Dietitions know best

Okay so yesterday i went to see a Dietitian and i was so excited! I really like learning what is good for my body and what i need and i told her that i wanted to be a Registered Dietitian and she was so excited and i was already excited! So Much Excitement!! Okay well i had a list of questions that i wanted to ask her and i didn't get to all of them because we only had 45mins but i got the most important questions answered. So one question was if it's okay to take a vegan protein powder?, and she said if i don't get enough protein in my meals regularly then yes. Second most important was about Vitamin B-12, if i could just take supplement for it and she said yes of course! So i did get a lot of information from her like what other vitamins/minerals i needed and to plan out my meals to make it easier on me and she was so nice. From now on what I'm going to do is long what i eat on Cron-O-Meter and see what I'm missing or what i need more of and hopefully by the time i go back to school I'll have everything down.

-Monica

Something boring

I wanted to talk about my transistion to being vegan and stuff.
Okay i was vegetarian for a week, which was not hard at all, then on June 18 i went vegan. I had already given up milk i always drank almond milk and cheese i was slowing giving up for example when i went to sandwich shops i would ask without cheese or mayo, so giving up those things weren't that hard at all but lately, as you may see, I've been craving sweets, bread and I've been getting a bit off track but it's not as bad because i get back on track fairly easily. Now i am very conscious of what i buy, making sure it doesn't contain any animal products, but that's only when i buy something like whole wheat bread or tortillas. I'm trying to eat clean and of course more plant based foods but sometimes I'm so lazy to actually cook something so i steam lets say broccoli, green beans, corn, and put it in a bowl with some spinach and there i have lunch! Sounds boring right?...it is. I need to find some easy vegan dinner recipes and learn to cook!...next week.

-Monica

My story

I was a vegetarian for about 3 years but  i wasn't the most healthiest vegetarian. The first weeks of being vegetarian, which was in high school i think tenth grade?, well i was still eating out a lot but i was eating mostly fries and greasy Chinese food thinking i was healthy and i don't really remember what exactly i was eating during the 3 years i was a vegetarian aha. Last year(2011) around November i started eating meat because i didn't feel good i fainted a lot i was a bit scared i was anemic so i thought adding in some meat would make it better and it did, sadly. After educated my self a bit more i went back to being vegetarian. Now I'm eating way more healthier but i still get my fix of Chipotle burritos. I try to stay away from any sugars and most of the time anything processed, i just want to cut out all animal products and eat a more plant based diet. In this blog ill be posting stuff about my slow transition into being a healthy vegan.

-Monica