Hello, I'm Vona — and I'm always hungry

Welcome everyone to my newly created blog.

I'll apologize in advance — I have no idea how to write a good blog, or how to do this properly. Right now I'm just writing out whatever is in my head. I won't really pay attention to what's practical, what rules exist (do they even exist? I'm sure they do), or anything I should follow to seem professional.

Let me make one thing clear: I have no desire to seem professional, partly because I'm not, and partly because the plan is simply to give you myself — nothing more. I don't want to meet anyone's expectations or follow any rules. Life is too short to spend it trying to please everyone. So these blog posts will take nothing and no one into consideration — except for one thing: whatever is in my head.

Now that I've gotten that out of the way, let me get to why I'm here.

Everyone has their own problems and struggles — the ones that feel like the biggest in the world, regardless of how they compare to anyone else's. Your own will always feel the strongest.

I've lived a pretty average life up until now. Oh wait — I should probably introduce myself first. So: I'm Vona (yes, I started typing my real name first, but deleted it — let's stick with the nickname), 35 years old, male. I was born in Hungary and still live there today. Yes. I'm a hungry Hungarian. In Hungarian this isn't funny at all, but in English it might get a laugh. I laugh at it too.

I lived my life until last September the way everyone else does. You grow up, you work, you have your flaws, you have problems you should probably fix within yourself (who doesn't?), and you live. While you're living, you do things you love (ideally), and you try to steer your life in a direction that feels good. I don't want to go into the mental and emotional depths right now (I'll get into that later if there's interest), but I always tried to grow and do life well — even if it didn't always turn out that way. A lot of things influenced me that made my life less than ideal, both health-wise and mentally. I was always working on it, with varying degrees of success.

Looking back now, I realize that maybe I shouldn't have pushed so hard when I was younger — because that's what led to my downfall. I was constantly obsessing over why I wasn't already as mentally perfect as I thought I should be. I later realized that everything is a matter of experience — you can't force it.

Well. The experience eventually came. Unfortunately, or not so unfortunately. (spoiler: not so unfortunately.)

What happened was that in September 2025, my large intestine perforated, and it was a matter of hours before the contents could have spilled into my abdominal cavity, which would have caused peritonitis. I am deeply grateful to the doctors who saved my life. At the time, I had no idea that my life was about to change fundamentally — and that it would never be the same again.

I'll probably write a lot more about that period. I could write about 100 pages right now, but I doubt many people would want to read all of that. I won't lie: it was hard. And was it worth it? Yes. I changed. And I'm grateful to fate for it — I don't believe in coincidences. I'll go into more detail over time. This first post was only meant to be an introduction. I may have gone slightly over the typical intro length. (Is there even a rule for that?)

The point is: because of all this, my entire outlook on life and my relationship with health did a complete 180. I want to build a fully healthy diet and lifestyle for myself, and I want to document this journey from the very beginning. There's a good chance I'm writing this just for myself right now and no one will ever read it — and that's completely fine. I started this with the intention of helping others through my own life and experiences. If it never reaches anyone, at the very least I'll have written it out of myself, and that will make it easier to process mentally.

In a few words, here's the plan: healthy food, healthy lifestyle, healthy mindset — and ultimately, a healthy and long life. And if with this blog project I manage to help even just 1 person, to have a genuinely positive impact on their life, then starting all of this was already worth it.

One thing matters — well, two things. That I'm always absolutely starving, and that my name is Vona.

Have a beautiful and healthy day! Vona