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It started out simple enough, I was getting a little tired of meat.. I mean I ate it but it had become something bland and nothing no longer special or anything I craved so I thought that maybe I should cut it out altogether. Then the next obvious thing came to me almost immediately.. this could be something that would be a lot more healthy, this could be something that could benefit my health and let’s be blunt, Lord knows I needed that with my personal health beginning to fail me and my family’s full history of health problems this could be just what I needed to get back on the right track.
Next I talked to my best friend who had become a vegetarian six years ago and asked her what her thoughts were on this. She was thrilled and thought it would be a really good idea, she supported me 100% which only boosted my desire to do it. My next step was doing a little research and after realizing it was fairly manageable I quickly dived into the pescetarian lifestyle.
I was thrilled I had made some sort of huge life change and I felt accomplished and proud of my new self, I was going to be healthier, this was going to be awesome and I would be losing weight in no time.
Now just over a month into being a pescetarian I find it can most certainly be difficult at times and lord knows I have had some inner struggles with giving up some of my favorite meat filled dishes that I had forgotten about when I started my pescetarian journey. However, I found I had more self control than before, I now had control over my cravings and what I ate.. well for the most part.
Becoming a Pescetarian has meant so many things throughout this small time in my life, I find that my reasons are constantly changing and developing. I wonder at times if this is meant to be a long term life commitment for me or if this change is only temporary. I’m not sure if I will eventually end up going back to eating meat but I’m not going back until I’m sure.
Right now being a Pescetarian means having more control over what I eat, losing weight and becoming healthier. Until I find that I have lost a significant amount of weight and can keep it off and still continue to eat healthy I don’t plan on going back to meat. This is a big challenge for me as growing up as a farmer’s daughter has definitely made me appreciate all the work that anyone in the agriculture industry has done and will continue to do as long as they’re able (props to all the farmers!).
I of course still appreciate it all but now I have stopped eating the meats that many people have slaved over to produce, my family has most certainly tried to make me feel guilty about that. However, I still will not sway from what I am trying to accomplish, I want to continue on this journey until I feel this journey is done and then I will find another and continue to go in life.
Being a pescetarian means I finally have control over some part of my life and doing this has made me feel proud of myself and want to make more changes that will make me feel this way again. Now with school starting I know I have a little more confidence than I did only a few months ago and I know that if I work hard and sometimes exceptionally hard I can truly accomplish anything and everything I put my mind to.