Being vegan is not hard for me. I never liked eating flesh and would force it down because I thought I had to. Now, most days I forget that I am vegan because my food choices are what I enjoy and I never feel like I am missing out. I start every day with a shake - blueberry or chocolate and peanut butter. Lunch is pretty easy for me too - I work near a chutney place and have Indian style veggies over rice with chutney ~ very easy .. or i'll grab some roasted tofu or have half of an avocado tomato sandwich with sprouts or left overs from dinner - like coco rice with cilantro and black beans (mmmmm). Even when I go out with friends there is generally something on the menu that is vegan and I will have that - most of my friends are veggie too so there are no funny looks.
But every once in a while .... I get a hankering... for fresh mozzarella ~ oh my I'm already drooling just talking about it.
I try and stop myself.....
I try and remember all I learned from the
China Study and from what I have seen on
Food inc and read in
Skinny Bitch.
Cow's milk is for cows!
The protein casein that is in dairy is a trigger for cancer.... was the cow factory farmed? Was it's calf kept in a tight stall for veal? Are there hormones in the cheese? Am I contributing to global warming? And by the time my brain has started to explode I will look down and see the cheese has a huge bite out of it....urgh ~ mindful eating ~ Not!
I think life is about averages...I am vegan 99.9999% of the time. A bite ( thank god for the lap band or it would be the whole ball) of farm fresh mozzarella will not kill me and does not mean I have compromised my values. Next time I should just skip the head drama and kick back and enjoy me some cheese.....
Here's to averages and not beating ourselves up over the little slip ups!
