Making decisions that help me get to the person I want to be.
Tofu vs Fried Chicken
If you knew me, you knew my love for chicken wings wasn’t a secret. It was one of the last thing I gave up before becoming vegan. It was my go-to when I was stressed, happy, and in between. Chicken & Waffles from Street Bird (I haven't been disappointed by anything on their menu yet) chicken wings from any Chinese Restaurant, or a ChikFil A sandwich = Happy Rosey (or so I thought).
I grew up like most of you eating meat and dairy products. Dairy didn’t agree with my body so I had to cut that out of my diet immediately (Freshman year of college). I was raised in a Catholic household where we gave up something during Lent for 40 days, and didn’t eat meat on Fridays- one year I gave up meat and knew I could do this longer. I had more energy, I could think clearer, and my skin cleared up a lot!
I decided 05/2017 to finally let go of the chicken wings, and let go of the eggs in July. My household is plant based and I love every second of it; I’m able to be creative with recipes, it creates my disciple, and I’m able to share my diet with my guests. I’m still human and sometimes have cravings for chicken wings (usually I see someone post wings on social media & the craving is in my head, or most commonly when I’m PMSing). My sense of achievement takes over my body when I’m ready to order wings from a Chinese restaurant but I order crispy tofu. I feel no guilt and it satisfied the craving (something fried).
When I traveled this year after May I found it to be difficult to still be vegan so I switched back to vegetarian for that meal and maybe ate eggs.
Maybe I’ll try one bite of the meat from someone else’s plate (and still feel the same about meat). If I had those moments of wanting to eat meat, I’d only have a few bites & go back to the vegetables (because my feelings for eating meat haven't changed).
You should find what works best for you, some people’s diet is based around meat, some people can have dairy, etc. I don’t ell my story to persuade people to live a plant based diet, you can see the results of it on my life everyday- has it been easy? Not at all but I don’t look for it to be easy, I look to make the right decisions that will help me get to where I want to be.
What goals have you set for yourself? How do you create your disciple?
I came home after ordering the crispy tofu and paired it with steamed broccoli and brussels sprouts... so good!
