Another Year and 3 months later

And now... a restart.... again.

In the last year and 3 months we've...

Continued with eliminating "bad food"

Read a ton of books, reports and documentaries on nutrition

Learned how to cook healthy food so that it is tasty

Turned VEGAN

Yes, that's correct

We are officially VEGAN.

We eat....

NO SOY

NO HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP

NO DAIRY

NO MEATS OF ANY KIND

NO EGGS

NO PROCESSED SUGARED TREATS

NO RED DYE

NO FROZEN MEALS

and

LESS GRAINS

Of course, we only turned vegan August 1st...  23 days ago.

LOL

I just read back through my older posts and couldn't help but laugh at the one where I'm marveling at eating spinach leaves! Spinach is a staple in this house now. After much research and after doing an elimination diet and realizing that we have a lot of issues with dairy, we decided we'd try out vegan for a month. Within 10 days John was in the kitchen making delicious meals, we outfitted our kitchen with staples and we decided to permanently stay vegan because the benefits were obvious and immediate... especially when my gall bladder attacks stopped.

Is it hard?

No, not at all really.

We pack lunches, we order vegetables at restaurants or bring our own. I find myself saying "we're vegan" without a thought. At most, the smell of other food sometimes draws me in but then I just think about the stomach pain I'd have and I'm good.

Plus, its a "popular" lifestyle right now so its much easier to live this way. 

Are you sure you're staying vegan if its only been 23 days?

Yes

Except we're discussing possibly adding local eggs back into our diet.

and we're going Gluten free

and our next experiment is to eliminate WHEAT for a month to see if we see a difference.

Of course, that one is a little harder for us as many no-soy vegan dishes contain it.

It might take us awhile.