Some weeks ago I did a very big step forward in my personal
lifestyle.
I went VEGAN!
Yes people I did it and I feel amazing! After yeasr of
being Vegetarian and messing with all kind of diets, it just seemed the right
step to take.
Last year I talked about a diet that is called “Ketogenic
Diet”. Here is a link back to the post about it. At the start I loved it. The
basics of this diet - a low carb and high fat diet that tricks your body into
burning ketons as an energy source instead of glucose! Simple really, but not
very easy to maintain, at least not where I live. You have to eat on a very
high fat intake and keep your daily carbs under 30g a day. It is possible if
you are prepared, but during holiday seasons or vacations it is just not
possible (at least not for me). And after some time the high intake of animal
products just got in conflict with my believes of protecting animals. I was
eating meat that was treated with chemicals and to keep the diet affordable I
ended up buying cheap meat, which I could just not justify, because we all know
why the meat is so cheap.
So I was drifting in and out of ketosis and was just not
happy with myself. I went back to a normal diet and cut out nearly all my meat
intake. After watching countless documentaries about different diets one thing
a doctor and nutritionist said really stuck with me:
“You should live with a diet that you can maintain all year
around and where you don’t have to starve yourself”
That really said everything you need to know about a good
diet. It is not really a diet, it is a lifestyle change that you can keep up
for a long period of time (longer than 12 weeks).
While I was watching all these documentaries I got more and
more in conflict with myself. Can I support the mistreatment of animals and can
I do the metabolic damage on myself? I decided NO and I am a very happy vegan
now.
The benefits are showing already after nearly two month on
being on this lifestyle change. I lose weight that I had put on doing all the
crazy thing I did to have a fit healthy body. My skin has cleared up a lot and
is not as dry anymore as it used to be. My energy levels have gone up and I
feel refreshed most of the time. I am really looking for to see what happens to
my body, once all the damage I did over the years is healed up.
And I can say with a good conscience that I am no longer
supporting the mistreatment of animals.
Happy Days! I will give you guys a post soon on my diet and how good and healthy it is to be a vegan, but for today it is enough said!
