I have now been vegan for 3 months, June 1 started month 4. I would have weighed myself on June 1, but I was in New York. I would have weighed myself this morning, but I'm just finishing up the monthly and thought my bloated-ness would have taken away from my real weight. I will weigh myself on Friday and keep all my amazing followers posted (I believe my followers equal approximately zero).
Ok, so I went to New York, with a detour to Boston where I had one spoonful of clam chowda, one piece of lobsta, and one muscle. That's it! I told myself before going that I would try small pieces of things. At least it was all seafood, and it wasn't all in one day. Some vegans eat seafood and fish, so I ok'ed it with myself.
I don't think I've ever felt so good about this change. I feel good mentally, physically, and spiritually. My complexion is amazing (I still get the typical zit every once in awhile), I'm still losing weight (not sure how much as of today), and I absolutely love telling people that I'm vegan. I've never been so proud!
I do have to admit that my reasons for being vegan have changef slightly. I am still doing it for the health reasons, but the animal rights reason has increased significantly. I think that health and animal rights are now 50/50. I don't ever crave meat or dairy products because every time I see a commercial for a cheeseburger on tv, I always think about what that cow had to go through to get in between those two pieces of bread. And then I think of the pain the cow suffered to get the milk from her utters to make the milk and butter in that bread, and the cheese on that meat patty.
One year ago, my vegan cousin was in town for my grandma's funeral. She had all of these facts and information about everything vegan and I didn't even bother to read them because I didn't agree. I was honestly judging her for her decision to be vegan and sort of looked down on her because of it. That is one of my biggest regrets. I hate thinking back to that time and realizing that I did that and felt that way about the vegan lifestyle.
Since I have been vegan, my dad keeps saying the word "diet". "Can you eat that on your diet?" I feel like he thinks this is a temporary thing and I'll be back on meat and cheese in no time. I don't know if I'll be a lifelong vegan, but I do know that it's something that will be a long-term lifestyle for me. I don't know that I like the word "diet" when it comes to being vegan. It's much more than that. It is a way of life. I haven't gotten to the point where I won't wear my leather boots, but I know that I'm heading in that direction.
Ooh! Like I said earlier, I went to New York and Boston last week and I had some amazing vegan food! I had a whole list of restaurants that I wanted to go to when I was in New York, but I didn't get to any of those. I did, however, have the opportunity to go to Peace O' Pie in Boston, a vegan pizza company. I'll be the first to admit that vegan cheese isn't nearly as good as real cheese, but this pizza was pretty delicious. We had The Classy, which is artichoke hearts, roasted garlic, and kalamata olives. It was a bit more expensive than a regular pie, but it was totally worth it. I was able to show my brother and a good friend that being vegan can mean eating delicious food. We also went to this place called Other Side Cafe, where I ordered the Buffalo Tempeh sandwich. Yum!
If any of you vegans are going to Boston or New York I have a huge list of vegan-friendly restuarants, most of which are entirely vegan!
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