Food Journal Day 5

Another day of eating too much....I am so dissappointed in myself. My only saving grace is that it was all good food. It actually doesn't see TOO bad but I know there are a lot of calories in the hempnut burger....it is just so tasty at the laughing seed cafe....MMMMMM

Breakfast
latte with soy
banana
cereal

lunch
hempnut burger (HUGE)
and salad with mango lime dressing

dinner
huge salad
1 piece foccacia
brown rice and sweet potato

Food Journal Day 4

Today was an evil evil day....it is days before my period and I was suffering BIG TIME form BPS (Bottomless Pit Syndrome)I ate WAY MORE than I am proud of....piggy!!

Breakfast
Latte with soymilk
1 mango
1/2 cup dry cereal

Lunch
1 cup leftover whole grain pasta and eggplant

Dinner
1 1/2 serving broen rice
1/2 sweet potato
1 serving black beans
1 serving sesame tofu

Dessert
1 oatmeal vegan cookie (HUGE)
1 oz dark organic chocolate

Beverages
cranberry juice
water
green tea

Food Journal Day 3

Breakfast
Latte with soymilk
1 banana

Lunch
1/2 cup dry organic hole grain bran cereal
1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
1 pear

Green tea

1 carob/coconut vegan cookie

Food Journal Day 2

I was actually able to bake a pie for David and wasn't tempted at all to try it! I did snack on the blueberries and strawberries as I baked. The strawberries from our garden were so sweet!

Breakfast:
Latte with soymilk
1 banana

Lunch
Pumpkin seeds
1 Peach
I just wasn't very hungry

Snack
Strawberries and Blueberries
Green Tea

Dinner
Perfect Harmony bowl, this time with no tofu but I added some delicious Kale that I steamed and then tossed with balsamic vinegar

Dessert
Organic Dark chocolate and almonds

Food Journal Day One

Since I actually started yesterday this is yesterdays food:

BREAKFAST:
Latte with soy milk (not bad at all)
Banana

LUNCH:
1 serving brown rice
1/2 serving silken tofu
1 teaspon mustard

DINNER:
Perfect Harmony Bowl:
Brown rice
organic black beans
1/2 avocado
1 serving grilled tofu
1/2 small sweet potato
1/2 cupchopped raw spinach
1 cup chopped field greens
1 cup lighty steamed broccoli and carrots
2 tablespoons lemon tahini dressing
balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper to tast

this started out as me trying to imitate a menu item from Laughing seed cafe but i added the sweet potato and THIS WAS SO DELICIOUS!!!!

DESSERT:
green tea and a vegan chocolate chip cookie (suprisingly delicious from Green Life)

BEVERAGES:
water (all day long)
sugar free organic cranberry juice

Goin' Vegan

Yes I am finally doing it! i have always thought about trying it and now thanks to the book "Skinny Bitch" I have decided to move forward and go for it. Loaded with gross facts and written with a comedic tone that makes you unable to put it down, it was all I needed to finally take the plunge.

Here is today's excerpt forom this fabulous book
(an excert I like to call SCARY DAIRY):

Got Mucus? Dairy products produce mucus, and often the body will develop a cold or ALLERGIES to fight the dairy invasion. Mother Nature is no fool. All species, including ours have just what we need to get by. She did not intend for grownups to suck their mothers' tits. We don't need our mothers' milk as adults, just like grown cows don't need their mothers' milk anymore. We are the only species on the planet that drinks the milk of another species. We could be putting gorilla milk on our cereal or having zebra milk and cookies. Why cow's milk? Using the animal that produces the largest quantity of milk but is more easily housed than an elephant means more money for farmers. It has nothing to do with health and nutrtion. The dairy industry is a multibillion-dollar industry based on brilliant marketing and the addictive taste of milk, butter and cheese.

Cows are injected with bovine growth hormone. Their udders, under normal conditions would supply about 10 pounds of milk a day. Greedy farmers have their cows producing up to a hundred pounds of milk a day! Cows are milked by machine; metal clamps are attached to the cows' sensitive udders. The udders become sore adn infected. Pus forms. BUT THE MACHINE KEEPS ON MILKING (GROSSSSS) sucking the pus into the milk....AHHCK

Milk is not a reliable source of minerals you get much higher levels of manganese, chromium, selenium and magnesium from fruits and vegeltables. Fruits and veggies are also high in boron which helps lessen the loss of calcium through urine. Consuming high amounts of dairy BLOCKS iron absorption contributing to iron deficiency. A simple way to get calcium is by including the following foods in your diet: fortified grains, kale, collard greens, mustard greens cabbage, kelp, seaweed, watercress, chickpeas, broccoli, red beans, soy beans, tofu, sesame seeds and raw nuts.....