Self-Imposed 12 Week Vegan Challenge: Week 1 Day 3

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Things are looking up over here because I have finally acquired groceries. I am actually excited about what is on the menu, but we’ll see how it actually tastes. Today I am tired because I went to bed too late and ran 7 miles at 5 am Still meat and dairy free on day 3, but it is not without extensive planning

Here are my thoughts on whole-food plant based today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cas-UYZK8Xc

Here is what I ate today:

Breakfast (15 points)

1 medium banana (0 pts), 1 slice Vegan Fruit and Veggie Everything loaf (15 pts), 1 big cup of coffee, lots of water

Morning Snack (0 points)

1 medium apple (0 pts) and water

Lunch (10 points)

1 serving Vegan White Bean Soup (3 pts), half of slice of spelt oat bread (3 pts) Kombucha (3 pts), 2 whole carrots (0 pts), half serving of red pepper hummus (2 pt) Kombucha (3 pts)

Afternoon Snack (0 points)

Mandarin Orange (0 pts) and water

Dinner (23 points)

I was super leery that this dinner recipe wouldn’t be good, so I was like, I’m gonna go into it hungry. When I am hungry, everything tastes better. Well, I’m here to say that backfired. Here’s the dinner rundown:

Easy Veggie Enchiladas (5 pts) I omitted the cheese from this recipe. While I am not planning to buy any fake vegan cheeses or meats, I had 4 oz of both fake vegan cream cheese and queso left over from my vegan junk food stint and decided to use it. I used store bought tortillas and homemade enchilada sauce from the freezer. I was shocked when it turned out absolutely delicious with these substitutions!

Then I used to leftover corn tortillas to make some healthier baked chips that turned out terrible. I wouldn’t give to my worst enemy to eat….just my husband. Ha! I ate them too because I had raging hunger from going into dinner hungry like an idiot (7 points).

I also had to use a sweet potato (8 pts) that had grown leaves, so I cooked it in oil (2 pts) and put 2 tsp brown sugar on it (1 pt) with salt and cinnamon. It was amazing, and I gobbled it up like a fat pigeon for dessert.

The takeaway

Today I ran 7 miles on about 5 hours of sleep. It was a long day. Days where I am not rested, it is harder to eat smart. I have to get at least 7 hours of sleep and have a consistent bedtime.

I exercise a lot, so even though most days I am well over my daily allowance of points, I still have 14 flex points left this week. If I weren’t exercising so much, I wouldn’t be as hungry, so don’t freak out and think you can’t do WW with real food because you see my points are so high everyday. You absolutely can and should.

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