Last night was my last meal of the 30 days of vegan. I’ll be honest, I kind of expected to have some sort of profound revelation that I could write about after this was all done. But really, all I have to say about it is: it was pretty damn easy.
Granted, I already ate the majority of my meals vegan before I started this, but I definitely had at least 3-4 non-vegan meals a week. I’d never actually tried to make a point to eat completely vegan for a long period of time. By doing this, I realized that it really isn’t all that hard. Sure, there were few times that I really wanted cheese (enchiladas & pizza), but once I started eating my vegan option (chalupas without cheese, and cheeseless pizza) I pretty quickly forgot about my cheese desire and I felt completely satisfied with what I was eating.
I’ve read that the reason to set a goal isn’t the achievement of the goal itself. The reason to set a goal is because of the person you’ll have to become to achieve it. I’m so glad I set this goal because now I know that I CAN eat completely vegan, pretty effortlessly, and feel entirely satisfied.
Day 29
Breakfast: Vega One shake.
Lunch: Pasta with egplant, crushed tomatoes, and spinach.
Dinner: Cheeseless nacho pizza – black beans, tomato, onion, jalapeno, and avocado.
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Day 30
Breakfast: Amy’s frozen burrito
Lunch: Veggie sandwich (provided at a work event)
Dinner: Pasta with kale, great northern beans, Field Roast veggie sausage, and tomato sauce.
Pre-sauce
With sauce
1 comment
Rob
Monday, February 4, 2013 at 1:23 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Congratulations!
A lot of folks cite letting go of cheese as a hardship. There are more than emotional reasons – in some cases there may be actual medical reasons too. When presented with certain chemicals in cheese our bodies may produce a response that can lead to addictive behaviors. Don’t think for a minute that this is unknown to the dairy industry. Hard to imagine why else people would get defensive about their love for moldy fermented breast milk. Yes, when you think about it it’s really that strange.
In any case I’m with you 100% about eating stuff without cheese. Pizzas without cheese are something like focaccia bread, and that means darn good stuff. There are a lot of pizza joints now that offer vegan cheese as an option too, which is pretty cool. I’ve had so many without cheese though that I prefer them without these days.