Yay! So pleased with this!
10-point checklist:
1. Start each meal... Yes!
2. 50/50 Plate...& fruit for dessert: Yes!
3. Reduce added sugar and salt: Yes!
4. Eliminate all animal foods. Yes! For 4 yrs now.
5. Eliminate all higher fat plant food. No— I had Chia seed, ground flaxseed, and a handful of cashews this week on 3 different days. I used the cashews in a dressing and put the seeds on oatmeal.
6. Eliminate any added oil. Yes! I got rid of the oil weeks ago and do not miss it!
7. Eliminate all high calorie-dense food... No. I found a pack of saltines in a kitchen drawer and instead of throwing them away I ate them! What was that about?!?!
8. Don't drink your calories. No. I had a kale and fruit smoothie for one of my breakfasts this week.
9. Don’t starve, don’t stuff.... Yes!
10. Avoid being sedentary... Yes! I walked at least 30 minutes every day this week.
Discovery: in watching and listening to videos of Chef AJ and Jeff Novick I realized how common cruelty to animals is the starting point to go vegan. For Chef AJ it was the beheading of a salamander in an anatomy class. For Jeff it was seeing a beef tongue in his family’s butcher shop. For me it was watching a documentary on Asia and seeing a man pick up a live cat at the end of a rod around it’s neck and dipping it in boiling water. I still have nightmares.
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