This past week, I did a 5 day Shakeology challenge led by Kellin O'Rourke (different clan) from Fitko Health. Rules were:
-Drink a Shakeology shake in place of one meal.
-No alcohol or sodas
-Limit or eliminate process foods
-Etc...
Basically be the healthiest you've ever been for 5 days. The best part was that I saw results! Oh and did I mention the shakes came VEGAN?! Moral of the story is that vegans can get catered to also :0)
Now lets just get down to the dirty truth. I struggled a tad this week. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, I grab a salad from one of our food courts on campus. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I pass the pizza station...the ricotta cheese veggie pizza whispers in my ear things that should not be repeated with perfect vegans in earshot. Oh and did I mention avoiding all the M&M's in my trail mix bag while starving? Life through me some cheap shots right there. But through the somewhat disheartening struggles, a friend referred me to vegan cookies by Lovely Liz. I can't tell you how much this changed by life! They are sold at Harvest Health stores in the Grand Rapids area (and other places as well. Plus they can be ordered.) I will be jumping on that bandwagon a.s.a.p.
Last struggle-consider it a lost battle if you may, but I'm not defeated-I may or may not have had some bread made with butter. Get over it-I did. I mean, as far as I know, it could have been 100% vegan, in which case I'd go out and buy me a years worth of it. But, in my defense, I was at a birthday party (plus-they went the extra mile to make 90% of the food vegetarian friendly). I've got great family. I felt no shame in eating the delicious meal handed to me. Soak in the generosity of friends and family-especially when they go as far as complying with your somewhat choosy-yet-so-worth-every-second-of-it lifestyle.
Last note-From Oh She Glows, I plan to make the peanut butter and jelly bars as a valentines dessert for myself :0) Made the chocolate chip cookies this past week and roommates loved them (as well as I)!
