become a vegan

Well, so far I’m feeling fantastic, but at first I felt really cranky for a few days (I think maybe it was a detox thing because I had headaches too). Now that I’m on the other side of the cranky, I have heaps of energy and just somehow feel ‘cleaner’. My digestion is the best that its ever been; I never thought I had any problems before but in comparison to how it is now, it was dreadful!

Its been kind of funny from the discipline point of view; twice I’ve thought, ‘Oh, yoghurt (or ‘oh, cheese’)... I’ll have a little taste of that…” and then totally regretted it, not because I felt guilty (I’m happy to see this as a habit I’m building rather than an all-or-nothing endeavour), but just because animal foods are beginning to put me off a bit and don’t taste good to me compared to the great vegan stuff I’ve been eating like hommous or bean burritos.

So, I’m really starting to get used to this and I think its a change I’ll be very happy to embrace in the long term. That said, it HAS only been a week, and there’s a long way to go from here!

This is awesome, and so much easier than I expected (that said, its only day three)! I haven’t had any cravings at all.

Yesterday I had raw muesli with soy milk, then homemade felafel wraps with tabouli (from the parsley in my garden) and hommous that I’d made. A couple of nights before that we had kidney bean nachos (for me to say goodbye to cheese!) but the salt on the corn chips made me feel a bit rubbish…

Also http://vegweb.com/

I have just been looking at http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/vegan/vegan.html and wanted to share the link cos I found it so helpful :)

I’m am concentrating on becoming a vegetarian at the moment, and am finding it very difficult because I am on medication that increases my appetite (as a side effect), and I get a lot of cravings for things that creep me out on an ethical level, particularly beef.

I think the biggest thing preventing me from pushing it to the next level is that I don’t really know any vegans, and am struggling to grasp what it actually means in the practical sense. If anyone can spare the time, I’d be very grateful for a breakdown of what you tend to eat on an average day…