Ran 3.79 miles with my sister
So.. I know that I promised this post almost a week ago, but I have been so busy, and in a funk because I was so busy, that I just didn't get to it. Anyways, I have been following a vegan for 12 days.. (12 down, 48 left to go!), and it has definitely been a challenge for me - I never realized how many things that eggs were in.
The other night, Sean and I went out to dinner at Olive Garden. I was reading a few forums and I saw that my favorite meal - Ravioli Di Portobello was listed a few times as being Vegan. I didn't even look at it on the menu - which I should have.. because I would have seen this description - "Portobello mushroom-filled ravioli in a creamy smoked cheese and sun-dried tomato sauce" - and would not have ordered it. As soon as it showed up, Sean was like.. "Umm I'm pretty sure that has cheese in it". Yes, yes it does. epic.fail. I ended up eating it anyways, because 1) I wasn't going to send it back for my mistake and 2) I wasn't not going to eat it - it was a pricey meal, and to be honest I was starving as we were eating at almost 10 pm. So, I ate it.
Then yesterday, I was at the grocery store picking up some veggie burgers to bring to Marissa and Justin's housewarming party. I had seen a new brand the other day in the tofu section that I wanted to try.. seemed less processed than the ones that I had been eating for the past 10 days. I picked up the ingredients list and noticed that there were eggs in it. I was disappointed, but decided to go and get more of the ones that I had eaten previously as they were decent. I almost didn't check the ingredients list, as I had done so when I bought them previously, but decided to read them again. That is when I noticed the dreaded E word.. Egg whites.. GAH!. So frustrating! Eggs really aren't the reason why I started this whole thing, it was mainly the dairy - cheese, butter, milk - that I wanted to avoid. However, where I committed to trying a vegan diet, I don't really want to be eating eggs.
Another challenge for me has been eating outside of the house. Last Monday, Sean and I met up with some friends for dinner. We went to a local Mexican restaurant. There wasn't really anything that I could eat, so I ended up with a wimpy garden salad, and an order of Mexican rice. I had noticed that they had fruit churros on the menu and I was super excited to be able to order them for dessert (tho I'm sure they had eggs in there somewhere!!). Now, this restaurant is notorious for always being out of what I want to eat. It has seriously happened every time we eat there. About 10 minutes after I ordered the churros, the waitress came back and said they were out. (insert sad face). This was the first time since I had started following the diet that I felt left out and limited by my diet.
I went to a baby shower yesterday. It was at Margaritas, and I had been nervous that there wouldn't be anything for me to eat there. I was pleasantly surprised to see that they had a taco bar. There was ground beef and shredded chicken, but there were also beans! I ended up making tacos with the beans, lettuce, tomato and salsa. I also had some mexican rice. It was pretty good!! I did have a moment (or two) of weakness, where I pretended that chocolate did not have milk in it.. epic.fail.part.deux!
This afternoon I had the house warming party for Marissa and Justin. I brought some vegan sausage that I had bought (which was actually pretty good!). It was really hard to avoid all of the meats and cheeses, as well as the pasta & potato salads (mayo = eggs). But the hardest part today was definitely missing out on the desserts. There was a trifle, cupcakes, chocolate covered strawberries, an apple pie that looked amazing, TONS and TONS of cookies, and just a bunch of really good looking stuff). Dessert is definitely my weakness and I did eat a chocolate covered strawberry in another moment of weakness.. GAH! It seems like those moments of weakness are happening a lot this weekend. I am happy that I have avoided the meats and cheeses as that is the hardest thing for me and the main focus of the vegan diet. I definitely want to get back on track and stop with these little cheats.. Must find vegan chocolate and bring my own dessert to the next get together. Ha!
Anyways, other than a few mishaps (and I'm sure some others that I'm not even aware of), the diet is going well. I'm down a little over 3 lbs and when I bought new shorts yesterday, I was down another size. Today was a really great day. I got to share my love of running with my sister - but I'm going to save that for another post. I'm exhausted from a really busy (but fun) weekend, and I'm pretty sure I'm a little sunburned and experiencing some heat exhaustion, so I'm thinking it's time to call it a night. But of course, I need to post some pictures from today!
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| Heather, Allie and I at the start |
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| Heather and I at the finish! |
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