;#039;d have to do every day to keep up a garden large enough you can eat from it. Plus, I&amp;#039;d miss the variety. I like variety, which is why dieting can be so hard for me. I can&amp;#039;t stand eating the same thing over and over again (more chicken, anyone?). And I&amp;#039;m not creative enough to mix it up yet still stay healthy. And I could never, ever eat like a vegan. I love my dairy too much. I can&amp;#039;t live without cereal or omelttes! But it did make me think of becoming a vegetarian again. I was one in college for several years, but I haven&amp;#039;t seriously revisited it since. Well, except for my time on the Eat Right 4 Your Type diet where my blood type (A+) preferred a vegetarian diet. I had really liked being a vegetarian. Definitely felt better and healthier overall. But I don&amp;#039;t know if could do that now. Can I give up my bacon? I&amp;#039;ll leave you know. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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