Back and eager to get on track:)

Life has had me super busy and I haven't been here, you noticed huh? Well after some medical issues I'm ready to get my healthy back on! I have to get back to the store to get some daiya cheese, I really liked it! I have been increasing my protein by having a whey shake once a day. Also I am not taking lots of vitamins:)
I am also really enjoying trader joes lavash bread! Super yummy as pizza! I bought coconut water today. I am very curious what it tastes like. My 5 yr old gets really excited about coconut water lol silly boy.
I'll report more soon! But I'm back

Superbowl party, snacks and dinner...

We had a mini super bowl party and it went great.  Although I had made some really yummy stuff I didn't snack on anything bad!  Surprise surprise.  I really don't want any meat anymore or dairy!  I love the vegan cheese I picked out.  Daiya, its really quite yummy!  I also picked up some vegan yogurt made with coconut milk.  THAT even sounds yummy!  Yesterday for lunch I made a Tempeh marinated in lemon pepper sauce.  Nom nom.  I put it on a wheat roll with some vegan cheese and mustard!  So where am I at now?  Now I am just trying to find a reason why NOT be a vegan or vegetarian?? The foods are delish and the health benefits are phenomenol I cant find a reason to NOT be one.  I think I will just continue on my road and see where it leads me.  It cant be all that bad! 

The pic I posted is the lunch I had yesterday.  It comes with two servings...nom nom.

enjoy!

Interesting facts about yesterday

Just so you know I did NOT get a bowl of tortilla soup and scoop out the chicken LOL that would have been funny though huh?
Alright alright, I tally'd up all my foods yesterday and I was at 63grams for protein....I was told by a dietitian that the number should be between 60-70 each day.  SOoooo that should keep my hair in my head haha  oh and just so YOU know, I wasnt trying really hard so it should be easy to hit that number each day. Also I should probably start taking a daily vitamin and maybe a B12.  Ill be on the look out for this next time I get out to the store.
In regards to my *moods* or well being...I feel...yes I'm going to say this "lighter" now I don't mean after two days I lost weight, I just mean I FEEL lighter.  I cant explain it.  I don't feel full, I don't feel sluggish I just feel lighter.  Like maybe I could move a little faster haha (yes time to get the treadmill out for sure).

This morning I had a bowl of Kashi Go lean with some silk almond milk and an avacado :)  yum yum. I dunno what lunch will be yet, its still early and I'm not hungry.  Oh and a kewl tip I figured out: if you keep fresh grapes and almonds on the counter, guess what you snack on all day?!!?! yep yep!
go me! I feel healthier just thinking about being healthy! Back later! toodles

Wow! Tofu aint so bad....once you get past the texture

Ok so I'm back, tada! I did try the Silk brand almond milk and I gotta say wow! it was crazy good! I felt like I was eating something bad for me it was THAT good!  So that stays on my list!

For lunch I tried out some soy chick'n nuggets with buffalo sauce and sweet potato fries.  Sweet potato fries YES! The nuggets needed a lil doctoring, I made it the way they did but I did NOT like their sauce so I scraped it off added my own with a pat of vegan butter and fried it in a pan.  YUM!  Well ok maybe not yum but doable! yes doable! I am happy.  Ok but the scary part, yes there is a scary part, they had the same taste and texture as mc'ds nuggets.  Wth do they use?!?!?!?  GROSS! ^$^@%#&@#^

My lil man wont be eating those ever again.
I really have to start keeping track of my food so I can count calories and protein.

Today I had
cup of almonds
two cups of fruit
8oz of almond milk (yep calcium!) twice as much as milk even! so there  ;p~~
protein shake that I did not like and wont even tell you it was nasty (chocolate peanut butter swirl) bleh!
I drank it all tho...what a trooper
5 meatless nuggets
cup of sweet tater fries
dinner isnt determined yet...hmmm
probably a nice salad and....
I made tortilla soup for the boys but I put diced chicken in it, can I just scoop out the chicken?? ;p~~~

have a great night friends and stay warm!
toodles!  ;p~~~

So after doing more research...

I found out some info! Vegans even swear off leather and stuff made from animal flesh.  Um Im so not ready to throw out my Dooney and Bourke SO Im gonna be VeganISH.

Ya know I wasn't really going to start this all yesterday but honestly I just couldn't make my morning eggs without really really thinking about it.  I made pancakes for dinner and yes I used eggs so this will have to be something I really need to consider.  I was considering keeping eggs and dairy HOWEVER, its cheese and butter that keep the fat on or add fat to our diets.  With all that to consider I believe for NOW I will cut out dairy but maybe not eggs? yeah eggs.  

This morning I had a lil bowl of fruit, mmm love my fruit.  Cantaloupe, honeydew and some grapes!   I really cant wait to get my veggie burgers.  Only costco here sells them.  I LOVE them.  Nom nom nom

I bought some silk almond milk this morning too.  Im gonna taste it then maybe add it to my kashi??

back later...toodles!

DAY 1, uno, un....

Do not attempt to change when you are starving...... it doesn't work lol

Today I went on my first vegan shopping trip.  I bought just a few items to test.  No breakfast but I held out for a protein drink when I first got home! Eh it wasn't so bad.

For lunch I had Eggplant cutlets and a bowl of Miso soup.  I LOVE miso soup :)  the eggplant I just cooked on the stove in a bit of EVOO (extra virgin olive oil) I didn't use any sauce or cheese, I just wasn't in the mood for all that just yet.  Ill tell ya later what brand Eggplant cutlets it was but they were quite YUMMY! I totally recommend them.  Easy to heat up and eat right away too!

So stay with my blog and each day I will post what I have had and how I liked it.  They say after a week your overall health should change.  We shall see :)

In the future I want to keep track of how much protein and carbs I actually consume so look for that soon!

wish me luck!!!