Day 35 of being vegan. No meat, eggs or dairy for 35 days.
Day 17 of no sugary teas - I'm not actually missing them all that much to be honest. Can't believe it's been two and a half weeks since ditching this element of my diet...shows how fast the time is passing. I'll be home 11 weeks today! Can tell it's going to go by in a flash :(
And...day 5 of no bread. You gotta start somewhere.
I'm actually really proud of how healthy my diet is compared to before. I've had barely any processed food (no ready meals), 1 pizza since arriving and have cut right down on sugar, alcohol and unhealthy fats. I've replaced pizza, wine and cheesy pasta with all this lot:
Complex carbs: oats, brown rice, wholegrain wraps, quinoa & starchy vegetables such as sweet potatoes, and when I was eating bread before it was generally wholegrain (rye in the last week). I've only had 3 bowls of pasta since arriving which is good going!
Veggies: heaps, with dinner or in salads. Loving spinach and zucchini right now, they're so versatile and spinach is great for iron. I also buy broccolini, beans, frozen veg, tinned sweetcorn, leeks, pumpkin and whatever else I need for dinner recipes.
Fruit: blueberries and strawberries mainly, and a banana if I'm working. Sometimes mandarins, the occasional slice of occasional watermelon at work and mango in either salad or as dessert (it's quite sugary though so I'm eating in moderation). The one fruit I know is quite fatty BUT super healthy is avocado, and I adamantly refuse to give them up.
Legumes: black beans, lentils, kidney beans, chickpeas, peas...the beans come canned and ready to use after a quick rinse which is so convenient! Plus they're low fat and high protein - win.
Fats: olive oil, avocado and nuts (a few too many nuts probably!).
Drinks: mostly water, peppermint tea and unsweetened black tea. And soy milk on my oats/cereal. I've had 1 diet coke since I arrived - trying to avoid sodas, diet or not. And I've only been out boozing once! Hopefully that will be twice once this weekend swings around :)
Junk: cornflakes? Not too sure about this one. They're not awful for you; they have a low fat content and 8g of sugar per 100g so it could be a lot worse. Anyway, they're one of the things I'm not willing to give up right now! I'm also snacking mostly on plain chips (crisps) and dark chocolate after dinner - I've learnt I can't live without tasty snacks! The dark chocolate is naturally sweetened so has a low sugar content but is still fairly high in fat, and obviously the chips aren't great but you can't deprive yourself of everything...I'd go crazy.
Love how the junk paragraph is the longest!
Today is also day 28 of gym membership, which I've been taking full advantage of. So, even though I'm not losing as much weight as I'd like, I know I'm being healthy, getting fitter and taking much better care of my body. Speaking of which:
Brekky - cornflakes
Lunch - leftovers. Half a small bowl of bean salad, half a small bowl of quinoa salad
Snacks - a few gingernut biscuits, cashews and a baby cornflake cake (seriously like 2 bites)
Dinner - leftovers. The last of the quinoa salad, a few strawberries, some cashews and a baby cornflake cake! Got in too late from the gym to cook and make a racket when people were in bed
Activity - leg raises, leg presses, some arm machine (not quite sure what the exercise is called but it works your triceps) and then a shitty sesh on the treadmill - got a stitch so had to stop running and do some uphill walking/zero gradient power walking instead. Boooo.
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