Well I managed to survive day one of being a full vegan, and it was pretty challenging.
I went shopping at ASDA for a few bits and bobs and discovered most of the things I wanted contained milk or cream and I discovered I can no longer have my beloved honey for my porridge, I guess I will have to find alternatives for things like this as I gradually make my way towards the end of the week.
I stocked up on almond milk and tofu so I plan to make some delicious recipes from Tofu and post them on here!
An update on helping with my IBS, unfortunately I was still really bloated last night but I'm hoping that it just needs time for my system to get used to the lack of dairy it's going to get, fingers crossed it won't be too long and by the end of the week I will feel amazing.
I have prepared myself a chia pudding for breakfast this morning with added apple/cinnamon and sultanas (pretty obsessed with that combination at the moment) so I'm looking forward to that. During the day I plan to make some kind of curry with my tofu or maybe even an udon dish, who knows!
I thought the weather would be better today but it looks pretty miserable outside at the moment so I guess my adventures will have to be postponed, then again the lack of money at the moment doesn't help with the activities i'm wanting to do and the food shop yesterday set me back a bit..(a downside of changing diet)
Hey ho, trying to look for the positives amongst the negatives but this is always a difficult task to do especially when one out weighs the other..
Yoga is helping my mood but I need to start some serious training towards my 10K run which is in a months time, if anyone has any training tips I would be very grateful as my motivation seems to have disappeared along with my smile!
It has only been a day but I have so much admiration for Vegans and their lifestyle and I realise how difficult it must be for some people like me just starting out to discover new foods and to try and locate alternatives to foods they have lived with since childhood.
I will hopefully post some vegan recipes later in the day or possibly tomorrow and give you another update with my progress, so for now...
Namaste.
