Day # 6 - Lifestyles of a (temporary) Vegan - The Weekend

I made it through the weekend!!!!

(And the crowd goes wild)

Man -- I made it through the weekend!!!! I was really interested in how this thang was gonna work out. Like its all good to eat fruit and berries when your going back and forth to work but when your out and about with friends and family eating twigs just isn't cute. I am proud of myself. I feel like taking a lap around the capitol!

We had a gig on Saturday and the team  went to Ihop. I had wings to the front of me, scrapple to the left of me, bacon to the left of me-  to top it off I was surrounded by PANCAKES . Not a place for a (temporary) vegan. Like that was harder than I thought it was gonna be. And to top it all off I found that my VPIC (Vegan Partner in Crime) had salmon. He claims he didn't know (yeah right). So let me tell you I was ready to just a stack with some oink oink on the side.. Sooo, what did I end up eating you asked?? French Fries and broccoli..................yeah I said French fries and broccoli.Sounds weird. It was. But food non the less. Sidebar for potential future vegans: don't eat that combination! I wont ever do that it - I paid for it later. Lets just say I could have fueled a jet.  

I have been waking up feeling light wanting to just float everywhere. Sing with me  I feel pretty .....oh so pretty...... and well I dont know the rest but u get the point. Thanks for listening -- blogging is helping with the process until we read again.... 

Day # 4 - Lifestyles of a (temporary) Vegan

There is a first time for everything -And who would have thought I would go Vegan - Man I feel great!! Like really great! Body inst sluggish. Mind is fresh. I feel like a new person. Day #4 and I thought it would be harder than it really is. This just takes a little thinking ahead - Did y'all know Target has fresh fruits and vegetables?? I bought some stuff  last night.  (Bathroom Break...................................) Now thats out of the way ... where was I oh yeah - I brought some stuff from the Target last night and left my lunch this morning  :(  Blown. gotta get up earlier .I didn't get a chance to workout yesterday evening like I had hoped. But lunch time today looks promising.


Amish market here we come. Going to get me some fruits and veggies -- see what creative recipes  they have. Multi vitamins and protein shakes and bars -- the possibilities are endless. Just so u know. I am not trying to turn into a super woman. Minister Boone once Preached a sermon called "Ugly - Do something about it"  it basically said that if you were dissatisfied with life or the things around your environmental then you should do something to change it. Ans straight up with out questions all this fat is ugly. Yeah I said. Fat is ugly. We could go on and on about how you should feel great no matter what size you are and beauty comes  in different shapes and sizes. But if u realllllllly look at it; being out of breath when u walk up some stairs, not finding the contemporary dress in your size , having high blood pressure and hypertension and diabetes and all the other ailments that is a direct derivative of being over weight is just plain ugly. We gotta stop fooling ourselves and saying hey love me or leave me. I am gonna love you but you might be leaving earlier than u like cause you could say no to that extra slice of carrot cake (Yum!) Right now I watching my mother come home every other day from dialysis - shes week, speaks extremly soft and is on a super strick diet - it breaks my heart to see her go thru this. Its not a pretty a pretty picture to say the least. . And shes waaay smaller than I am.


I have been some form of "thick" my entire life so i am always gonna have curves. Right now I am looking to just have less of them lol. What size do I wanna be? how much do I wanna weigh?? I don't  know. I'll know what that looks like when I get there. And until then I will be on this path of healthy living. I am probably gonna give upp, gain weight and start all over again but thats just a part of the journey. I don't know how I got off on this tangent I guees It was something that I needed to say. 


Now hold your salad field forks int he air and lets make a toast to healthy eating. 
Bon Apetite! 

Day # 3 - Life styles of a (temporary) Vegan

This is what I have been eating so far..................

Okay so its day # 3 of this vegan life style and I am hungry.... well not really but I am. Its hard to explain;  I know I have eaten but feel like I haven't or just ate a littke - I guess I am looking for that "full" feeling which isn't happening. For the past couple of days I have only eaten fruits and vegetables - I am really not that hungry... just want a steak :) . Its probably more of a mental thing than anything. I realize that it takes planning and preparation or u will be hungry. Because I was tired of just eating juices and berries - I woke up this morning and made rice, spinach, plantains and I had some asparagus already cooked in the refrigerator. I also packed a huge apple and these organic breakfast bars, which I have to say aren't so bad after all, two pieces of whole wheat bread and a mixture of almonds and sunflower seeds.... It should be a good day.   If you are the faint at heard or a have a light stomach u might not want to read on.... Okay so why didn't anyone tell me how REGULAR I was going to be ?!?! Like come on!! 3 and 4 times a day? Are you serious?? I was sitting in rehearsal like ooooo gotta go go go (as my grandmother would say). Woke up this morning and had  to go again.... whhhhaaaaatttt? Lets just say my system is clean <3 But on the other hand I feel great. I have some sort of energy that I havent had in a while. So much so I think that after work I am going to go downstairs and get on that thing they call the elliptical and work out for like a half an hour or so. See what happens :)

Going Vegan - why?!?

Sooo I have decided to go vegan for 21 days.. Why you ask?!? Well a friend of mine wanted to do it with him. And since I like the way his braces look against his teeth I said okay :) 


WHAT IN THE WORLD HAVE I GOTTEN MYSELF INTO?!!?!?! You don't eat no meat? You don't eat no meat... its okay we'll have lamb. I really don't know but I am gonna give this thang a shot. I think the hardest part is going to be me finding things to eat when I am out and about. No more fast food stops for me... nope just fake meat and veggies. Does he know I am a Nigerian? -- we eat everything!! I callled my sisters and told them one just started laughing, the other said ,why would you go and do that!?! Hopefully I loose some weight in the process .. As a matter of fact I am going to weight myself today and again in 21 days to see if anything has changed. Mabey my pants will be a little looser or my face will be a bit skinner. Since I am gonna starve why not add some work out to these 21 days. At least if I pass out I will look good ! Dietary supplements and smoothies will get me thru this I know! There is this wedding next year that I want to look cute for - I am tired of being the "fat friend". SO here's to weight loss! The vegan eating life style and being healthy! Bon Appetite! 

That's  me enjoying a Cosi's Steak TMS sandwich which I cannot eat  because I am a temporary vegan !!! 

(okay sikan u can relax breathe in breathe out)