Advice for a renewed vegan would be highly appreciated
Hi. I am a 39yo women and am apprehensive about posting as I have never done this before but I really would appreciate some support and advice. I will give a little back story, I turned vegetarian nearly 9 years ago after viewing footage of what happens in a slaughterhouse and then turned vegan a few months later after reading Alicia Silverstones book The Kind diet - I was a very strict vegan for years / debating alot and campaigning. However this is when I feel like utter **** typing this, I injured myself and was struggling to move, heal and generally feel like a functional moving human which lasted for months - at the time I felt it was due to lack of protein and low calories and started eating eggs again and occasionally fish, even more occasionally the tinest bit of dairy. It has been like this on off for a few years - to be honest it felt like I was driven alot by fear, fear of being injured again and that I need to make sure I have enough protein and nutrients, because I do alot of exercise. I have had a secret shame over this and do truly feel sick with guilt.
90% of my diet has always been plant based during this particular period but I really have come to the realisation that I want to be fully vegan, I just dont know how to move forward with this horrible guilt eating away at me. I never want to contribute to an animals suffering ever again.
I am struggling with the fact that I still buy some meat and diary products (exremely minimal ) for my young disabled children, I hate having any of it in the house and if I lived alone there would never be any animal products around but how do I make peace and stop feeling guilty when I am feeding my children these things. My children are disabled and are truly picky eaters, I really do try to avoid giving any meat/dairy to my children but when they refuse to eat anything else I feel have no choice. Its minimal as my children have oat milk, vegan spread, vegan snacks however its more yogurts (they refuse the dairy free ones), cheese for my eldest, sausages and chicken.
I would appreciate some support and advice from compassionate vegans on how to move forwards on my journey and any advice for getting young children to embrace vegan foods.
Blessings
Hi. I am a 39yo women and am apprehensive about posting as I have never done this before but I really would appreciate some support and advice. I will give a little back story, I turned vegetarian nearly 9 years ago after viewing footage of what happens in a slaughterhouse and then turned vegan a few months later after reading Alicia Silverstones book The Kind diet - I was a very strict vegan for years / debating alot and campaigning. However this is when I feel like utter **** typing this, I injured myself and was struggling to move, heal and generally feel like a functional moving human which lasted for months - at the time I felt it was due to lack of protein and low calories and started eating eggs again and occasionally fish, even more occasionally the tinest bit of dairy. It has been like this on off for a few years - to be honest it felt like I was driven alot by fear, fear of being injured again and that I need to make sure I have enough protein and nutrients, because I do alot of exercise. I have had a secret shame over this and do truly feel sick with guilt.
90% of my diet has always been plant based during this particular period but I really have come to the realisation that I want to be fully vegan, I just dont know how to move forward with this horrible guilt eating away at me. I never want to contribute to an animals suffering ever again.
I am struggling with the fact that I still buy some meat and diary products (exremely minimal ) for my young disabled children, I hate having any of it in the house and if I lived alone there would never be any animal products around but how do I make peace and stop feeling guilty when I am feeding my children these things. My children are disabled and are truly picky eaters, I really do try to avoid giving any meat/dairy to my children but when they refuse to eat anything else I feel have no choice. Its minimal as my children have oat milk, vegan spread, vegan snacks however its more yogurts (they refuse the dairy free ones), cheese for my eldest, sausages and chicken.
I would appreciate some support and advice from compassionate vegans on how to move forwards on my journey and any advice for getting young children to embrace vegan foods.
Blessings
