How becoming a vegetarian was easier than I thought

It is so easy to become more sustainable

When I initially started my DOT project, I thought that being a vegetarian was going to be a challenge. I thought that I would have to force my way through the month by sheer power of will and subsist on only vegetables. This idea got to my head — I was engaging in psychological warfare against myself. And then I started being a vegetarian.

For the first day or two of being vegetarian I moped around and felt sad for myself but then I kind of just stopped caring that I couldn’t eat meat anymore, and slowly, I adjusted. The human body has an incredible ability where it can adapt to any kind of situation. In hot and dry conditions, such as deserts, studies show that human bodies will change to be tall and lanky, while in cold conditions, such as tundras, the human body will shorten itself and store up on fat.

As you can see, in cold ambient temperature, the body stores up fat to create a bigger “shell” to preserve the core heat. In a warm ambient temperature, the body expels unnecessary fat so that the core heat can expand and bleed out through the skin. The same thing happens with being a vegetarian. Your body will naturally adapt, for example, your digestive system will become streamlined, and your skin will look healthier.

All in all, becoming a vegetarian is a lot easier than you would think. It also has a lot more benefits, such as having more energy and nicer skin. In fact, it’s so easy I think you can even do. Go on, try for a day, a week, a month — who knows, it might become your permanent lifestyle.