12 Week Self-Imposed Vegan Challenge: Week 2 Day 2

October 29, 2019May 11, 2021

This day started out a little rough for me. It’s not just the vegan thing, it’s everything. I am not only doing this super healthy form of eating, but I am also trying to lose weight. If I sit and think about it, I really think it’s the diet that is getting me down. I HATE dieting, but it is what it is. You have to pay attention to what you eat and cut back if you want to lose weight. Veganism just has a learning curve that is making me angrier than usual.

Here are my thoughts for the day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OexN8yesEIc

Here is what I ate:

Breakfast: (10 points)

Banana Muffin that I made vegan (8 pts) and Califia Mocha Coffee with almond milk 4 oz (2 pts)

Lunch: (21 points)

Panera Bread Mediterranean Veggie Sandwich on Tomato Basil (12 pts. I took off the feta but added extra hummus so just kept the original points) Panera chips (5 points), 1 Date (4 points)

Dinner: (24 points)

The Best Kale Salad Ever 1/4 of the salad (3 pts): I made the salad with one bunch of kale and 1/4 the dressing recipe. I also used nutritional yeast. It was really good! 2 Servings Pad Thai Sauce (4 pts), 2 cups rice noodles (11 pts) 1/4 cup peanuts (6 pts) served with the veggie variety from this recipe.

I was very hungry when dinner rolled around because I had not eaten any snacks. So I didn’t measure it, James and I ate the entire Pad Thai dish. I just guessed we both ate about half of it.

Here is my activity:

7000 steps: 5 points
75 min running (medium intensity ): 22 points
40 minutes of abdominal training: 4 points
Total Activity Earned: 31 pts

Thoughts on the day:

I’m tired and going to bed.

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