After taking part in the 30 day challenge it feels good to feel that I have made a change. Over the past month I have gone vegetarian Monday to Friday. It feels great to have reduced my meat intake and realise that it is easy to make the change in your diet, you just need to push yourself and remember the effect it will have.
It feels great to know that I have learn new things and have improved my diet as I am eating more healthy foods. It was also great to hear the positive feedback from others and their willingness to try it for themselves.
This challenge of going vegetarian was something that I wanted to do for a long time but was hesitant as I did not think that I would be able to find meals I would like. By doing this as a challenge it gave me that push to try new foods and helped me continue with it over the month. If I had been doing this off my own accord I think I would would have eaten meat at some point during the week.
Going forward after the challenge I will continue with the vegetarian diet but I will not be so strict. I will try to be vegetarian as much as I can but if I am out and can not find something I like I will go with a meat option. Although I am now more aware of the impact I can have I will do my best to continue.
Other challenges I will start or improve on is taking public transport or walking more, reducing my time in the shower to reduce water use, reduce my plastic consumption and to talk to more people or to talk to people more often about the impacts and changes they can make.
Thank you for the past month for keeping in contact and being so encouraging. It has really helped keep me motivated.
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cCHANGE Team commented on Day +5: Final Post 4 years agoHi Eoghan, Thanks for your posts. It’s been inspirational to follow your journey during Ripples of Change and the insights you have had around yourself and the habits, cultures, and systems that need to shift to move us towards incorporating more plant-based foods in our diets. You have really pushed yourself and committed and you have also realised how important support can be when we are trying to make change. It's interesting you say that you will continue with a vegetarian diet, but not as strictly. This is something we notice often, that participants often feel they have more options at the end of the challenge than when they started; things don't have to be so black and white (i.e., either/or). And also that they want to explore some of the challenges the other participants took on. It's been great to read how much you learnt about yourself and see your growth and glad our support helped in there too. I am sure you have created a lot of ripple effects through this project. Good luck and keep experimenting! Warm wishes, Leonie at cCHANGE Respond
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