Meltdown...Getting Back Up

[WendySmiling]

After a month of high energy new veg*an eating came a week of migraines (from medication issues) which lead to eating several meals w/ cheese in them and ice cream too. Looking for comfort food and lack of planning I suppose.

I ate veg*an today. For the last 3 days I cannot stop passing gas. It's awful. I guess from the dairy. :(

I feel like I'm starting all over in my mindset rather than just continuing with the good way I was eating. Just wanted to vent...

[Will Penguin]

I feel like I'm starting all over in my mindset rather than just continuing with the good way I was eating. Just wanted to vent...

I don't really feel that's a useful way of looking at it. You've resolved to persue a more sane and compassionate way of living/eating. That you haven't made the transition without a few bumps just means you're human.

:)

[Poppy]

I ate veg*an today. For the last 3 days I cannot stop passing gas. It's awful. I guess from the dairy. :(



I've heard that dairy can give you gas. I haven't had any for a long time, but I still have gas issues from time to time. So it could be any number of things.

Everyone has ups and downs - don't beat yourself up, just move on.

[GypsyGirl]

I am a new veg*n as well. And so are my DD's. My youngest and I are suffering from gas. One good thing about it, it is just air-THANK GOODNESS! But that to shall pass as our bodies get more adept at handling more vegetables and fiber. It is well worth it to me.

It sounds like you need to get back up on the wagon and continue on from where you left off. You have already made some huge strides that you just can undo. Now you know and it is hard to go back to not knowing. Just find yourself some new comfort foods for those special times.

I am doing the same. At first I was not craving much sweet things, nor was I missing chocolate. Now a month into this, I am on a quest to find those nice replacements for me when a sweet tooth hits or when I am starving and not at home. I feel it is best to prepare for those emergencies and then you will find all is well and go back to doing a wonderful job as a veg*n.

Good luck!

-Gypsy

[Kiz]

I am a new veg*n as well. And so are my DD's.



Err.... I hope I'm not intruding but, er... does that sentence mean what I think it means?

[Poppy]

Err.... I hope I'm not intruding but, er... does that sentence mean what I think it means?


Nope - her Dear Daughters! :lol:

[Kiz]

:lol: Ah, ok. I've heard women refer to them as their "twins" or their "girls" but never "dear daughters". :P Weird acronym, heh.

[rainqueen83]

:lol: Ah, ok. I've heard women refer to them as their "twins" or their "girls" but never "dear daughters". :P Weird acronym, heh.

I think she's actually talking about her daughters, not her well, you know :)

[Missanthropy15]

Try not to be too hard on yourself. Think of all of the good that you have already done and all of the good that you will do! It's like I tell my daughter - there aren't any food police that are going to come and cite you for eating something. You don't have to be perfect and you are already doing so much more than the average person. Smooches.

[itsveggietime!]

Hey, look at the myth you dispelled, those foods were actually NOT comfort foods! Knowledge is power!

[Elanor]

hi all... As a vegetarian waiter, I'm having a bit of a hard time with serving meat to people. Maybe because I think I'm supposed to have a hard time with it? I don't know. I guess that people can do and eat what they want, and I can go ahead, live, eat peacefully, and be a good example. Still, I do have some thoughts sometimes that I'm a hypocrite. What do you think? I just abstain from meat because it makes me uncomfortable to eat death.

[itsveggietime!]

I think veg*ns don't like to see meat. It is a hazard of being a waiter though, that's what your job is, to wait on others, whether they share your beliefs or not. Maybe there is something else you could do, another job?