I fell off the wagon today. I bought a bunch of muffins and cookies for an all-day work event and I ate some of them. Then later on, housemate and I decided to go to the Blue Plate Diner for dinner. I had a barbeque seitan sandwich, curly fries, and a vegan mint/vanilla chocolate chip shake! It was good and I enjoyed eating it. Oh, I also had a cup of decaff coffee in the morning. Well, I guess both the coffee and the chocolate in the shake was too much caffeine for me--I slept very poorly and was wide awake and more animated than usual. I can't believe how sensitive I am to caffeine now. And the salt in the dinner made my fingers swell up. geez louise I'm like this this caffeine/salt/sugar sensitivity meter now. So I don't know what to think. Is it okay to splurge every once in a while? Or is it easier to be 100%? I find it completely easy to be vegan, as it requires one rule--if it's not vegan, don't eat it. No emotion or feeling of feeling of deprivation accompanies this because I have no desire to eat animal products. But I go through different thought processes with healthy eating. A lot of the time my splurges are just because I'm wondering if I am missing something.
Oct. 26
Breakfast: apple, some delicious carrots
Lunch: collard green smoothie
Dinner: carrot lentil soup. It was a Fuhrman recipe so I can't post it here. It only had 3 ingredients: carrot juice, red lentils, and onions! It was sweet and good. I'm trying to make crackers from the leftover carrot pulp, based on what someone from the Fuhrman forums posted. I don't know if my first attempt is not going to be post-worthy. I'll let you know if it is.