Hello everyone! My name is Tara and I joined this forum a week ago. Here is what is going on with me.
Does veganism assure satiety, or in other words, make my god-awful appetite go down for once in its life?
I am 240 lbs, 5'7", and duh, very overweight for my height. I eat meat, and not willingly. I am facing a ton of pressure from my mom, whom I now live with. I can't go on a diet of any type without her giving comments like,
"You know you won't stick with it."
"You are going to get so tired of that"
"You know, Tara, that you won't stick with veganism for all of your life."
and the ever more popular, "Tara, stop obsessing over food! Only then will you lose weight. Eat smart, and control your portions."
Yeah. get it, mom.
But I really don't. I have a feeling that certain things in meat, cheese, and egg products are making my appetite huge!
I am 30 years old, and can make my own decisions. I have gotten to the point where I cannot help but to obsess over food, and veganism is calling me big time.
I ate as a vegan/fruitarian for almost a week, and experienced the most beautiful feelings I have ever felt in my life; increased energy, way decreased appetite, happiness, closeness to nature, no guilt over meat-eating, and I just felt good all over, but those feelings would change whenever i knew my family was going out for a meal at a restaurant, and I felt obligated to go, even though I knew there was nothing vegan on the menu. All that week, I didn't eat tofu, tempeh, or anything with grain or any dry beans hardly. I kept it simple, but I do not plan on not eating tofu or tempeh. I simply love the taste of them.
I eat so much right now, it's not even funny. You know those Stouffer's lasagna family packs? My mom and sister had one serving each, and guess how many I ate? Well, let's just put it this way. It was over half the box! yes, it was the meat kind, ugh. I cannot go through this any longer. i hate to disrespect, but that woman is getting on my nerves!
Um, uh, speaking of....
i just got an email from her about one minute ago in the middle of typing this message, and it was in response to an email all but begging her to let me go vegan. She responded with telling me that it was sugar that is making me extra hungry, and that is because it plummets and hour or so after me eating it. She also said that she already told me I could eat vegan.
Um, when did she ever say that? lol
Now, people, I don't want to focus on the ethical aspects of this way of life, but just the health ones for right now. I have seen the many videos on Youtube about factory farming, and oh, that stuff is atrocious. i could not believe it, and was brought to tears on a couple of occasions, but that is saying a lot for this meat-eater that has become hard-hearted from a number of life circumstances.
Sorry for such a long, long, loooonnnnngg post, but I need to tell people that this is the gist of what I am feeling.
Please, please, give me all the posts and feedback that you can, as well as life experiences with meat vs. veg. Thank you so much. It means a lot to a 240 lb gal like me.
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