my experiences

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The past few days I've been making foods that I love...I'm testing

recipes for a crockpot cookbook...so I make stuff, eat stuff, make

other stuff, etc. And take a vitamin at night because I'm not eating

a ton of veggies. But that's okay! I'm re-examining tastes and

loving every minute of it.

I decided to become vegan in eating, as I've wanted to for years, and

it has nothing to do with the addictive nature of foods...I'm setting

that boundary for myself and know that if I eat just one bite I end

up losing some resolve. It's for my ethics!!!

Since I've done that, now I'm loving and enjoying all the vegan foods

I've made lately. I made a vegan mac -n- cheese with unsweetened

coconut milk (not the cans, but the beverage that doesn't taste

coconutty but is rich) and rice cheeze. I made chocolate oatmeal, as

I mentioned, blueberry cornbread, a delicious dahl, etc. For

" breakfast " today I ate up some leftover mac n cheeze, then for

" lunch " had some soy yogurt with muesli and extra raisins. Dinner

will probably be dahl and leftover Laotian food that I had last friday.

What's my point? I'm learning to really enjoy food one step at a

time, and following my hunger cues. It's okay! I can eat whatever I

want whenever...and when I'm gentle with myself I have an eye on

nutrition without being insane about it. That's such a relief!!!

I love discovering the joys of the crockpot. I have a 1.5 qt one and

a 5 qt one. Some good recipes here: http://

healthyslowcooking.wordpress.com. It's easy to prep in advance and

have lovely meals to come home to after work. And the smaller

crockpot is great for breakfasts.

Anyway...that's that. I'm really enjoying this process. I guess I'm

at stage two!!!

Ciao!