Hi!
Food for me always meant something special. As others see it only as our fuel, for me it's something more. Without food, we can't live and we should appreciate it like that. We should carefully think about what we put into our mouths. In this last year, I thought a lot about food and how I want to eat daily. In today's post, I will share my thoughts about veganism and what eating healthy means to me.
In this past year, I learned about veganism. For those not really knowing what that means: a vegan diet is plant-based, meaning that you don't eat animal-based products like meat or dairy. I learned about veganism because the brother of my boyfriend is a vegan. He showed me other ways to eat, he taught me I don't need meat, dairy or eggs. A whole world opened for me. Now I do want to say that I am not a vegan (yet). But I'm on my way. Changing your diet means changing your habits and that's very hard. But because I got to know veganism I am more aware of what I'm eating. Meaning that I'm aware that when I eat a burger, I eat meat, I eat a cow that has died to become that burger. Yes, sometimes (a lot of times) that left me feeling guilty.
Any vegans or vegetarians reading this could be angry with me now, I understand that. But I see changing my habits as something that takes time. I just can't drastically change it in a day. I see a vegan diet as my goal I'm trying to achieve. I'm trying, learning and making mistakes.
In my last year of high school, I gained some weight. I wasn't fat, but I was a little overweight. In my gap year, I started working out at the gym. I lost 8 kg's this year and that's something I'm proud of. I lost these kilograms because I tracked what I ate. I also quit drinking milk (I do still have it in my coffee sometimes because I haven't found a replacement I like, so I am trying to drink it without milk) and I quit eating yoghurt. I used to drink at least one glass of milk a day, well those days are over. The only dairy product I still eat regularly is cheese. And cheese is a drug. I'm sure that 80% of the Dutch eat cheese. Well, making them stop will be almost impossible. Cheese is addictive because there are hormones in cow's milk. One of those hormones is addictive to make sure the calf keeps drinking its mother's milk. But instead of the calf drinking the milk, we do, so we drink this addictive hormone. By writing it like this, milk seems gross to me.
Why I'm still not a vegan? Well like I said, it's hard for me to change these habits. I'm working on them and trying the best I can. There are so many reasons why someone would become a vegan, for health or environmental reasons. I would like to suggest watching some documentaries like cowspiracy and What the health, they are available on Netflix. If everyone in the entire world wouldn't eat meat for one day of the week, there would be drastic changes (in a positive way). Not everyone can become a vegan overnight, I certainly can't. But we can all make changes, improve our diet, become healthier and save animals. This was something I really wanted to share with you. I could write even more on this topic, and maybe in a future post, I will. But this is it for today. See you again soon!
Love,
Julia
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