Week 3: Vegan

Today marks three weeks of being vegan

I would like to point out that my boss brought in homemade peanut butter cookies and set the whole bag on my desk. I let them sit there without touching them for two days. They looked really delicious, but I knew they would probably have eggs and milk in them. I said no!

On Sunday I made Pecan Encrusted Seitan from The Kind Diet. I really misread the directions and didn't make it right at all, but it was still delicious anyway. I put it on top of some whole wheat pasta with veggie sauce.

I can't remember the rest of the dinners I'll be making this week because I literally wrote my list in the grocery store parking lot. Which reminds me...I tried out this new grocery store in Salt Lake. It's called Sunflower Farmer's Market. Really cool store!

Tomorrow night I will be remaking the Sweet Potato and Lentil Stew for my mother's company. This wasn't in the original plans.

Today for lunch I went to Whole Foods and tried out the Tofu Spring Rolls. Very good! However, I wish I had a snack right now because I'm starting to get hungry. It's only 3:15.

I really wish I could tell you if I lost weight. My scale battery died and I've literally tried all the batteries in my house. All of them must be dead or my scale is done for. I'm going to the store on my way home to buy a battery to try out. If that doesn't work we'll have our answer. Anyway, I don't feel like I've lost any weight. Actually two weeks ago I felt as if I'd gained weight. That's not good. I've been doing all of this research and the weight should be "melting off" by now. It's not.

Overall, I'm really happy with my eating and I really do feel good (It helps that I got a hair cut too). I feel healthier than I've ever felt, even though I don't think I'm losing weight. I've never had so many vegetables in one day....and I've definitely never had so many beans in one day. Invite me over, I can prove it (hehe). No, seriously though, I've had really bad gas, so I read up on it. Apparently that's the toxins exiting the body. I wish the toxins would exit the body in other ways.

So, starting next Monday, March 28, I will be doing my first detox and cleanse. I haven't figured out which one I want to do so if you have any suggestions, I'm open to them! Right now I'm thinking of doing this one:

Monday-Thursday: Raw food diet plus 2-4 liters of water each day
Friday-Sunday: Juice feast

Doesn't sound too bad, eh? I found this one on Happy Little Vegans.

Hopefully I'll have an update on weight loss tomorrow. In the mean time, I'll be sticking to my delicious meals of veggies, whole grains, and legumes!