Day #2 of Vegan eating

Good morning everyone! Day two of my own personal Vegan journey. I have to say, anyone who wants to go Vegan the BEST way to do it is to have Anita cook for you for four days and Kalima help you to truly LOVE YOUR BODY just the way it is! So I'm still on the high from the most amazing, eye opening weekend! I didn't have time to meditate this morning but I'm not overly concerned, I did get to shower (normally I shower at night) and that is a meditation in itself! So it will be a struggle today to not get depressed as I have a long day and it involves sitting at this job for 8 hours but I can do it! Last night I made one of Anita's dressings, a fantastic Vegan Blue Cheese-my boyfriend's brother LOVED it so hopefully I'll enjoy it as I didn't really taste it last night. Recipe is below:


Anita’s Raw Vegan Blue Cheese Dressing

1 avocado

1/4 cup raw cashews

3 tbp lemon juice

1 tsp horseradish

1/2 tsp each salt and pepper, or to taste

1/3 cup to 1/2 cup water, depending on desired consistency

optional: 1 tbp nutritional yeast

Blend all ingredients on high speed until smooth. Adjust seasoning, if necessary, or add a splash of water to get a thinner consistency, and re-blend. Pour onto your favorite salad and toss, or serve alongside crudites.

How tasty does that sound?! And indeed it is! What a great resource!

Day#1 of Vegan Eating!

Well today is the first day (on my own at least) that I'll be living a Vegan lifestyle! I just returned from the most amazing Love Your Body retreat run by two amazing women, Kalima Harvey and Anita Shepard. They each have their own amazing skills that brought all five of us participants that were there immense joy and peace. I have learned so much about food and how to really 'love your body'! I thought I was pretty up on most things nutrition and most things related to exercise-but NOPE I have learned so much and really how to let go of any of the 'bullshit' that I carry around, the rigid pole along my spine has finally been broken! I'm so ready to do everything and try new things and just be a new and inspired person! I'm sure I'll have more tomorrow or at least Thursday-since I'm going to a book signing for a fantastic Vegan chef in Brooklyn! Now those of you that know me, Brooklyn is normally NOT my hang out-I'm normally SUPER anti Brooklyn actually, but in all reality, that's silly-2370's 'incident' happened 5 years ago and since Brooklyn has really become an amazing place! lol. On that positive note I'm going to sign off to meet a friend with a code red :( Enjoy food everyone!
L

Food!

Good morning! I started this blog on Feb 15th and am finishing it today-going to try for another one throughout the day :) I decided today is the day to start my wonderful blog! I might overuse my allotted amount of exclamation points for the day in this blog because I'm thrilled to be writing about fitness and/or nutrition! So I'm not always sure I'll have something interesting to say but it's sure worth a try!

So for today's breakfast I had what is pictured above, Agave nectar, steel cut oats, soy protein, flax seeds and cinnamon. This is a fantastic breakfast as it is very filling, tasty and healthy! There are several healthy components of this breakfast but for this blog I'm just going to highlight Flax seeds-the rest of the amazing things the rest of the ingredients can do will be highlighted at a later date:

Flax Seeds: These can be healthy because they contain the following:*

 

Omega-3 essential fatty acids, "good" fats that have been shown to have heart-healthy effects. Each tablespoon of ground flax seed contains about 1.8 grams of plant omega-3s.

Lignans, which have both plant estrogen and antioxidant qualities. Flax seed contains 75- 800 times more lignans than other plant foods

Fiber. Flax seed contains both the soluble and insoluble types

Not only do they contain all of these things but there has been some research to show that flax could possible reduce the risks of certain cancers as well as cardiovascular disease and lung disease.

*Source: WebMD