monkeys mum
Sep 4th, 2013, 05:05 AM
hi everyone,
I only recently decided that I should really become vegan. I've been eating 90% vegetarian for about 5 years and decided to go fully vegetarian after the horsemeat in cowsmeat affaire in Europe. I was just sick of it. But then after that one of my friends started talking about milk and how it impacts the calves and their bonds and, being a breastfeeding mum, I just felt terrible. So decided to ditch milk from my diet. I don't eat honey, so all that is left is eggs and I'm not sure if I can completely ditch eggs yet. I love chickens and want my own. The eggs I eat are homegrown from a friend. We'll see. At least I can be vegan 90% of the time and that will make a big difference!
I got many questions, though. Considering I can't eat nuts, cashews, coconut, I'm not sure how to make my diet balanced. I got a B12 deficiency, but that's fixed with tablets (actually, funny thing, since taking b12, meat has become rather tasteless, I realised I was eating meat because I can't absorb B12 properly!)
Also got to find out how my baby is going to get a proper diet without any animal products. He loves soy milk, so that's a start. I don't think he's ever had cowsmilk, but loves cheese. Then again, haven't fed him cheese in a few weeks and he hasn't asked for it either, they're pretty adaptable at this age (1.5 yrs).
Looking forward to this journey of improving my diet and hopefully get rid of some food issues. THe plan is to fully remove all milk from my diet by december. I need some time to do research and find replacements. I'm quite proud of myself for this already as 5 years ago I had a very strong food fobia and wouldn't touch anything I didn't know.
I only recently decided that I should really become vegan. I've been eating 90% vegetarian for about 5 years and decided to go fully vegetarian after the horsemeat in cowsmeat affaire in Europe. I was just sick of it. But then after that one of my friends started talking about milk and how it impacts the calves and their bonds and, being a breastfeeding mum, I just felt terrible. So decided to ditch milk from my diet. I don't eat honey, so all that is left is eggs and I'm not sure if I can completely ditch eggs yet. I love chickens and want my own. The eggs I eat are homegrown from a friend. We'll see. At least I can be vegan 90% of the time and that will make a big difference!
I got many questions, though. Considering I can't eat nuts, cashews, coconut, I'm not sure how to make my diet balanced. I got a B12 deficiency, but that's fixed with tablets (actually, funny thing, since taking b12, meat has become rather tasteless, I realised I was eating meat because I can't absorb B12 properly!)
Also got to find out how my baby is going to get a proper diet without any animal products. He loves soy milk, so that's a start. I don't think he's ever had cowsmilk, but loves cheese. Then again, haven't fed him cheese in a few weeks and he hasn't asked for it either, they're pretty adaptable at this age (1.5 yrs).
Looking forward to this journey of improving my diet and hopefully get rid of some food issues. THe plan is to fully remove all milk from my diet by december. I need some time to do research and find replacements. I'm quite proud of myself for this already as 5 years ago I had a very strong food fobia and wouldn't touch anything I didn't know.