After my bad morning, food-wise, yesterday I got my act together. I also drank four twenty ounce of bottles of water, so I felt really clean even though I overdid the cheese earlier that day. Dinner ended up being whole wheat pasta with roasted garlic marinara, vegan meatballs that I picked up at Trader's Joes, and foccacia with rosemary and olive oil. Everything was really delicious and I think I actually enjoyed my sauce more without the parmesan taste. Of course, my roommate made it closer to how my mom used too, adding our own ingredients still but also adding a can of tomato paste for thickener (organic tomato paste).
I had another pitfall potential at a friend's house however. People were drinking, and while I am cutting down on distilled alcohol, I'm not cutting it out. The pitfall that I did sidestep however, came in the mixers. All they had was soda. I am very proud of myself however, and did not give in. I simply had a beer or two instead, which was not a great decision but it a) did not go back on my resolution, b) did not have nearly the effect that distilled liquor and pop would have, and c) let me rest a little easier because beer in moderation does have positive health effects.
Today I've been doing great! I had a whole wheat onion bagel and fresh hummus from one of my favorite organic cafes for breakfast. Really caloric still, but I could afford it because it was the start of a busy day. I also had some organic coffee with soy milk and raw sugar. I did notice that my coffee affected me a lot more than usual today, probably because there was less guck in my system slowing it down. I need to be a little more careful, because I started feeling less than stellar after a couple of cups. However, that also means my caffeine boost will come with less. I am fine with this trade off.
For lunch I made another sandwich like the one I posted about before; vegan bread, guacamole, hummus with spinach, cucumbers, and onions. I was still hungry so I had banana and a glass of the milk I wrote about before. Everything was delicious, but I didn't get enough sleep last night and needed a nap. I took said nap, and woke up feeling amazing. I know it might not be just the food changes that have me feeling so great lately, but I do think it helps.
Dinner hasn't happened, but will be later, and at a sushi happy hour. I will probably have a glass of white wine or two with my vegetarian sushi. I know it sounds crazy, but if you like seaweed, I really think good sushi restaurants are great places for vegans to eat at. It's not very expensive, there are usually a few healthy vegan or vegetarian options, and it's really filling. I like the avocado rolls the best, but I've knocked back a few cucumber rolls in my day too. Now may be the time to bring up that I do occasionally eat shrimp. If I feel I haven't had a lot of substantial meat substitutes, as much as I hate killing any animal for food, I tend to see shrimp as the least of the evils. So considering my low protein level today, I may indulge in a shrimp roll or two.
I'm hungry now, and dinner will be late, so I may have a small helping of the leftover pasta from yesterday, but no focaccia. I always try to stick to whole grains, and have for a really long time. This is something I am trying to be really strict about now.
I still don't think I'm eating as healthy as I could be, but I think I'm doing a really good job of cutting out soda and a decent job of cutting back on cheese. It's hard to cut out things that were so important to you at one point without faltering a little in other areas. Even so, the bulk of my diet has been vegetables, healthy meat substitutes, and whole grains. I think I just need to watch my fat and sugar intake a little. I do feel more energetic, and I do feel more clean inside, so I know I'm on the right track. The next few weeks will be about balancing healthy fat a little better.
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