I just sat down to a late breakfast of Gold Top milky tea, toasted mozzarella, feta, tomato and mango chutney, and a tub of Yeo Valley plum yoghurt… and realised just what a big fat consumer of milk products I am.

Over two months ago I tried for a week to eat vegan only. The plan was to do a vegan week each month and cut down on my milk consumption… but I kept cheating and by the end of the week I realised I had failed. Miserably. And I cried out of frustration at being so pathetic I couldn’t bear to live without milk for longer than two days. I also cried at being such a sore loser.

Vegans get a lot of flack for their “special diet” and are generally seen as being picky and too fussy. I now have the HUGEST respect for anyone who has gone vegan for their part in reducing the impact we all have on our environment, and for the welfare of all animals. It’s bloody hard to be vegan. Support anyone who is strong enough to do it, because they’re doing their bit to lessen the impact of all our ecological footprints, and because you probably couldn’t do it if you tried.

*and that was another DARE!*