Food, Veganism, and Hellsea: A novel because I'm realizing just how much I love Miyoko's vegan cashew cheese
As an adolescent woman I constantly struggled with my relationship with food. I was also palette retarded and my favorite sandwich was ham, lettuce, and mayo until I was 22. I hated almost all vegetables. And never cooked. Everything I ate was attached with guilt and shame as food I usually liked was most likely bad for me. I constantly felt unhappy with my weight and body image. I was always stuck in a diet mindset, that the next meal I'd do better. One day I'd make a change. Now being vegan, my world has expanded so much. Sometimes it shocks me how much better it makes my life. How much of a happier version of me just changing my diet has made me. Over the first year to now I've lost 6-10 lbs, and feel more like me than I've ever felt in my life. It was like this thin layer of fat I scrutinized over my entire life melted away revealing more of my body I always felt was there but couldn't see. I LOVE food as I always did, but now I eat with absolutely no guilt. Even if it's junk vegan food...it's not nearly as bad if it was non-vegan food. I eat pizza for dinner, burritos, Macaroni and cheese...and it doesn't make me feel sick. My mind has also let go of a lot of cravings which I believe happened when I kicked out non-vegan foods which my body found useless. I don't crave sugar, and in fact I feel good about avoiding it. I love to try new foods. I no longer get upset stomachs. I no longer get food comas. And horrible bowel movements are a thing in the past. I feel so good because I went vegan, and I know it's because I no longer am consuming death and suffering. I am no longer consuming materials that make me sick. That my body struggled to process on an everyday basis. There's a reason why people feel bad after they eat meat and dairy. There's a reason why you go into a food coma, or eat a hamburger and feel like there's a rock in your stomach. Going vegan changed my life more than I ever thought it would. I am a much better version of myself, and my heart grows bigger everyday knowing I make choices that are suffer-free, will save our planet, and won't slowly kill me. So here's to eating vegan cheese and crackers. Here's to going out to eat sushi and know I'm not contributing to the depletion of oceans. Here's to stuffing my face and feeling great! Heres to that burger that isn't a part of a dead animal and causing climate change. Here's to all the animal fat that my body used to drag that's now gone. Here's to investing in a healthier life and more energy to enjoy it! And here's to all the good I do just from not eating meat, dairy, and eggs. Thank you plant-based foods for giving me a much better life. I'm not sure why I'm writing this, and maybe it looks egotistical cuz I'm bragging..And if you're an omnivore, maybe you're scoffing thinking I sound arrogant. Or rolling my eyes cuz it sounds a little crazy. But really, I'm sharing this because I used to be an omnivore, and never saw myself being vegan. I never really paid attention to why my relationship with food was the way it is, and never did I think it could change for the better. All the bad things I had assumed were just normal and part of the deal. But I'm saying all of this because I would wish that it'd spark some curiosity in you to want to try. To think about these choices the next time you feel like you're dying from bloat after your burger and think about that alternative reality of "what if I had eaten a veggie burger instead?" Anyways, I'm happy full from my cheese and crackers, and looking forward to what's for dinner... Maybe dive into my nutella frozen yogurt for dessert..or the salted caramel one....Maybee have a drumstick ice cream cone! This is my long ass testament to the assumption that if you go vegan, you're gonna miss out. With compassion, Chelsea #veganslivingthegoodlife #vegan
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