Day 7: This Vegan Pledge is a Piece of Cake!!

Today's vegan bites include:

1.) My Green Drink - kale, collards, spinach, lemon, apple

2.) 5 cups of watermelon

3.) 16oz chocolate soy dark mocha

4.) Southwest quinoa salad, vindaloo mushrooms & peas, sakhi's lemon rice, 1/2c of red quinoa, 1/4c wild rice

5.) Whole Foods' fresh baked vegan peanut butter cookie

6.) a late night repeat of #4

7.) Rice Dream Chocolate Nutty Bar

(117.4lbs & 23.1% body fat)

What?! Today's already day 7?!!

It doesn't feel like anything's "happening." Pledging to go vegan has been SUCH-AN-EFFORTLESS-THING. I feel completely "normal."

Okay, I'll admit it - I seriously thought I would feel deprived and be really sad to not eat certain things. I kind of thought it would be like doing the Master Cleanse. My absolute main concern was that veganism would starve me of my oh-so-precious and joy-producing sweets.

Nope.

The vegan cookies from Whole Foods, the vegan pastries from BabyCakes NYC, the entire Rice Dream frozen treats line keeps me enslavened to my sweet tooth! And I LOVE it! And to me, coffee beverages kinda fall in my sweet tooth category and since I can get everything made with soy, I haven't felt deprived at all.

I'm not looking to go on a "diet" here, and by diet, I mean in the traditional sense - restrictions & guidelines on what to eat and not eat to be the skinniest, leanest you. I'm just looking to rid my diet of animal stuff, and by diet here, I mean it in the dictionary sense, "the foods habitually eaten by a particular person or group." So for veganism to be effortless for me, it's super critical that I can continue to have just as many desserts and pastries as I always have and as often as I've always had them.

So, that's what the issue is...I'm waiting to feel deprived on the vegan pledge!!! And I feel deprived if I feel restricted about what I can/can't/should shouldn't have. Veganism HASN'T riddled me with cans, can'ts, shoulds and shouldn'ts! I am fully satiated and am even feeling indulgent. I get all the vegan cookies and Rice Dream treats I want. (That's me being kind to myself).