As promised here is more about my foray into the world of Vegan eating.
I have completed week one and I feel great! I have lost 6lbs!!! And that is solely from eating on this meal plan as I have not increased my physical activity to any great degree.
Some of the highlights, surprises and disappointments from our first week.
1) It does still take some work and preparation as the goal is to make everything from scratch. This means I made guacamole, peanut sauce and hummus from scratch for the first time ever.
2) The amount of "sweet treats" in the plan is AMAZING! I have not felt deprived once. There have been no mid-day cravings to grab a donut at the coffee shop or a chocolate bar from the corner store (which were pretty daily cravings before this plan!) My hubby even survived a cupcake day at his work without any real struggle!
3) The amount of food in general is a lot. I don't think I have been able to eat everything on the menu for the day, yet.
4) Some of my favourite meals has been a Black Bean Taco Salad over Quinoa, French Toast with Raspberry Sauce (who knew you didn't need eggs and milk for that!), Mushroom Marinara Pasta and Oatmeal Raisin Cookies. I am blown away by the types of food I get to eat. Even my twelve year old daughter is loving the plan. (she's by no means a picky eater but I was worried she wouldn't enjoy the change in diet as she loves cheese and ham!!)
5) There was one night where I just didn't have time to make the meal that was planned for dinner. Had I reviewed the plan for the week more thoroughly I would have thought to make the main portion of this meal ahead of time and just put it in the freezer until the day of... live and learn.
6) My only real problem with the plan is the amount of peanuts used... and the only reason it's a problem is that my daughter isn't allowed to bring anything with peanuts in it to school which makes some of the snacks a little hard. Other than that, all is good!
Thank you so much +Heather Nauta for creating this plan!
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