A month a go i watched a documentary on netflix called "what the health". If you haven't already watched it, seriously you should. its a proper eye opener.

After watching it i made the decision there and then to go vegan, for me it was a pretty quick decision. I'm normally that person that can make decisions at all. So from that moment forward i was vegan., Without thinking about the impacts of family cooking, eating out, food bills etc. I didn't even give myself a chance to talk my out of it. The only person i had to convince was ray, and it was pretty easy. Having someone to do this with me was a whole lot better.

Our rules as a family; 

We were all going to do this together so we kind of had to set some sort of rules of what we can and cant have, what we are allowing mason to have that kind of thing.
Firstly we had to think about mase, he still has milk at bedtime and wont drink any other milk, I've tried. so he still has that. But the last month we have really cut it out. Maybe he has one bottle a week now which is so good for him. He hast asked me for cheese for a few weeks either. He will carry on eating fish, and he has things that have eggs and milk in, hes 4, we cant deprive him of a cupcake or ice cream when were out.

As for me the only thing I've allowed myself to have is quorn, which has re hydrated egg whites in, and some things with milk powder in.

Ray eats the same as me plus some tuna. He eats 6 meals a fay so feeding him full of quorn is expensive, impractical and smelly.


Food Shopping;

Our first food shop was a little pricey, because we went out and brought all the mill seeds, chia seeds and maca powder thinking we needed it, turns out they smell like ass and you " need " them. Like i said before we eat quorn so not officially vegans but vegan meat alternatives are expensive. A moth in and im trying to avoid quorn at every dinner time as we've found it gives us all a bit of a dodgy stomach, and i don't think its that great for you. I Started off shopping at aldi getting all my fruit, veg and grains from there and then going to tesco to get all the dairy free alternatives, and it was coming out about the same price as our normal food shop so around £65-80 a week depending on what we need. but the last couple of weeks I've been doing the whole shop at tesco, and its been more on the cheaper side, so we shall see when i need to do a big shop again.

Eating out;


When i stopped and actually thought about the practicalities of being vegan, i thought i would be ordering chips from every restaurant i go too, turns out that's not the case, just order the meat versions without the meat ad cheese. I had a very nice 'Pulled Pork Wrap' from the slug and lettuce the other day, no pulled pork no cheese, it was basically rice and veg in wrap, and the staff were really ice about it. Also if you have a Zizzi's near you check out their vegan pizza's!They're yummy,




So What Do I Eat 

A typical days for me goes a little like this,

Breakfast; Shreddies or muesli with soya milk

Lunch; Pitta with tomato pure and vegan cheese melted on top [dot have it unmelted,its horrid]

Dinner; Chickpea curry, rice and veg or quorn steak strips fajitas

Snacks; Fruit, carrots and cucumber with hummus.

I'd love to have those lush salad bowls that's you see all over instagram but the reality is, we now eat a lot of chips and salads never look that nice, who has the time!




Do I Miss Eating Meat?

The answer to that is no, not at all. Being at a BBQ this weekend confirmed that as well. The Meat looked nice then when i saw the bones afterwards i was immediately happy i didn't eat any of it. I do however miss ice cream and sweets, but I've substituted it with vegan friendly cakes/puddings which actually taste better than the real thing. Some of which i can post to the blog at some point.


Do I Feel Any Different?

Yes, I lost about half a stone in the first 2 weeks and my skin is a thousand times better than before. I no longer have acne and my skin is a lot less oily. I also have alot more energy even with working nights a my moods are more mellow. i don't tend to get that  moody anymore.


All i all I'm enjoying being "vegan" . Its not been as hard as i thought it would be, and I'm not singled out as we are all doing it. there are some good choices in supermarkets and its not as expensive as i thought it was going to be.

If anyone has any questions leave a comment below and i will respond as best as i can.