In my vegan/gluten and sugar free cooking adventures I
figured out several things. The most immediate were.
1. It’s difficult to switch your diet
all at once. For some it’s probably easier to change a few things at a time,
rather than go all in. We had already tried out various combinations of diets
and were fine with the drastic change. My only reservation was with having to
get rid of all the meat in my freezer.
2. The key to making a drastic change
like this work is to find easy to make recipes that you can enjoy having
weekly.
3. Meat isn’t that special. Sure I
like a good hamburger or steak when we’re celebrating or just feel like going
‘off the wagon’, but usually after the meal I don’t feel like I missed much.
4. People will judge you. They
question where you get protein, vitamin B, etc. If you’ve done your research
before making this change you will be able to properly supplement these areas
of “lack”. As for a response to their judgment…my Mom always says, “Ignore the
ignorant.” If you’re confident in your diet choices than what does it matter?
