I became vegetarian really young, around 9. It just didn't feel natural to eat meat, so I stopped! Being the only veg in the family, I of course was "weird", but, I was also the healthiest one! So, I started because it felt unnatural to consume animals. Over the years, learning more and more about being humane and being "green" my reasons grew and lifestyle changed to being more and more compassionate. No leather, no fur, no meat, no fish, no supporting circuses or any animal exploitation, protesting rodeos, etc...Am naturally progressing toward total vegan now...and it's not as hard as people may think it is. It's actually quite easy! The goal of all of this is to lead a compassionate, cruelty-free, regret-free, kindness driven life. So far, it's working out pretty well.