Why Veganism Is About More Than Food
Veganism does tend to cause a stir for some people. Plant-based for me is about the food though, veganism is a values based lifestyle for the animals. The more we hide it, the more it becomes unknown to others. I want to break the stigma and educate people.
I don't want my account to be about food or recipes, I was thinking more along the angle of... I like the thought of picking my own food, growing veggies, being able to peacefully watch how my food came to be... not chasing an animal that is literally running for it's life and then grusesomly killing it. Same with the not food examples, I don't want to use a product that an animal had to be tortured in order for me to use it.
What Makes Hot Girls Are Vegan Different
This is great! I just want to add one little section: what makes me different - in the veganism space, people focus only on food or only ok weight loss and then in the non vegan space, people focus on body positivity or intuitive eating or manifestation - but they aren’t vegan (so I don’t want to support them with my dollars).
Also, when you think of “a hot girl or a fit vegan” you think of a supermodel with Botox and butt and boob filler. I am not that.
I am a hot vegan even if I don’t love my belly fat every day. I am a hot vegan even if I don’t eat perfectly everyday. I am a hot vegan even if I have a low energy day.
I am a normal person who loves herself and loves her life.
It is not black or white. It’s not “follow this workout and diet and you will be hot” it’s “be aligned with your values, respect your body, peace, and wellness, and you will consistently be proud of yourself and confident.”
The Emotional Side of Becoming Vegan
One of the biggest things I didn't realize would happen when I went vegan is feeling so... seperate ? Far away from your family after realizing that they knowingly participate in the thing that you hate most on the daily.
It is easier to be vegan in your own life, your own house, having your own meals, but once you realize that the people who you were raised with and love the most are actively participating and contributing to and paying for the endless death and torture of animals.... it's really hard to ignore that.
Especially when going out to eat is such a social event and they refuse to go without it for just a meal. And then the comments you get and the fights that start are a whole different story.
It is so obvious to me that kindness is the right choice.
The second thing that took a huge tole on me is the "random" moods I'll get in relating to veganism - random anger that comes upon you when you see something that "triggers you" and sadness that just randomly sets in when you were otherwise having a good time.
The videos, stories, and photos that I've seen live in my head and like to pop up randomly.
So, those are the biggest ones that I want to hone in on.
Oh also, The sadness you will feel knowing that veganism is not normal in other people's/strangers lives and how there is weirldly such a negative connotation with the word vegan.
I work at a fully vegan business which is so healing and aligned, but that doesn't mean that suddenly everyone who comes in or works there is vegan. It makes the opposite more evident.
There are still non-vegan comments that are randomly said by coworkers. There is the "Is all of this vegan?" with a disgusted face at the counter, there is even a "Oh, this is the first donut my son has ever had because he is alergic to eggs" comment by a family who is not vegan.
You mean to tell me that everyone else in the family eats animal products while the one boy is eating plain pasta and salads?
Veganism is a win win for everyone, the animals, your health, the people with intollerances or allergies.
It makes me sad that it is not more normalized.
Learning to Control What You Can
I also sense some lack mindset which is what is in my course too / personal work that I have done.
Whenever people think something is expensive, and they blame it on external sources, that is blaming someone other than themselves which has similarities to other problems that fellow vegans have:
"I just wish my family was vegan, or friends, or restaurants, or the world."
We can only change / controll ourselves and our mindset.
Becoming Confident In Your Vegan Identity
I was talking to my husband about my future business/ business model and I love what it currently is, I just want to add to it with what my passions are and what it could be in the future that aligns with my future self.
So, this is what it currently is (pasted) and what I want to include/focus on is “hot girls eat plants” or something along those lines.
My main goal has been to be a stay at home vegan milf in San Diego and I am going there.
To get there, I:
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Went fully vegan (and was proud)
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Started posting on Instagram
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Did more education on mindset, psychology, manifestation, health, etc.
And now, I would say that I’ve mastered self improvement. And other people can have that too.
I don’t want to do coaching at the moment, but I do like my journal and I can also see myself making digital products and a digital course with a potential possibility to do group coaching.
So again, I want to keep my target audience as it is.
While telling them that:
“you cannot directly change or control others, your environment, or your circumstances (as it has to do with veganism) but you can change yourself and that is the perfect first step.
Once you improve yourself, and you are secure in your decisions, veganism starts to be something you are confident about rather than something you are embarrassed about and then you will continue gaining that inner trust and independence and confidence and people around you can tell.
They will say “you are so fit, how? You have such nice skin, how? Your energy is magnetic, how?”
And you can tell them you are vegan.
With manifestation, inner work, energy, and the environment, I’ve manifestated everything I’ve ever wanted (including a dream fully vegan job where I got to create my own job description).”
When Veganism Feels Heavy
My husband and I were driving through the countryside and we saw cows, and then we saw horses, and then, you look far into the distance, and it looked like a slaughterhouse - I know because it is just long metal buildings.
This sent my spirling, thinking about old stories, instagram videos (of animal crulety or the milk industry) and my jaw tightens, I feel angry, I just want to rant and scream, and suddenly, I don't want to hang out or be around anyone who isn't vegan.
It comes in waves.
And when that happens to me, one of the only things I can do is just distract myself to stop thinking about it - watch a funny video, read a book, talk to my husband.
Until those moments get quieter.
And then I can walk around without feeling hopeless again.
Updating The Course
I am taking this feedback and updating my course to be more available for a wider audience while also saying that people need to invest in themselves and the higher the cost of the course, the higher the value people will get out.