About 3 years ago I was seeing a holistic nutritionist on a regular basis, and together we discovered some things which had adverse effects on my body and were sabotaging my weight loss. Some were the "usual suspects" such as processed foods, white sugar, white bread and pastas, and the biggest of all MILK! I was such a "dairy queen" back in the day! My eating habits were also having a negative impact on my body and spirit. My biggest go-to foods were: pizza, cheeseburger deluxe, bacon egg and cheese sandwich on a roll, and a big bowl of cereal with 1% milk (sometimes 2%). I drank soda with everything, put extra sugar and salt on everything, and ate a ton of candy. Not only was I gaining weight, but I had a hard time having sustained energy and often felt dead inside. What is it like to feel dead inside? It feels like you're stuck in a deep pit of sorrow with no hope of getting out. My brother (who eats wayy better than me) once told me "You feel dead inside because you eat dead foods. Once you start eating whole, live foods you'll be more connected with nature and feel more alive again". Isn't that deep? I never thought about it that way, and I guess that's the biggest problem when it comes to your relationship with food; sometimes you just don't think about what you're putting inside your body! I know I wasn't. I wasn't making informed decisions about the type of energy I was putting into my body. That's what food is at the end of the day; energy!
So while I've come a LOOONG way with my eating habits and intake, I still have more to go. I still get bad cravings, I still binge, and most importantly I'm not losing weight like I want to be. I am working hard and eating as best as I can most of the time, but the weight just isn't coming up. I can be very hard with myself, but I believe, at least for me, food is my biggest obstacle on this weight loss journey. Exercise is about 30% of what will help me lose weight, the other 70% will be from what I eat and how I eat. So that is why I am taking my relationship with food up another notch and aiming to go Vegan. I am going to slowly ween myself off of non-vegan foods such as meat and dairy, and slowly adopt the lifestyle. I will keep you posted! Here is a picture of my Trader Joe's haul:
I got some soy milk, Ezekial bread (which I've been told is awesome, so I'm excited to try), frozen dinners (Indian and Japanese), oatmeal, peanut butter, fruits, pita chips, and cereal bars, among other things.
I cook occasionally, mostly I buy frozen foods. I LOVE most of the selections at Trader Joe's. However I'll try to prepare more foods according to a Vegan meal plan. I found some great ones on Oprah.com (a Vegan starter kit) and on Peeta.org.
Do you guys have any tips for going Vegan?
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