A vegan diet has always been renowned for its underlying values of compassion and kindness towards animals. However, it’s now gained praise for its health benefits and over recent years, it’s attracted tonnes of attention. I feel the latter has gone hand in hand with the world’s increased focus on climate change, and the environmental benefits which a vegan diet has been proven to have.
Perhaps you’re here because you feel inspired to embrace a vegan diet or at least introduce more plant-based meals? If so, you’re definitely in the right place as I’m going to sum up some of my very best vegan tips below.
I appreciate that excluding all animal products from your diet (including dairy and eggs) can be a daunting thought considering how prevalent they are in your everyday diet. But with the positive impact it can have on your health, the environment and animal welfare, it’s a challenge many people (including you) are willing to have a crack at.
Before you start, I want to reassure you that it’s not as impossible or as hard as you might think. I’m a firm believer that you can achieve anything you want in life if you have the right mindset and motivation. Therefore, my first bit of advice is to take a moment to think about what is motivating YOU to embrace a vegan diet? Perhaps write a few things down or take a mental note. That way, you always have a strong motive to fall back on if you ever feel challenged on this journey.
Once you’ve considered your motivations, here are 10 genuine and insightful tips of mine which I hope encourage a healthy, stress-free and positive vegan diet. Even if you’re just beginning to meat-reduce, these tips are still a great way to kick start your journey…
It’s quite easy to put a lot of pressure and high expectations on ourselves when we want to make a change somewhere in our life. I’ve definitely been guilty of this for various things. We become competitive with ourselves, don’t we?
We can put a tonne of pressure on ourselves to reach big goals we set while forgetting to break them down into smaller, more achievable ones. Too much pressure means we often forget to enjoy the journey to our success, and Life Without Meat is definitely a journey to enjoy.
