Veganism

Hello, my name is April and I’m a Vegan. (Positive thinking will make it so, right?)

Veganism is a word that means different things to different people. I will only be exploring the eating style strictly from a health/weight loss perspective. To be frank, I have no interest in any of the other concerns that many in this community have (specifically regarding animal cruelty).

I laughed out loud as I reread the above paragraph. I assure you that I’m not an animal sadist but that I’m far too busy trying to manage my health and life than to care about the lives of animals. #RealTalk

I’ve been struggling with my weight for years ….. nearly all my life ….. and I feel like I’m approaching that fat statistic area where life and death are on a collision course and as those inevitable dates get closer and closer, I’m starting to get nervious.

Am I afraid to die? No.

Am I ready to die? Not yet.

I’ve never really thought about death ….  until recently.

Yeah, I’ve been in the morbidly obease category since I was like ten but death never seemed imminent. And even on the rare occasion that I did, I kind of assumed the death would be something quick like a heart attack. (Never had heart problems but isn’t that how fat people die?) The lingering slow impending death of obesity never crossed my mind.

So why now?

Yes, that pep in my step had slowed but I never expected to lose my swag and become a person I didn’t recognize. The partially broken outside of my body in no way matched the full of energy and zest for life inside that once exsisted.

The above realization plus a couple of other things have me rethinking life and embarking on a journey of radical change.