Yesterday, on Day Six of the Vegan Challenge, I ate: - 1 slice homemade bread with 1 tsp almond butter and 1 small slice blueberry breakfast polenta with maple syrup - 1/2 cantaloupe filled with a few big spoonfuls of granola, 1/2 pluot, and 1/2 banana, plus the other 1/2…
Yesterday I ate: - Big slice of Blueberry Breakfast Polenta (recipe from Get It Ripe by Jae Steele). This was a yummy concoction of cornmeal, cinnamon, sea salt, apple juice, water, olive oil, and blueberries. I drizzled maple syrup on top. - 1 calzone filled with nutritional yeast cheese sauce,…
Yesterday, Day 4 of the vegan challenge, I ate: - 5 buckwheat pancakes with blueberries and 1/2 tsp agave - 2 lettuce wraps filled with 1/2 cup quinoa/mixed beans/veggie medley - Chopped broccoli and carrots with hummus plus 2 small apples - Strawberry milkshake (1 cup unsweetened vanilla Almond Breeze…
Yesterday, on Day Three of the Vegan Challenge, I ate: - Chocolate banana milkshake (1 frozen banana, 1 cup unsweetened chocolate Almond Breeze, dash of cinnamon, a sprinkle each of wheat germ and flaxseed meal) and 1/2 cherry pie Larabar - Ants on a log! (4 stalks of celery with…
Yesterday I ate: - 5 buckwheat pancakes with fresh strawberries, blueberries, and 1/2 tsp maple syrup; 1/2 an apple with 1/2 tbsp almond butter - 1 celery stalk with homemade hummus, 2 figs with 1/2 tbsp almond butter - Milkshake! I used 1 cup unsweetened chocolate Almond Breeze with 1…
Yesterday, on Day One of the Vegan Challenge, I ate: - 1/2 an apple with 1/2 tbsp almond butter (pre-run snack) - 3 buckwheat crepes with fresh blueberries, strawberries, and apple slices, drizzled with agave - Smoothie made with 1/2 frozen banana, handful of spinach, 1/2 cup frozen blueberries, just…
I'm back from Texas! It was a lovely trip and I'll write more about it later on this week, but we have more pressing things to discuss right now so I'll just leave you with this photo: VEGAN CHALLENGE KICK-OFF Tomorrow, being the first day of September, is the beginning…
Overeating is so easy to do, particularly at the holidays or on special occasions. We somehow find a way of justifying to ourselves that there’s a reason for us to eat whatever we eat in often excessive amounts. However it’s all a mental game and if you wish to stay…
I love the fact that I’m fit and healthy – I jog regularly and play racquetball every other day. But if I’m honest with myself and the world, I will admit it took me quite a while to get started down this route, the one that helped me lose weight…
Tomorrow I leave for Texas but like I said on Friday, I have guest posts all lined up for this week to keep you occupied while I'm gone. Be sure to check out Living Rhetorically in the Real World on Tuesday and Thursday as well, because the fantastic Hanlie has…
