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Mar 25 โข ๐ฃKitchen Chit โ Chat
๐ซถ๐ป A little vulnerability ๐ซถ๐ป
Yesterday there was a thread in one of my favorite plant-based communities, Plant Positive ๐ฟ which gave me an opportunity to open up and be a little vulnerable. Chatting about something I don't talk about often.
Most people just assume my journey over the past 15 months has been easy peasy because of everything I have achieved and reversed. What most people don't know is that I was a hard-core carnivore for years leading up to my decision to become plant-based. One day I was devouring 2-3 steaks a day and the next I was eating a completely raw-based diet of fruits and fresh fruit juices.
For the 1st 6 months of my journey I was completely raw, high fruitarian. It was the easiest and hardest thing I have ever done!
My results and watching vegan documentaries are what have gotten me through these past 15 months. I like to tell people I am plant-based for my health and vegan for the voiceless ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆฌ๐ท๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฃ๐ฆ
Something else not a lot of people know is that out of all my family and friends, I am the only vegan. My husband and I have been together 18 years, married for 13 years and he is still an avid hunter. We used to hunt together! I even have a scope scar between my eyes from 2 years ago! Man I rocked my noggin hard with his 7mm ๐ฆง
My husband has no desire to become plant-based, let alone vegan. I cook my vegan meals every night and he is always welcome to join me. He does about 75% of the time. The other 25% he is on his own, usually having frozen burritos, pizza or chicken wings. Most of those days it is very hard.
Certain smells still get to me ๐ซฃ
The thought of the harm that went into making those meals gets to me BUT I have also had to remind myself over and over that I did not fall in love with him based on what he chooses to eat or not eat.
That being said, he is also my biggest supporter! He is kind and thoughtful. Like last night, asking me if pizza was going to bother me. Gosh the first 2 months I was raw it was rough and he was so supportive. He even put our toaster oven outside to prepare his foods so I didn't have to endure the smell. He would even eat outside if he could tell it was getting to me.
Those are the nights I try and hold onto when I get frustrated with him for his choices. We are all human at the end of the day.
My biggest non-vegan supporter is my Oma. I love her dearly. She is 87 and stubborn as an Oxen. She doesn't understand my choice of becoming vegan any more than my choice for going sober 6ยฝ years ago. She often tells me it's just silly. She was the 1st one I called when I got my blood work back because she was confident I was malnourished ๐คฃ And when those results came back glowing, she went quiet for a moment and then said, "Well, I suppose you know what you're doing." Coming from my Oma, that was practically a standing ovation. ๐
I tell you this to let you know our decisions are not always easy ones. I have definitely chosen the narrow path. My friends mock me, and a lot of my family mock me too BUT I continue to hold my head up proud. Loud and proud for the voiceless always ๐ฎ๐ท๐
If you are walking this path โ whether you are brand new, struggling, or somewhere in between โ just know you are not alone. This community exists for exactly this reason. Drop a ๐ฑ in the comments if any part of this resonated with you, and as always, my DMs are always open. Let's lift each other up. ๐ซถ๐ป
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