This page shows all of my old blog posts that I couldn't bare to get rid of... I think it is important to look back on the growth of a person... And this is like my own personal archive of my late teens.
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At the moment I am slowly transitioning to a vegetarian diet. I know that this isn't for everyone but for me... It is relatively easy! I mean yes... It is easier to throw a steak in a pan instead of boiling a heap of lentils then adding that to some other vegie mixture to actually make it edible and not just a pile of lentils. It is super rewarding though when you end up with this amazing meal that is meat free! I am by no means going to attack people for eating meat... How can I? I have spent most of my life eating meat. I am also still having meat night once a week. At the moment that is just because of the trip to Melbourne to see a gig each week and the lack of quick, vegetarian options that they offer on the 2 hour car trip to Melbourne. This will soon change though! ...The one question you ALWAYS get asked when going vegetarian is why?
For me it is for my gut problems. In a nutshell I get heartburn about 75% of the day, bloating, constipation, stomach acid leaking up into my mouth, digestion problems, indigestion and a constant phlemmy cough (I cough up stomach acid). Basically with all of these things happening I have a few options: 1. Go on medication to stop the over production of stomach acid, however this medication has lots of side effects including the potential to harm reproductive organs... As a clucky person this is a big NO NO! 2. Go back to the doctors and get more tests done to see if there are any possibilities of surgery. 3. CHANGE MY DIET! Now I don't know about you but number three seems a hell of a lot easier and nicer than number one or two. So that is what I am doing. I have to cut out meat, add more vegies, reduce sugar and dairy intake. I have actually been quite passionate about cutting sugar out of my diet for a while! I watched "That Sugar Film" and since then have worked hard towards cutting out the bad sugars in my life. I am definitely not consuming as much as I was before watching that masterpiece of a film. Basically it is about a big sugar experiment where Damon (the man of the show) who is on a sugar free diet eats sugar in his diet. He is eating the average amount that we eat each day 40 TEASPOONS of sugar a day! It is mental isn't it? He even eats the 'healthy' alternatives, meaning no lollies, chocolate or soft drink. You will be extremely suprised about just how much sugar is in everything. If you haven't checked it out already do so because it might just change your life forever. That is the main reason that I am going 'vegie'. I am also extremely keen to one day be fully self sufficient and on a diet that has meat that will be harder... Especially because I get attached to things like chooks and cows very easily. There is no way I could cut them up and eat them for a Sunday night roast... However that pumpkin growing in the garden... I could easily chop that up and roast it on Sundays! I think I am going to start including some of the recipes that I have made that are vegetarian if anyone else wants to give them a go! I found an awesome recipe for vegetarian taco mince (made out of cauliflower and lentils) that tastes so good you wouldn't even know that you weren't eating meat! It is going to be a long process but I am extremely excited for the day when I can say "Happy One Year of Meat Free Life". Check out That Sugar Film here.
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