Nanny to Mommy

 It’s normal for you to slip up in your journey. Maybe you have family or friends who are desperate for you to try a dairy-laden dish or homemade meat. However, when this happens, you don’t have to punish yourself or go back to eating animal products. Instead, now is the time to do a little bit of planning, implement some perspective, and practice perseverance to help you reach that point in life where you can live comfortably without taking an ounce of animal products. 

You already decided not to consume animal products, but do you remember why you chose to go vegan? Health? Ethics? Can you recall how motivated you felt when you started? You can motivate yourself when you feel like giving up by drawing back to the initial emotional state. When you do this, that dairy yogurt or cheeseburger won’t look tempting. 

You can easily feel discouraged if you have to wander around to identify a vegan-friendly restaurant. To prevent this, explore some local places that you may have not heard about before. You can start your search online before you visit the restaurant. 

One of the best ways to remain motivated as a vegan is to read books. Several vegan authors have written books like Forks Over Knives and The China Study. There are also several vegan bloggers that you can follow. To remain motivated as a vegan in 2021, you may need to get motivation from others and get new ideas when you get stuck in a rut. 

These days, there are several vegan-friendly recipes available. When you start creating vegan dishes you can learn a healthy baba ganoush recipe and set some time to create a tasty dish. Preparing your dish will enable you to start enjoying your culinary delights. You don’t have to choose a complex recipe. In fact, the simplest dishes to prepare are often the tastiest.

Did you start your vegan journey simply because it’s trendy? If that’s the case, you should try and understand some of the benefits of eating a plant-based diet. Instead of eating a vegan diet because it’s trendy, you may want to do it for ethics or health benefits. Whether it’s iron, calcium, protein, magnesium, vitamin K or DHA, you can get them all from plant-based sources.

Change is often a good thing. Therefore, if you decided to go vegan, you should be excited about this new experience and what’s to come next. Apart from affecting how you feel physically, a vegan diet is emotionally and spiritually fulfilling. Be patient and use some apps for yummy vegan recipes.