The last "animal product" I had was a turkey and cheese sub on the night of the 2nd presidential debate on Oct. 7th. This whole vegan thing was not a well thought out decision on my part. I did it really suddenly after reading 2 chapters of the book Skinny Bitch; one about all of the pesticides and hormones that are in animal products and non-organic produce, and one chapter that was a bunch of horrible stories told by former mega-farm and slaughter house workers.
The first week I was STARVING because I had no idea where to find vegan products or what exactly I could eat besides fruits and vegetables. (And I hate tofu) My pants got loose so that was nice, but I was thinking I wasn't going to make it because I felt like I was going to pass out when I was running around at work. The thing that turned it all around was finding Tofutti Better than Cream Cheese. I swear it tastes just like cream cheese- it is so damn good! I put it on everything.
Now I have found a lot of stuff I can eat, but it kind of sucks because I really feel like I have ended up gaining weight. Most of the things I can eat are carbs and I feel like I'm getting love handles.
My goal is to be really strict for 30 days. If I gain weight I may ditch the diet after that. We'll see. Wish me luck!
2 comments:
Good luck, I think I'll try that cream cheese stuff so what is it? All I can think is it's whipped packing peanuts.
Impressive Angie. I just couldn't do it. I could maybe see going vegetarian, but eating at nice restaurants is one of my top three greatest joys in life, and nobody has vegan food. We do buy some organic food, and even HyVee has a pretty large section of organic foods now.
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