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Week two thoughts: During the day I eat a lot more fruit, warm leftovers for lunch, and have been making vegan pancakes (created my own recipe of buckwheat flour, flax seed, unsweetened coconut, cinnamon, rice milk, agave, and lemon zest) or oatmeal for breakfast.

I did have a few sweets cravings this week and I also wanted butter a few times. I think that I could handle being a vegan, but it is more work than other diets. The thing that you have to do to be successful is planning, and I am not usually very good at that. Hopefully this month will give me some good habits that will carry over to next month. Read more…

One week into the challenge and I am feeling really good. I have been surprised at how few cravings I’ve had. I think this has to do with having other food prepared. It’s important to focus on all the delicious things you can eat, rather than what you aren’t eating. A lot of non-vegetarians have trouble with the idea of giving up meat, I think, because they see vegetarianism as being their diet, but with the meat removed, when really it is a completely different diet all together. Read more…