Today's Progress Report...

A pretty good day...

Breakfast:
1 cup of granola
1/2 cup soy milk
1 banana

mid-morning work snack:
1 clementine

lunch:
1 sandwich on 12 grain made w/ tofurky and "nay"onaise (no dairy)
2 unsalted rice cakes
1/2 english cucumber, raw chopped.

mid-afternoon at work snack:
1 clementine

Din-din:
2 cups of Asian crunch mix salad w/ soy crunchy noodles and vegan-friendly teryaki dressing
1 portobello shroom burger on a whole wheat bun (yeah, I'm addicted).
1 glass of V8 juice w/out sodium

evening snack:
2 bacardi breezers while watching Canada's Next Top Model.

Comments:
It's actually pretty fun planning out meals in advance. That sounds fucking lame - but seriously - it is. Puting THOUGHT into what I am eating - is by default - helping me eat a more balanced and HEALTHY diet.
I find I have more energy during the day - I get more accomplished in a day - I am less hungry at night and as a nice cherry on top - a few people commented at work that I dropped a couple pounds.

AND best of all - I have NO GUILT when I put something in my mouth. That was the worst. Not being able to enjoy my food before. Everytime I put a piece of beef strogenoff in my mouth - so help me GOD - every time I bit into a hamburger, this little TINY voice in my head would say "Yep...enjoy it...cuz that was SOMEONE before you slapped part of it between two pieces of bread."

Again - I never wanna be the kind of guy who makes OTEHRS guilty about eating...I could care less -but I was talking to LIfe Partner tongith about it - and I must say - amongst animal activists - it really IS a cult mentality, in a way.
Mind you - it is all meant to help you and support you in your diet - for the GOOD of your health and the animals well being - but - it is a BIT of group think factor weighing in.
The more I read, learn and TALK to activists who are HUGE vegan advocates - the MORE my stomach turns when I see meat on a menu.
The FASTER I walk by the meat section...which is a good thing.
I feared that it would wear off after a while and I would start CRAVING meat again, but the more I read up on it - the more turned off I am.
I hate jump starting something and making some GRAND statement before i've even been doing this for a full 6 months...but I think I'm COMPLETELY hooked OFF meat forever.

Yay!!!

Also - I am taking it a step further in a few days. I'll be attending an animal rights meeting on Monday night before Girlie So Groovie - and then...I think I might check out a circus demonstration that's happening in Windsor on the 12th.
More info on that later...

At any rate, I'm outtie...

Dan