Hi,
I was just curious if anyone here was vegan, and if they could share any (easy to make) vegan recipes - or any substitutes that they found helpful. I was advised to try 'Veganuary' by a colleague who is quite the hardcore Vegan and enjoys encouraging others, but when I brought it up to my doctor, he actually suggested that it might be beneficial to do the month as a way to encourage me to actually try food and to heal some of my bad relationship with food if I'm doing a 'challenge' and then also increasing my pallet - whether I wanted to continue the vegan lifestyle would obviously be up to me, but it might get me into the habit of making meals and planning them. I figure at this point, it's worth a shot.
For anyone who doesn't know, I'm an anorexic and have been battling with food for 13 years or more. I generally can go multiple days without eating, and have noticed a major increase in this pattern and relationship with food this year and have ended up hospitalised a few times. I also generally have a fear for having big heavy meals and can get triggered by feeling 'too heavy' into going to the gym for hours. I don't really eat much food anyway, let alone meats and dairy so I figure this should be quite easy - the hard part for me would be making sure I do eat to start with.
So, if you've tried this or are going through trying it - maybe we can share stuff here, any challenges, new recipes or findings, or if you're finding it beneficial from your own personal point of view or not - would be really interesting to hear. Basically - help! Hah.
Mods, please do your beautiful thing if this is in the wrong forum. I went for 'Self Care and Healthy Lifestyles' from a personal viewpoint and in no way suggest that being vegan is the way forward for everyone etc.
Thanks in advance!
I was just curious if anyone here was vegan, and if they could share any (easy to make) vegan recipes - or any substitutes that they found helpful. I was advised to try 'Veganuary' by a colleague who is quite the hardcore Vegan and enjoys encouraging others, but when I brought it up to my doctor, he actually suggested that it might be beneficial to do the month as a way to encourage me to actually try food and to heal some of my bad relationship with food if I'm doing a 'challenge' and then also increasing my pallet - whether I wanted to continue the vegan lifestyle would obviously be up to me, but it might get me into the habit of making meals and planning them. I figure at this point, it's worth a shot.
For anyone who doesn't know, I'm an anorexic and have been battling with food for 13 years or more. I generally can go multiple days without eating, and have noticed a major increase in this pattern and relationship with food this year and have ended up hospitalised a few times. I also generally have a fear for having big heavy meals and can get triggered by feeling 'too heavy' into going to the gym for hours. I don't really eat much food anyway, let alone meats and dairy so I figure this should be quite easy - the hard part for me would be making sure I do eat to start with.
So, if you've tried this or are going through trying it - maybe we can share stuff here, any challenges, new recipes or findings, or if you're finding it beneficial from your own personal point of view or not - would be really interesting to hear. Basically - help! Hah.
Mods, please do your beautiful thing if this is in the wrong forum. I went for 'Self Care and Healthy Lifestyles' from a personal viewpoint and in no way suggest that being vegan is the way forward for everyone etc.
Thanks in advance!
