At least that is what I read many years ago whilst looking for a way to lose the dreaded pounds.
Throughout my adult life I have eagerly taken up every new way of eating that came up. and there have been many. At the age of 18 I took the decision to become vegetarian. I just did not like the idea of eating meat. As a child I was not allowed to decide for myself. It was not easy avoiding meat at this time and I had rather lot of omlettes and chips. Eventually frozen pasta meals came into being but they were not that good! I spent many years and lots of money on weight watchers but have to say I lost the most weight on this plan. Nearly everything I ate was made by weight watchers. Then I started to think about the quality of what I was eating and reading packaging. I was horrified by what I found. Barely any natural food was in the things I was eating. I stopped following the weightwatchers plan and of course put on weight. Then much more recently I decided to become vegan. It seemed the natural progression from being vegetarian. Living in France made it very difficult but I found sources to make vegan meals. I joined a facebook group but did not stay with it long due to the militant attitude. I firmly feel that we all make our own decisions about our diet. It is not for others to dictate. I realised recently that I was once again eating chemicals even if they were healthy! It is expensive too buying special things to make faux meat for example. I do not want to eat faux meat. So today I have gone back to my vegetarian lifestyle that I am familiar with and can easily manage. The vegan world would be horrified but it is more important to me to eat real natural food. The weight.... so far I have stayed a size 12 which I feel is fine but if it increases it is not a problem. I will no longer be dictated to.
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Good for you, Aly! I'm sure that if we are in tune with our body and listen to it, it will guide us to eat what is good for us and what we need. We'll never be vegetarian, but we do eat less meat now, mainly for cost reasons, as we are trying to grow as much as we can to be as self sufficient as we can. Like you, I'm also disturbed by the very militant attitude of some, mainly vegans - the author of one of the blogs I read has recently become vegan and can be quite rude and nasty about meat eaters. There's no need for that, we're all free to choose - I wouldn't attack anyone for choosing what they will or won't eat, and nor do I expect them to attack me.
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Aly
8/17/2017 09:04:40 am
I have never pushed my vegetarian choice on others and cook meat for those who want it. I do not really like handling meat but like you do not believe in forcing my choice on others.
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I have lived in France for almost eight years now. In that time I have gradually simplified my life and worked at improving my carbon footprint. On a world scale there is little I can do but I can make a difference in my corner. I welcome comments but would ask all to maintain the peace that I work hard at promoting.
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