I decided to go Vegan ( I'll post more on this decision later). Some people called me brave, others called me crazy for simply deciding this on the spur of the moment and moving forward with that choice. I didn't plan out my transformation, I said it and I did it. So where others saw this as drastic and rash, I had really moving towards that for quite a while, I just didn't really know it.
Months earlier I had started to introduce a wider array of fresh veggies into our diets. I moved further away from pasta and processed potatoes and began to use more rice and real potatoes with pasta on a rare occasion. I had also begun to cut back on my meat intake, opting for more veggies. I started buying more fruit, less sugar and tried to steer my family in a healthier, more natural direction. I had all but completely cut out processed foods and only clung to a few precious treats that I just wasn't willing to let go of yet. So when I announced, "I'm Vegan!", I hadn't really lost my mind!
Baby steps are important. Just as a small child just learning to walk will stretch their leg out and sort of "test the water" before they take a step, we, too, make some changes to "test the water". With each step, the child becomes more confident, sure of his or hers balance. The destination may not always be known at first, but with time, a goal is seen. We are just the same in our walk of life. We try a couple things, sometimes they work for us, sometimes they don't. Sometimes they start a chain reaction of changes and we are off running! We may slip, trip, fall, stumble and change course, but as long as we are moving forward, we are moving in the right direction!!