All About My Diet + My Experience With Veganism
Growing up, I was the pickiest eater imaginable. I hated tomatoes, mushrooms, coconut, seafood, pretty much anything that wasn’t meat, starches, or chocolate. I didn’t like trying new food, and I probably gave my parents a hard time whenever we went to a restaurant I wasn’t sure about. Fast forward to age 15 and I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, an entirely different story in itself, but my relationship with food was forever different. At that point, I was already starting to enjoy some of the foods that I previously loathed, but suddenly, my diet was severely restricted. From one day to the next I was stripped of all seeds, nuts, fruit skins, raw vegetables, whole grains, and it was essentially a low fiber diet. It is known as a low residue diet and it was just as fun as you can imagine. I felt like I had been taking food for granted all my life and having it taken away from me was really eye opening. So once I started getting stronger and was able to expand my d...
