So Just What Do I Eat??

Early November 2010

When I get up in the morning, I'm sometimes not hungry. Or if I am, it quickly passes & I wait until I'm VERY hungry to eat...or actually, drink my breakfast.

A typical breakfast is fresh carrot/apple juice or a strawberry/banana/flax seed smoothie. Between 10 and noon, I have a cup of decaf coffee with coconut milk & Torani syrup (yeah, I haven't given up sugar yet...but this does NOT have high fructose corn syrup in it) Basically, just trying to use up some of the things I have (like coffee) that no one else in my family uses. But I know someday soon, I'm going to have to give up the coffee too! (Oh well, at least I've only been addicted to it for about 4 years!)

Then lunch is either a salad with lots of veggies or some leftover rice, bean, salsa or veggie dish from dinner the night before. Or there's also humuus & chips, salsa & chips, soups or lots of other things I haven't even had a chance to try yet. (Cooked spaghetti squash topped with homemade marinara, homemade wheat/spelt bread with olive oil for dipping...Yummmmm!)

Dinner usually is my heaviest meal of the day and is meatless, dairy-free and probably includes bread...my ALL-time favorite genre of food. We've even been out a few times and I've always found something to eat.

So far the most vegan-friendly place I know of around here is Chipotle...I'm just telling myself it's not "real" butter that they put in the rice. I guess what I don't know won't hurt me right? But their veggie burrito bowl (black beans of course!) with 2 salsas, guacamole & chips is probably the most amazing fast-food meal I've ever had! And if you're a Chipotle fan, you know what I'm talking about!

But my husband & I are trying to find other vegan-friendly places too. So if you know of any, please comment below. So far Panera & MAYBE McAlister's are the only other places we can think of. Otherwise, research of the menu ahead of time is a must.

Haven't starved yet! And actually have been amazed how quickly I'm filling up (can only eat 1/2 of Chipotle's burrito bowl now!) & just how much food I can eat and still lose weight.