Since then I've had a lot of people wondering why the sudden change, mostly just interested in my reasons, others taking the piss.
The reason why I decided to try and go veggie was a number of things. Yes alot of it was about the morals side and me not liking the way animals are treated in abattoirs, watching behind the scenes footage in abattoirs, the whole killing animals for human consumption and the thought of eating dead bodies and flesh just made me feel a little odd and it had done for a long time now. The other main reason was because I suffer with IBS pretty bad where certain foods make me quite unwell and a lot of meat (red meat) was one of them. I wanted to feel fresh and clean and healthier and initially it was an experiment to see if this would be a permanent change.
It was pretty easy going veggie. I like a lot of vegetables anyway although I'm not really a salad type person. But I do also like the taste of meat of this is without thinking too much about it. I've always grown up eating meat and I know my dad would be cursing up there if he knew that I've experimented with the veggie way and I've made different dishes and found some new things I like and don't like.
Although it's been enjoyable I've noticed that my body isn't feeling so great. Yes my IBS has been tamer, but my energy levels have dropped a lot, my skin has got really bad and I've started getting ill. These may be coincidence but I know I haven't been eating much of a balanced diet as out here in Australia there aren't as many different types of vegetarian foods you can buy in the local supermarket than back home in the UK. For example I can't find quorn anywhere out here. Being a backpacker vegetarian is hard also. You eat whatever is available and cheap and you need a high protein diet especially working on an activity centre and soon to be on a farm again. Plus with every second meal being a bloody BBQ in Australia most of the time when the sun is out, veggie burgers aren't that great. Maybe I'll live off corn forever!
I've also wanted to eat to help loose weight as well as working out and I've been stopping and starting for a while now but with my recent veggie diet I've noticed I've been eating more carbs to replace meat and I've also been eating more dairy. Carbs are definitely not a slimming choice and dairy also sets my IBS off (definitely have a bi-polar stomache)
So over the last few days I've been toying with the idea of going back to eating meat and when I say meat I'll be mainly choosing veggie as much as I can and eating chicken to help with the lack of protein. It's difficult because it's something that's become quite important to me and I am proud to not eat meat but my body is struggling.
So I'm in abit of a pickle.. I don't know what to do and so far I've gone with the advise my mum gave me a long time ago that if you don't know, then don't do anything. And I've definitely gone with that quote throughout little things and it's usually come out okay.
It's difficult because in very stubborn especially when it's something I have views on. But we will also soon most likely be working somewhere where our food an accomodation is included so I might not have a choice of what to eat and also a chance of working on an animal farm which is the before stage farms of the farming for food industry.
I also enjoy food a lot, especially Asian type foods. I forgot to mention that I don't eat fish or sea food, never have liked it. I think it's from my auntie having a fish shop at my dads family boatyard and the smell just put me off for life, fish fingers even freak me out a little. Ahhhhhh I'm torn!
I don't really know why I've decided to make a post about this but I guess it's a main reason why people blog and that is to just chat about things going on in your life and head.
So if anyone actually takes any interest and bothers to read this one (although it's not that interesting) and has any idea what I should do then please feel free to comment, even if it's on the link I send on my Facebook.
I guess it's good that this is really the only main stress in my life at the moment, aside from having to leave where we are in a few days with nowhere to go but meh, this is Australia the country for wingin' it.
Peace and love and all that jazz..
