Trying times… One of the biggest obstacles I would have to overcome is socialized peer pressure. We live in a location that worships meat especially pork and LOTS of it…everything is cooked in pork or pork fat and fried.
It’s true you can choose not to eat or have those foods but it’s socially acceptable here to eat that way and it’s pored over into big business. There are vegetables here and fruits however they are not of the best quality. The few places we can get them they also can be costly.
I’ve discovered in my local area within about fifty miles or so I believe there may only be two farmers markets and they are very small nothing like some of the bigger markets you sometimes see in large cities. I’ve also noticed that there are only about two health food stores or organic stores in the area.
Amazing!!! Why do I find that amazing well I guess it’s really not but you look around at the people whom surround you and everyone is overweight and sick for one reason or another.
Not to mention they have frequent festivals or parties to celebrate food. Good lord!! Okay so I did grow up here and I knew by choosing a new diet I would definitely be going against the grain but it makes it hard. It’s like climbing an uphill mountain all the way I’ll never get to go down the hill or at least it doesn’t seem like it right now!
I am not sure what or how I’ll overcome these HUGE obstacles but we’ll see. It’s them or me and at this point my life is priceless and because of that I should go to any lengths to make a difference. Who knows maybe I’ll change someone else’s life in the meantime.
