Hey loves and welcome back to my blog! I hope everyone is having a good day and the week is going well for everyone so far. Today I wanted to discuss my journey to becoming a Vegetarian. For starters, I’m having so much fun with this transition even though it has been a challenge.
This has been one of the funniest things I’ve come across since I’ve started this journey; Especially from people I know. Let me say something regarding my new lifestyle and everyone knows everything that has anything to do with nutrition or my favorite question is “Well, that’s great and all but what do you eat?” Honestly, I don’t think I’ve ever laughed this much from a lifestyle change.
Most accurate graph EVER! These questions are very frequent and kind of silly to me now, but that’s because of the research I’ve done; granted, I don’t judge anyone else if they decide to eat meat. I just answer any questions they may have and no, I don’t think I know everything and can argue with the best of them- Quite the contrary actually. I’ve learned that a lot of people know exactly what happens to their food they either 1) don’t care or 2) They try to buy cruelty free food which makes them feel better about eating meat. Which both are fine with me, but I can’t stand it when others attempt to force me back into that only lifestyle. The best thing about this is that I’ve met so many local vegatarians that have helped me tremendously with different recipes and just being overall encouraging.
Speaking of recipes- I have gone crazy in my kitchen. At first, I was completely lost on what I could and couldn’t eat, especially when it came to attempting to read food labels but after running to the Internet and picking up a few cookbooks from BooksAMillion I was all set as far as figuring out what to eat. I’ll be honest and say there was a point where I thought I could just jump all in.. Let’s just say I wasn’t a happy camper. So, don’t be like me- take your time. It’ll be easier on you, trust me. With that in mind, on very few occasions, I’ll have a cheat meal but it’s usually something small like fish since I used to be a Perscatarian. If I do have a cheat meal, I have to constantly remind myself that this is a transition so it’s okay to cheat just make them far and few and make sure it’s close to the diet you already follow.
Let’s talk the health and fitness side of things. When I started this I was only trying to get rid of my occasional migraines and stomach issues, but in the meantime I’ve lost a lot of weight- 15 pounds to be exact. (Starting Weight: 155, Current Weight: 140lbs) Crazy, right ? Overall, I have more energy and I feel better about myself; I focus more and I feel like I can think more clearly as well. Before I began this transition, I was working out 5 days a week for about an hour at minimum. Now, I workout maybe 3 times a week for 30-45 minutes. This exercise change is solely because now I’m a firm believer that it’s 80% diet, 20% gym time. I have to go back to my doctor for an annual check up soon, so I wonder if anything how have things there.
Now, with all of that said, I’m not going to sugarcoat this: Yes, it’s hard. Yes, you’re going to want to give up. Yes, you’re going to go through a detox phase that isn’t fun. It’s so worth it though ! To know that you’re not only helping yourself but your environment and the animals that inhabit our world as well is an awesome feeling.
That’s it! Thank you all for reading and I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed sharing it with you all. Let me know down below if you guys want to know a few of the things I eat or a grocery store list!
Talk to you later,
Leah La’Rae 😘
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