violetti Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Hello you all! I'm a 22-year-old Finnish girl studying folkloristics at university. I was 19 years old when I became vegetarian. About 1,5 years ago I started to reduce milk and egg products in my diet. It's a bit hard to say how long I've been vegan because it went quite long like I bought mostly vegan products and had mostly vegan diet. Actually I never made that kind of I'm a vegan from now on -decision. These days my attitude towards nutrition and consumption is "as much vegan as possible". To me veganism is an attempt to live in a compassionate way. I live like this for these reasons: animal rights, environmental, health and equality. About my training history: About three years I've done some sports. About a couple of months I have done systematic gym training. In August I started to go to the gym twice or three times per week but I did too many reps with too low weights. Vegan Fitness Week 2008 gave me a lot of inspiration to start to go to the gym. At VFW 2008 I tried deadlift for the first time. I got 75 kilos. First deadlift felt the best but these days I'm so stuck with it and don't like it that much. These days my favourite is bench. About a half year ago I started with 20 kilos and now my personal best in bench is 35 kilos. I've no special gym program. I just try to do manysided-training every time there. Do I have goals? Not much. First and the foremost I go to the gym because it feels so great. Going to the gym is to maintain my mental health. Of course it would be nice to become stronger and be a bit more fit. I also like running and circuit training at uni's sport hall. I think I'll do quite a bit running at Christmas holiday which I'll spend at my mum and sister's place. Dancing and pogoing are also my favourite things to do. I listen to punk, hardcore, gothic rock and dark electronic music. I'm drug-free, you can call me sXe if you want. The reason why I don't drink, smoke or do drugs is quite simple. I feel alcohol, tobacco or drugs (never tried) don't give me anything special. I fell even more sociable while being sober than after a couple of pints. I like hitch-hiking and drawing. Vegan cooking and baking are lots of fun. Yesterday I baked a boston cake for Christmas. I'm into tattoos, too. I have one and I think I'll take some more. edit: pics of me if interested in seeing how I do look like: http://irc-galleria.net/archive.php?nick=aprilmoon&image_id=92527028 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HCPinGviini Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Violetti, you should post that before picture of your bicep too! But anyway, welcome here and I hope you enjoy your stay here in VBB and be a good girl and post often too (). I'm excited to see some pictures of your progress and I do recommend posting some pictures so that me and the others would get to know you a bit better. And maybe some day a tattooed vegan fireman gets here, sees your posts plus pictures and wants to get to know you better and travels to the other side of the world just to get to be with you. You'll never know, what might happen! To others here: Me and Violetti both met at VFW'08 and she's a really sweet girl and... Well I guess that I should keep the rest as a secret. I'm glad to see you're here, now let's go and lift some heavy weights, babe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violetti Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share Posted December 19, 2008 ^ Thanks so much, sweetie! About that tattooed vegan firemen -thing: At another forum there is a discussion about dream guy/girl. I posted like this: My dream bf is a tattooed vegan or vegetarian fireman who belongs to hardcore band and cooks delicious food Yep, I'll post some pictures someday. I think my sister will have a lot of job at Christmas time because I force her to take pictures of me. She doesn't like it much because I do so stupid faces and poses Okay HC-pingviini, let's keep on training and some day train together and after that eat lots of food! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Welcome! Great to have you here! Enjoy your time on the forum. All the best and welcome aboard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thendanisays Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 i love your pictures! Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zinzen Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 welcome, always good to have more punks, sick deadlift by the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalBrada Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violetti Posted December 20, 2008 Author Share Posted December 20, 2008 Thanks for your kind words! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsorlando Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Welcome to the group! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HCPinGviini Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Stop thinking and start eating. You look gorgeous, sweetie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giorgos Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 welcome to the forum girl, you look great on the pics.i just have a hardcore band and cook delicious food, so i guess I'm out of competition... by the way one of my favorite bands is from finland, they're called 'wasted'. you have really great bands up there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Hi there, welcome to the forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Hi, and welcome to vbbf! I think your tattoo is absolutely gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronco Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Hi there and welcome ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violetti Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 Thanks so much, you all! giorgos: I like Wasted, too. I saw Wasted alive in July, 2007. The gig really rocked! Some other good Finnish bands (punk-/hc-related): Endstand, Satura Lanx, Lighthouse Project, No Shame, ILLS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lean and Green Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Hey, that deadlifting pic is way hardcore, I love it! Welcome, enjoy your time here and I look forward to your posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violetti Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 ^ Thanks! Unfortunately these days I have some probs with dl but I'm trying to solve them I'll take some time that I'll begin to participate in discussions at a new board! But I'll promise I'll begin to write more after holidays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasha Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 WelcomeGreat to have you here. Thanks for sharing your pictures. How much are you lifting (lbs) in that picture with JP ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HCPinGviini Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 WelcomeGreat to have you here. Thanks for sharing your pictures. How much are you lifting (lbs) in that picture with JP ?She said before something about 75kg, which is 165.3lbs. I got to talk quite a lot with this girl at VFW and 9.-11.1.-09 I'm going to visit her, tuc and some other vegans living in Turku. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Awesome! Meet-ups are great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offense74 Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im Your Man Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Hi Violetti, welcome on the forum ! You look strong on that deadlift picture, I like the picture with the graffitis on the wall, and the pics of food made me hungry. I hope you're training these days and making progress; I'll look at your posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dropSoul Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Dig the pics! You are kewl. Welcome to this awesome oasis on the web of really bright, aware, excellent vegans!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violetti Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 Thanks IYM and DS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emilyrobin Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Hey violetti! Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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