veganuary

Well, I've officially been a vegetarian for one full week! Not that hard to pass up meat, you say? I agree. But being a healthy vegetarian isn't exactly easy. In theory I could be eating an all-cheese and veggie Domino's pizza every night, but that's not the point of this month-long exercise.

why vegetarian?

Hunter and I love watching documentaries. Someone at work told him about an interesting one on the vegan lifestyle so we gave it a try and it really hit home and made us think about our our everyday habits. This was a few weeks before Christmas so we thought it would be a fun challenge to spend all of January meat free. Hunter is completely meat and dairy free (vegan). I'm spending 90% of my day vegan, but every now and then I'll have cottage cheese or shrimp. We spent all day New Year's Day watching even more vegan documentaries to gear us up! I even burned my bra! Jk...

This challenge also goes along with my preparation for turning 30 fit and healthy!

trials and tribulations

There haven't been many! I've actually found this past week to be incredibly fulfilling and easy for the most part. The only challenge is prep. You have to make lunch the night before and fully plan out a week's worth of meals. This is totally new to Hunter and I, however I'm pretty sure most people already do this!

The one thing I have had a hard time with is beans. I like green beans, but I really don't enjoy black beans and all the others and they are in almost every recipe we cook. But, that's the whole point of this challenge: Trying something new. So I'm eating them occasionally and they do fill you up! 

what I've loved
My body feels so healthy. If you know me, I always have a stomach ache after eating. Always. After eating basically anything. But this past week has been flawless. Yay! 

what I ate today

Breakfast: plain oatmeal with raisins and a packet of Truvia

Lunch: Sandwich: Ezekiel bread with dairy-free cream cheese, baby spinach and sliced grape tomatoes

Snack: Carrots and hummus

Dinner: Seared Portabella mushrooms in a garlic bbq glaze

Dessert: Granola

my goal

I know this won't be a lifelong change. I will go back to eating meat and dairy, but I would like to develop some of these changes into lifelong habits. Eating fresh, unprocessed foods - I hope - will be a major priority for us moving forward. 

We'll see if I'm in the same spirit next week!