Vegan.....

A while ago I decided to go vegan again. Why? I want to get my body and mind in the habit of eating less processed foods. My goal is to cook the majority of my meals from scratch, not to eat out that much, and to use be more aware of the things that I am putting into my body.

Will I be vegan forever? Not sure....I am doing this in six month increments. In six months I will evaluate my weight and health. I would love to work back in seafood and other items, but I am not sure yet.  We shall see.  My weaknesses are pizza and shrimp. These are things that I will probably crave, but I know I am not eating in moderation right now.

So we shall see......

I am an emotional eater (and and update)

I know I have not posted in a while. With having a car accident, holidays, work, and a lot of personal stress I have really not been motivated.  I am working out once or twice a week. My eating is not bad, but not great either....I am going to the doctor today and hopefully he will give me something to help with some of the physical things that have been going on (will explain later).

I came to the realization recently that unless a miracle happens I will not be walking the Music City Half Marathon. I have not given up hope on walking a half marathon while I am 30, but to be ready by April does not look like it is happening.  I am not being pessimistic, but being realistic. I think I will be able to run a 5k in the next few months which I am getting excited about.

I also realize that I eat when I am emotional....and lately this has been happening a lot.  I try to find healthy foods, but sometimes convenient foods are better.  Trying to stop this, but it is a constant struggle. Trying to replace my eating with other things....will see how this goes.

Think I am done for now. Blogging on both sites I am try to do better at. Seems like I blog more when I have a lot going on in my head, we shall see......

Vegan or Pescatarian.....that is the question

Recently I have been really looking at the things that I have been eating and how it is affecting my weight. I can admit a lot of times I do not have will power.  I think my biggest struggle is when I have nothing to do.....I eat.  One way to stop this is always staying busy, but I need to rest, I just don't need to pig out when I do.

In February when I attempted to do the Daniel's Fast I truly ate a completely vegan diet for close to 4 weeks, then I brought back in dairy products, then eventually added seafood back into my diet.  When I was completely vegan my weight loss was very noticeable, but don't think that is necessarily good. As I added bread, cheese, and milk back into my diet the weight loss slowed down. Once seafood was added not a big  change. 

So right now I am having the debate of becoming a vegan and eat no meat and no meat products at all....and this includes seafood or stick to being a pescatarian and continue to eat seafood, but no meat will be in my diet.  I don't think seafood is my problem....it is the cheese and bread that gets me. Plus I have to do thinks in moderation and I am so not good at that.

We shall see...Honestly I do not know what my choice is. I don't look at it as depriving myself, because I have found great recipes for several dishes under both choices, my problem is sticking to it.  We shall see....