{"id":4166,"date":"2018-04-18T13:21:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T11:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/debesyla.lt\/uzrasai\/?p=4166"},"modified":"2022-08-11T16:55:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T13:55:07","slug":"issukis-savaite-esu-vegane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debesyla.lt\/uzrasai\/en\/2018\/issukis-week-im-vegan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cloud Girl Challenge:<\/i> "I'm vegan for a week""},"content":{"rendered":"

Debesyla suggested that I join the challenge and stay vegan for at least a week. Challenges are not my forte as I always slip at the very beginning or halfway through. It's true that if I persevere and find motivation for a goal, I can overcome the challenge without any difficulty.<\/span><\/p>\n

The cloud girl tells Ieva Juk\u0161taite<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

This time I took a risk and decided to join this challenge because it would only take one week to change my habits.<\/p>\n

I take this challenge very seriously.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I did my homework:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. I chose the most suitable week and informed my closest friends about the upcoming changes. Of course, I got a lot of different feedback: some were supportive, others thought it was a funny and unnecessary experience.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. I consulted with a friend who is a vegan: what she recommends to eat, what dishes she can suggest to try, and so on.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. I surfed the Internet looking for suitable recipes and dreamed of how many delicious things I would make in that week.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. I made a preliminary menu for each day and a grocery list with which I rushed to the store. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So, I rate my preparation and attitude as 9 out of 10 points. Eh, I know you will ask, why not 10 here, after all, the homework is perfectly done. <\/span><\/p>\n

    Okay, I'll admit to you that my biggest bummer was realizing I wouldn't be able to eat eggs. I love to cook an omelet with spinach, sun-dried tomatoes or salmon in the morning... And now for 7 days (maybe for some it's only 7 days, but for me it's all 7 days) I won't be able to eat them... <\/span><\/p>\n

    I tried looking online for egg substitutes, but none of the egg substitutes impressed me. Well, I thought, that's enough, somehow I'll take it. <\/span><\/p>\n

    There was no such problem with meat, because I didn't eat meat for about a year and a half and managed without it as well as possible. I remember not eating meat just came naturally. It was not a challenge or a decision made for any other reason. I just consciously realized that I don't want meat right now and I won't eat it.<\/span><\/p>\n

    So, the first day of the challenge went smoothly. <\/b><\/h2>\n

    Second - in the best possible way, there is still full of optimism. I was happy with my stubbornness and good emotions. I told everyone about my dietary changes with admiration and pride. But on the third day, the optimism suddenly evaporated. <\/span><\/p>\n

    My body was screaming, I want an omelette, give me that omelette. No amount of oatmeal with banana and nut butter satisfied me. I resisted the first serious attack. <\/span><\/p>\n

    But by Thursday night, my mood was completely ruined. I ate sweets to make up for the foods I couldn't eat. Oh yes... It took a whole bar of chocolate to be satisfied. <\/span><\/p>\n

    Trying to ease my mood and raise my emotions and motivation, I went to a coffee shop to try my beloved vegan blueberry cake. I bought a piece and realized I didn't want it anymore. I don't want a piece of heavenly flavored cake... This is a serious signal that something is wrong. <\/span><\/p>\n

    Friday has arrived - the mood is without the slightest optimism.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    I'm cutting salad - green leaves and vegetables - at my friend's house and I'm drooling over D\u017eiugo's cheese. I keep reassuring myself that there is not much left. After two hours, I say to my friend: "I want to eat." And her reaction makes me laugh: "What shall I give you to eat?" After all, you can't eat anything...". <\/span><\/p>\n

    Saturday - I continue to enjoy sweets, the mood is lifted by a new combination of flavors - fried leeks, chickpeas, garlic, vegetable broth and tomato sauce. Sunday - I wake up with the thought that today is the last day of the challenge. And more and more often the questions come to my mind: what do I want to prove with this? what does this challenge get me? why does this diet throw me out of balance? why did I exchange one pleasure for another? is it worth suffering..? That's right, you heard the word torture. <\/span><\/p>\n

    This type of diet became unpleasant for me at the very end of the challenge because:<\/span><\/p>\n