plinerd Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I'll keep it my-version-of-short I'll be 32 yo in March '09, married and mom to 1. Started a vegan diet lifestyle on my birthday of '08. I DO wear silk only if it is recycled and currently DO use wool for my child's pants (cloth diapers, alternative is synthetics, so I buy from small, animal-friendly farms and consider that the better of the two evils OR I buy used wool swaeters and sew them into pajama pants). Figured I should put that out there in case anyone would be turned off by it. Was an avid--but slow--runner before mommyhood. Did a marathon, some halves, etc. Have recently started riding my bike more places, although with a child in tow I am less likely to do it in the winter. Heading back to the gym because of the weather. Eh, I do better there anyway. Interested in building, tightening up, possibly (most likely) dropping pounds, although I tend to be one who STRONGLY dislikes the focus on scale numbers (the rest of my family yo-yo diets constantly because they want to be thin...). As I get healthier, the numbers dropping will be secondary. Anyway, thanks for being here. What a great resource. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lean and Green Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Great intro, you have a wonderful personality and outlook on life. Hope to see you around both sharing and taking advantage of resources, welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Welcome! Great to have you here! I hope you enjoy the forum. I'm also a March baby and I love Mass! I was there during the fall and it was great! All the best and welcome aboard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Hi there, welcome to the forum. Is your kid allergic to things other than wool, is that why you don't want to use synthetic material? Perhaps somebody will have a helpful suggestion on the matter, I don't have any experience with it personally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaN Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Yo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blabbate Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Hi there, welcome to the forum. Is your kid allergic to things other than wool, is that why you don't want to use synthetic material? Perhaps somebody will have a helpful suggestion on the matter, I don't have any experience with it personallyIt sounds to me like she just considers it better to use recycled wool from sweaters or wool harvested humanely from local farms instead of synthetics, probably due to all the manufacturing and transportation overhead. But she can speak for herself, of course. I just want to show support for someone being so conscientious about the options available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 It sounds like the only time she buys wool is for the purposes she says, at least that's how I interpreted it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaN Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I have considered buying fair trade clothing, but there is only 1 shop in my area that does it, & to be honest the clothes are really horrible.And they dont make suits for work. Topman here in the UK does stock some fair trade stuff, but not alot. We all agree on animal rights, but unfortunately, most of our clothing is made at a cost to human welfare, and it is harder for us to find a way around it. One thing I will try to do this year is get more use out of the clothes I do own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zinzen Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Hello, hope you have fun here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RoyCarlson Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 (edited) hi Edited June 26, 2012 by RoyCarlson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plinerd Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 Hi there, welcome to the forum. Is your kid allergic to things other than wool, is that why you don't want to use synthetic material? Perhaps somebody will have a helpful suggestion on the matter, I don't have any experience with it personallyIt sounds to me like she just considers it better to use recycled wool from sweaters or wool harvested humanely from local farms instead of synthetics, probably due to all the manufacturing and transportation overhead. But she can speak for herself, of course. I just want to show support for someone being so conscientious about the options available. Yea, that's what it was. PUL is plasticy crap that will never decompose plus there's all the manufacturing residues...trust me, I put a LOT of thought into it and spend the extra $$ for the nicer farms. <--which doesn't mean to sound like a brag...we're totally NOT loaded! LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plinerd Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 I have considered buying fair trade clothing, but there is only 1 shop in my area that does it, & to be honest the clothes are really horrible.And they dont make suits for work. Topman here in the UK does stock some fair trade stuff, but not alot. We all agree on animal rights, but unfortunately, most of our clothing is made at a cost to human welfare, and it is harder for us to find a way around it. One thing I will try to do this year is get more use out of the clothes I do own. I try to buy recycled as much as possible. My order of preference is: reused/recycled, then organic and/or fair trade, local, and last just whatever. It is quite the pain in the rump, I will say! In March we're going to do a clothing swap. A bunch of the women I know are going to get friends invlved, we'll all bring the clothes we're willing to donate, we'll "shop" through all the clothes and donate the leftovers (and I've already told people to make sure it's decent stuff...people in lower $$ brackets deserve non-holey clothing, too! ). Anyway, excited to be here. I'm actually trying to spend LESS time on the computer. LOL. Go figure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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