Welcome to my blog, Healthy Vix, which I started on 14th January 2018. On this page you’ll find a little more info about why I write about healthy living and why this topic is so important to me for myself and my family.
My name is Victoria Sully, a busy mum of two, happily married wife to one, self-employed business owner and workaholic, who is passionate about leading a healthy lifestyle from veganism to healthy eating, fitness and overall wellbeing.
In 2013 I decided to return to vegetarianism. I’d already stopped smoking and drinking alcohol once pregnant at the end of 2011. I decided not to return to these health-destroying habits once my daughter Bella was born in 2012, but to instead continue on a healthier journey.
I stopped drinking alcohol for a whole decade after my first child was born!
In 2017 I completed a whole year without eating anything containing refined sugar! It was pretty tricky when eating out as nearly everything contains added sugar! Undressed side salads and bowls of chips were often the only safe bet!
I loved the challenge though and it really changed our shopping habits at home. I still limit the items we buy with added sugar at home, often picking the no-added-sugar items.
Becoming vegan
By the end of 2017, I changed to an entirely plant-based diet. I had already started cutting out a lot of dairy food and had been interested in the vegan diet for quite some time through lots of research into the healthiest diets. I made the decision and I’ve never looked back.
I read, watch and research plant-based nutrition most days. I have done this for several years now. I love watching food documentaries and reading the latest plant-based news articles. Early in 2018, I read The China Study by T Colin Campbell which confirmed everything I had already been reading and watching. It was also jam-packed with so much more shocking information. I will never again return to eating meat or dairy.
Another great read is The Food Revolution by John Robbins. And in 2023 I finally got around to reading the next book by T Colin Campbell called Whole. Another great read and highly recommended; this book addresses the criticism his first book received and delves more into the corruption and issues within the medical industry.
If you don’t want to change to a plant-based diet to stop the needless death and cruelty to animals, then do it for your own health or do it for the environment! There are just so many reasons it is worth becoming vegan. I do it for all three of these reasons, but there are so many reasons to go plant-based.
We don’t need to eat meat or dairy to survive. If we don’t need it, then it becomes a choice. If we don’t need to enslave, harm or kill animals, then we shouldn’t. It’s not right.
I’ve now been fully plant-based for over eight years, and it’s simply how we eat as a family these days rather than something I think about or find difficult anymore.
Being more eco-conscious
I love the natural world and do worry how my choices affect the environment around us. Choosing to eat organic is a part of this as it is not only for my own health but for the good of the planet too.
We have made a lot of changes in our family home to be eco-friendly and live in a less toxic environment. It’s something we continue to research and implement.
Being healthy is the whole thing to me, not just what we eat. It’s a healthy home environment, healthy air, healthy food, healthy life and a healthy Earth.
Keeping fit and healthy
I regularly go to the gym or work out and love being active indoors and out. I believe if you look good you feel good, and if you feel good you look good. It’s a good circle.
I exercise every day even if it’s just a long walk. We moved to Cornwall in 2021, and I love the outdoors lifestyle. Long coastal walks, paddle boarding, bodyboarding, river walks, mixed in with jogging, running, tennis and climbing. These are my regular activities. Hopefully surfing soon too, if I ever find the time to learn!
I’m also a big believer in cold exposure, sea swimming, cold showers, and regular sauna sessions, alongside regular gym weights and stretching. Getting outdoors is non-negotiable for me. My husband says I’m happiest 70/30 outdoors to indoors and I definitely find it frustrating spending so much time at a laptop working every day!
Being fit and healthy is an obsession for me. It’s the best obsession you can have, though in my opinion. Gym memberships are never a waste for me – they are an investment in my health and whenever I have one, it gets a lot of use!
Eight hours’ of quality sleep is something I properly prioritise these days (even though my perimenopausal body is making it more difficult nowadays!), along with things like a standing desk and healthy office setup for working all day, and just generally choosing to move rather than sit whenever I have the option.
Looking and feeling good comes with nourishing my body with the best quality foods and the correct nutrients. I’m a big fan of superfoods and take natural supplements such as organic spirulina every morning.
What we put in and on our bodies is so important. It affects our health not only now but in the future. I want to safeguard my health by making the right choices today.
I’ve maintained a healthy weight and BMI for years now, naturally, including through perimenopause, which I know can throw a lot of women’s health and body off track (it certainly has mine!). It’s taken consistency rather than anything drastic, just staying active, eating well (most of the time) and reducing the amount I eat as my metabolism and resting energy use noticeably change.
I’ve also been drinking distilled water daily for over eight years too, and you’ll discover why I drink distilled water and its benefits on my blog.
Fermented foods like sauerkraut and kombucha are a regular part of what I eat too, alongside trying to keep the majority of our meals as whole and unprocessed as possible with lots of homecooking.
Oh and I love to grow my own vegetables and fruit too! We have an allotment style garden at home with 10 vegetable patches, fruit trees, patio veg, edible climbers and more!
Green beauty and natural living
In 2013, I stopped buying mainstream beauty products and started cutting out anything with parabens and SLS. I read a lot about the dangers of parabens after noticing packaging said ‘paraben-free’.
Over the past few years, I’ve gone natural and minimal with my beauty routine, stopping wearing makeup and always choose natural beauty products.
I love reading alternative (or rather, real) news, and I guess I could be labelled as ‘alternative’ for my food and shopping choices, but I kind of hate that term.
To me, all this ‘alternative’ stuff should be the norm.
Since when did consuming and wearing chemicals become the norm and everything else become labelled as different? It makes no sense to me.
I prefer natural methods when it comes to health too.
I’m a critical thinker and like to listen to a variety of sources before I make my mind up on a matter.
More interests and places to find me and my husband
I’m a bit of a blogaholic!
I already have a lifestyle and personal finance blog where I’ve been blogging since 2013 about all sorts of things including making money online, free money, saving money, small business, blogging and lifestyle topics.
I also have a travel blog where I share our days out, local attractions, holidays and travel tips.
My husband blogs too! He is passionate about woodwork, DIY, home design, sheds, furniture and architecture, sharing his creations and instructions on a home and garden blog. He’s also a local Newquay handyman.
The Healthy Vix blog
Healthy Vix is somewhere for me to write about the healthy side of my lifestyle as it’s a huge passion of mine.
I’ve been researching, reading, and living a healthy lifestyle for around 15 years now, always learning, always adjusting as new information comes along.
Being healthy encompasses so much more than the food we eat and how active we are. It’s an entirely holistic approach from our environment in the home, our mindset and mental health right through to the products we use on our skin and hair, and so much more.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy my healthy living blog.
Victoria 🌱
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Last updated: August 2026
