When I was 15 I first became a vegetarian. It wasn’t a trend or lifestyle and there were hardly any substitutes. I’ve met a lot of rejection.
I never forget my mother’s sentence: “I will never cook for you again if you want to be such a hippie”.
!!! From now on I made every dish myself.!!
whether Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, or birthdays.
I took my mother’s phrase as a strange positive mantra.
I had to decide whether I wanted to eat my food cold or overcooked on the holidays. Because the kitchen was always locked.
I was then given a bad conscience because I wanted too long or wanted to isolate myself. But that was the last. They barred me, not me them.
With my summer job as a jewelry seller, I bought expensive substitute products. back then they were madly expensive.
From the moment I became vegetarian, I knew that I would be the black sheep of the family.
For ten years I was a vegetarian with no real problems. I didn’t have to take any supplements either.
Not only were my family narrow-minded, but almost everyone around me. They smuggled meat into my dishes in types of bouillon or it was “not meat” but a mushroom.
I didn’t persevere because I didn’t want to cause any more problems.
Nobody in my immediate vicinity understood or agreed to it.
What do you think is the worst?!? The family who don’t want to know anything or friends who trick you?!?
please write to me, I would be very interested in what your opinion is.
Why I became a vegetarian… .mhmm that’s not easy to answer. it was a mixture of animal welfare and nature.
I will go into this in more detail in another blog post.
Why did I take a break for several years?
haha, that’s even more difficult to answer than why I’m a vegetarian.
I’ve lost my way on my journey and I’m finding my way back to myself. It didn’t make it easier with friends and family and I didn’t want to feel like the black sheep of the family anymore. I thought I would feel happier The complete opposite has happened.
I felt lost and lonely, coupled with feelings of guilt.
With every bite, I saw the animals in the crowd or young on a pasture and they knew about their misfortune.
Sounds very dramatic but that’s how I felt and that’s how I still feel!
What I learned during the break: “that no one should judge you any more than I would judge someone”.
Not only was I tired of the convictions, but that I had to defend myself every time.
“Live and let live!!!”
My “DIET”:
No meat (yes poultry is one of them)
No fish
Nothing with a beating heart
lots of vegetables
a little substitute products
many fruits
As many regional and seasonal items as possible.
It’s easier for me because I live in the countryside and no longer in the city.
What I still eat but in bulk until I can find a replacement:
Eggs and milk.
only organic regional and from farmers who I know who don’t separate the calves from the mother cows.
honey only from the regional small farmer. In my region, there is honey from wild bees and not from breeding bees (luxury goods). That’s about it.
Tipps:
Anyone who decides to live veggie or vegan should do it according to their rhythm. The first time I became veggie in no time.
This time it was mentally difficult.
not because I like the taste of meat so much, but because I knew again that I was an “extra treatment” for others.
I take it as it is. For the last four weeks, I have been eating a “knit” vegetarian diet. And now I can say that I don’t miss anything anymore. My start-up time was much longer, it took me six months. Until I felt mentally strong enough.
My conclusion: ” like my veggie normal self.”
Thank you and don’t forget: “live and let live”
Moni la Coco
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