About

JL Fields blogs about her transition to a vegan diet and lifestyle at JL goes Vegan: Food & Fitness with a Side of Kale. Her original recipes have been featured on Foodbuzz, DailyBuzz Healthy Living, BlogHer and Meatless Monday. She is the editor of the community blog Stop Chasing Skinny: Find Happiness Beyond the Scale.  JL writes the weekly column I Eat Plants for The Journal News food blog Small Bites and is a contributor to Elephant Journal.  JL is the founder and lead consultant for JL Fields Consulting.  She serves on the board of directors of the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary and the advisory board of Our Hen House.  Follow JL on Twitter and Facebook.

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My vegetarian-to-vegan journey began in 2002. Post-40 I made a conscious decision to change careers and find balance in my life, which meant I could finally explore interests outside of work. Those included volunteering for nonprofit organizations, enjoying all kinds of red wine, learning to knit and running a couple of marathons (now half-marathons!) and triathlons each year.

Then I began eating vegan; I became obsessed with cooking. I blog about that here.

I began writing about food and fitness, and my vegan transition, on this blog in June of 2010.  I recently decided to stop the dieting roller coaster and to simply buy bigger clothes and, as a result, now edit the blog Stop Chasing Skinny:  Find Happiness Beyond the Scale.  While I know longer run marathons, right now, I do pursue health and encourage health at every size.

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