Please Share Obstacles.

[Guest guest]

I have found that in the past the obstacles to a vegetarian diet have been:

 

1. Boredom - no variety. Get into a rut with a limited " repertoire. "

 

2. Lack of preparedness. Vegan/vegetarian diets call for thinking ahead.

For years I suffered from depression and anxiety (talk about swings -

yikes!). When I felt this way, I was either in no mood to " think " or no

mood to " wait " . Either of these can severely impact the attitude needed for

this lifestyle.

 

3. The budinskis we live with. It's only taken my

scientiest-nutritionist too-smart-for-his-own-good husband almost 20 years

of marriage to finally realize the wisdom of this lifestyle. (And 20 years

of Rose Milktoast to finally not care).

 

4. Low blood sugar. I have to deal with low blood sugar which, I feel,

the longer I stay on this diet, the better and more manageable it will be.

However, LBS affects mood; mood affects attitude; attitude ended up as " oh,

why bother " and then in comes the ice cream, the nachos, the remote, and

click, click, munch, munch.

 

5. All or nothing at all. A kind of self-sabotaging faux perfectionism.

If it can't be done right, or if I slip up, then " all is lost. " Instead of

acknowledging the few diversions, calming-to-center, and then moving on, I'd

throw baby out with the bathwater and munch, munch, click, click.

 

Anybody else have obstacles to share?

 

Rose