Hi,
My name is Brandi and I have 13 days under my belt eating vegan. I started on the first of July, had a minor setback and ate an egg when I first began. Not proud of it, but it happened and I decided to correct my error, get a bit more informed and was back on track. I've read all the benefits and "not" benefits from eating vegan. Everyone is different, so I decided to give it a go. Purely as an experiment and getting out from under the pain I always felt after a meal. This was the only thing I hadn't tried. It made sense to me when I started thinking about my parents and their battles with stomach issues. My mother always was very specific about the things she ate. When we would go out to eat, I would cringe at her questions and "special" orders she placed, thinking "Ugh she is always being difficult." Come to find out she wasn't. She endured severe pain as well from certain foods and was being a responsible adult. Now my Dad was an avid meat eater. Loved it!!! Low and behold, he is suffering from colitis and can no longer digest meat. I put two and two together and realized that maybe our makeup, (my family's) isn't all that good when it comes to consuming animals and animal products.
My finding so far eating this way is surprising. I have no pain from eating!!! I am "regular" now. However, the most surprising affect, that is in the forefront of my mind is, My cycle came 8 days early!! Mother Nature can NOT be detained!!! I was worried nonetheless. This is new, this has never happened before, so I attributed it to my eating, i.e. not consuming meat full of hormones and whatever else that goes on with the productions of animals for meat. Now, I can always tell when it's about to happen, mood changes, the normal insane thinking, starting arguments with the hubby, etc. I first noticed a change in my mood Monday when I could not make myself wash the dishes. My default setting was oh lord it's PMS time, YIKES!!! I have a whole week ahead of me that entails me getting increasingly crazy until it's here. NOT THE CASE it was there the next day!!! I just bypassed the "crazy" and went straight into the show!!! This was HUGE!!! I didn't even have my typical "before" cravings, which usually is MEAT. Red meat.
However, not all was well with this new development. I was feeling sorry for myself and started craving sweets. Chocolate to be exact. I fought off the craving on the inside. AS my husband is an avid advocate of eating meat and animal products. I can't let him see me sweat. :) But being the person he is or maybe it was luck of the draw, he found chocolate hummus spread when we went grocery shopping. Of course, I had a bit of an automatic attitude about it, (like I can't eat chocolate) as it was my time of the month. I grabbed it from him and took a look at the ingredients. What what!!! I can eat this!!! I"m stoked. I get home and eat a huge spoonful and just like that my cravings went away. No longer am I on the edge. I am calm and collected. This chocolate Hummus GAVE ME LIFE. :) All in all, this new way of eating seems to be working for me.
Thank you for stopping by and taking a read. I appreciate it.
@brandi
Good Post!
Thanks for sharing.
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