Day 8 : One week down!

Wow, that was a long week. I didn't expect it to drag like it did. It wasn't my lifestyle change that made it so difficult, it was everything else. But yesterday I ate meat for the first time since. Ewwww. Even now the thought grosses me out. I wanted to test myself and see how I felt- I even got one of what used to be my favorite things - a grilled Chik-Fil-A sandwich. I ended up eating all of my french fries and some of Jasons, but I only took maybe 4 bites of my sandwich. It looked gross and the taste grossed me out! I couldn't believe myself. So, I know I will probably never eat meat again... And I'm not exactly crying over it. I'm considering downscaling to Vegetarian from Vegan, however. I don't eat a lot of dairy, if any at all, but there are a few things I like that require eggs. I've never even really eaten eggs a lot, but there are a few things that have eggs in them. Mostly junk food like cookies and cakes so I won't be eating it much anyway. I am NOT a fan of dairy, though. There are a few things that have milk in them that are ok (like icecream hee hee), but like I said - mostly junkfood. I even had cheese the other night for the first time in 8 days and let me tell you- I just felt disgusting. It made my stomach hurt, I was vurping the rest of the night, and when I went to run I had cotton mouth because I felt so dehydrated. I had a 4 cheese Crispani from Panera and the goat cheese was just so salty! Days, weeks, months past I loved that thing. But since I've purified my palette all I noticed when I was eating it was how gross the texture of the cheese was and how quick it went cold. My French Onion soup, however, was marvelous. It was hearty and DELICIOUS. It was in my bread bowl and just fabulous :) Even better was the soup that Jason got - he got their baked potato soup, which come to find out is accidentally vegetarian. It's broth-based, which rules the "accidentally vegan" category out.

The best part is, I'm losing weight and now it's visibly noticable. I'm getting my girlish figure back and I feel so much better! I was never actually fat, but I had gotten kind of lumpy. I'm extremely short-waisted and thin-boned, so what would normally make a girl look robust and healthy made me look dumpy and all around kind of funny. I was not meant to look "robust". I've also noticed that the "healthy food" I WAS eating is the "junk food" I'm eating now. That's a good feeling to have given up those things that were making me so unhealthy and I didn't even realize it. Even Jason notices my new figure, and my new confidence that kind of goes right along with it. :) It's a nice feeling.

I tried Melissa's Natural Soy Cheese (which is NOT VEGAN- It has casein in it) on Sunday and it was deeees-guuuuuust-iingggg! SO GROSS! It reminded me of Kraft's fat free cheddar- it was a little sweet, kind of stale, and it turned my stomach. I ate it on a sandwich that would have normally been good: apple slices, romaine lettuce, and hummus on whole wheat. Be warned.


Breakfast today: 1 apple
Snack: 3 peices of Turkish Delight
Lunch: TEMPURA VEGGIE SUSHI FROM GINZA!!!!!! HURRAY!
Din Din: Spinach, Romaine Lettuce, Dill, and Edamame stuffed in a whole-wheat tortilla.