Hey beautiful souls! Today I wanted to write about my gradual transition towards an animal-cruelty free lifestyle. But first, let's get one thing straight; I am not trying to convince anyone to switch to this lifestyle. I stumble across one vegeterian post one day and by myself, made the decision to change my lifestyle. If this ever works for you too, then I'd be happy for you. Otherwise, you are still entitled to live your life the way you want to and I totally respect that.
Now let's get to my eye-opening moment!I am quite a newbie in this movement and my accomplishment so far is not that big. But you know what they say, celebrate every little accomplishments as you get closer to your goals!
I started my transition from regular non-veg diet to Pescetarian about a year ago, back in July 2017 when I stoped eating pork. A month later, I completely stopped eating any meat or poultry, although I still consume eggs on and off. But until now, this is how I have been doing and I am quite satisfied of my current diet.
Why I chose to start this journey?
This is one of the most asked questions I get everytime, and I feel that until now I still don't have one definite answer to it. All I know is that there were various elements and reasons that pushed me towards this diet.
First it was the cruelty-free factor. It all started with pigs. I know, we all have a very disgusted attitude towards pigs. But have you ever watched those adorable pink piglets videos? Common! They're as lovely as puppies. I realised that for me, it all depend on how I viewed the animal; like a piece of meat or as a cute companion that just wanted some love. And just like that, the switch was made. From there on I was determined to slowly change my eating habits.
Then came all the energy-negativity factor. I was always a believer of energies, either from your body or from your surrounding, everything is energy. And when I say that I don't even mean it in the fancy guru way, I mean it in the practical, science-proven way. We are energy. And it just didn't made sense to me to intake energy from an animal that had gone through so much suffering and fear. I couldn't expect animals that had been raised inside a cage, doomed to finish on a plate and scared to death to have the good energy my body needed. And back then, I was already struggling with body issues. I would feel bad about myself, not as a thin/fat point of view, but I would feel bad vibes, bloated and just sick in general. So it just made sense that something, in my diet and my lifestyle was not right.I would love to say that an eye-opening videos of animals being slaughtered alive in a terrorific surrounding would have also contributed, but as many who saw this video, I just blankly looked away and kept living my life, knowing where the meat came from but not taking responsibility for it since it was tackled by other people who would have to live with this horror in their mind for the rest of their lives.
Until one day. As my day went by, I was as usual, just being me; lost in my thoughts and having all this in mind. How I fell sick and wrong everyday, how I absolutely adored piglets and would even want one as a pet, how vibrations and energy works and those poor employees in slaughter house, doing the ugly job so that I can eat something that would made me sick. And I knew then, that I had to do something.
As I said I started slow, had stopped pork for months, then came meat, which I wasn't a big fan in the first place anyways. The real challenge was chicken. It took me a month, to slowly reduce my weekly consumptions and get used to eating veggies. And that was it.
What's next?
I'm not at the end of my journey, far from it actuallly. I am still a semi-vegeterian, consuming dairy products, eggs and sea produce. So the next step might be cutting on these gradually, but this will be hard. I have tried being full vegeterian in the past, but it never lasted long. I do feel that having this little compromise helped me sustain my new lifestyle, but I am definitely looking forward to completely stopping my support to inhumane treatment of these beautiful creatures.
So stay along as I complete my journey and who knows, I might even become Vegan!
So take your time, take years if you need to, but believe in your convictions and in what you feel at the present time. There are no rules written in stone. It's your life and you know what's best for it. Live it the way you want to, in respect to your desires and need and in respect of the world around you.
Thanks for reading this far, you are a true blessing and I hope this eventually help you have your eye-opening moment.
If you are a vegeterian/vegan and you have tips for me, or if you just want to discuss about it, comment below and let's have a constructive chat!
Much love,
Claire xx
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