vegan

so, ya ya. i will write about the ironman run. that just takes a little more time and focus than just an everyday update.....and i feel like my new vegan stint deserves an update. :) so, because i always have to try to do hard things (ie: ironman), and like to learn new things and challenge myself. last year (after making a serious bet) i tried the whole vegan thing for a week which bled casually into the next couple months. it was TOUGH (the first week especially), and at the same time fun. it made me really look outside the box at things to eat, and forced me to eat lots of veggies and fruits. veganism also DIDN'T allow me to eat some of my favorite things that are not so good for me, read: cheese, ice cream, cookies at work, breakfast burritos at work, cookie dough, almost anything processed, etc....:( so sad.

generally with my ironman training, i just LIVE IT UP in regards to eating because, basically i love eating and i can eat what ever i want. my body actually requires large amounts of foods/midnight snacks!. lucky for me i LIKE to eat healthy things and typically EAT healthy-ish things (hey, i said healthy-ish....the above list is not frequent, okay except the breakfast burritos and the cookies at work, those are completely necessary!). leading up to the end of this year's ironman training, i was thinking of new challenges to keep my brain and body occupied while recovering. things like weight training, yoga, pilates, hmmm....maybe i'll go vegan again? after discussing it with brett, he was also up for the challenge. nice. it's way more fun to challenge yourself when you have a challenge-buddy.

so we decided december 9th would be the official start-day, because i had to eat all the cheese, milk, ice-cream, and cookie dough (yes, i savored each bite) in my refrigerator before we could start. everyone was telling us we should start in january because december would be the toughest month to start with all the christmas shenanigans etc. that just made us want to do it more in december. (we are kinda competitive) why wouldn't we do the TOUGHEST VEGAN MONTH EVA?! :) so here we are day two......there is almost nothing in my frige. i put all the non-vegan pantry supplies on the top shelf so there wouldn't be any accidental buttery-delicious-popcorn eating...or my favorite middle of the night cereal bar....eating....so sad.

on a positive note, i'm excited to bust out my vegan cookbook again and discover some fabulous new recipes. i've also been learning a lot about food production (thanks to brett's friends/supporters who keep sending him fun facts/vegan links). all i have to say is yuck! did you know sugar isn't vegan? (i'm not THAT vegan, nor will i ever be. what i'm saying is i will eat sugar), and skittles! gah! gelatin is disgusting, and vegan or not, i want no part of that! :)

ok, well here i am an excited day two vegan. yay for not getting fat post-ironman!