A meat kind of day

Lorelai and I headed over the hill to Napa and had a girlie day! We stopped at Target, then Playground Fantastico, then Taylor's Refresher for Lunch. If you've never heard of Taylor's Refresher, it is a very yummy Burger Joint with organic meat. Kind of a high end In-and-Out. I splurged and had a cheeseburger and fries. After lunch, we stopped in next door to the Oxbow Market and shared a petite Gluten-Free Chocolate Cupcake! Within an hour after our splurge, I started to feel run down and completely out of it. I haven't had a meal like that in almost 2 months, my body totally freaked!! So for dinner, I made a veggie-pot-pie with gluten free pie crust. I feel much better! I don't think my body can handle those kid of meals any more. It's a very very very very rare kind of thing. Just thought I would share. I'm about to watch Amelia and Ryan made Vegan Popcorn! Vegan Butter and popped the popcorn from scratch! Yumm!!

Test Results

I got my results back and everything looks great! Everything is within the normal range. But a few things still need slight improvements!

Cholestrol: (Less than 200 is desirable)

12/15/08 - 180
3/3/10 - 160

HDL: ("Good Cholesterol" Optimal level for women is 50 - 60)

12/15/08 - 38
3/3/10 - 38

LDL: ("Bad Cholesterol" Optimal is 100 or less)

12/15/08 - 123
3/3/10 - 101

Glucose: (Levels 70 - 99 are normal)

12/15/08 - 97
3/3/10 - 88

I'm very happy with the results and am now convinced Veganism is the way to go (most of the time!)

The End!

Hey all! So Sorry I haven't had a chance to write since the Vegan ended. I did it! I made it an entire month as a Vegan and loved it! I kind of missed cheese and chicken, but not to the extent that I thought I would. This experience really put me out of my element and taught me how to eat. I knew how to eat before, but I learned to eat the good stuff and enjoy it. The research really scared me, and I am completely done with Cow's Milk. But I've learned to buy the other stuff correctly, from the farmer, or from the store, but Organic & Free-Range!

This week, I have had chicken twice and truthfully, not a huge fan! I eat it, but I don't feel good after eating it, so it may be an occasional thing. I say, everything in moderation! In the morning, I am going to go in and do my fasting blood work. The test should come back by the end of the week, or next week some time. When I get the results, I'll be happy to share them.

Now that I am at the end, I want to thank you all for all of your support throughout this very challenging month. I loved hearing your thoughts and ideas and words of encouragement. I couldn't believe I had that many followers out there! I couldn't have done this for 28 days without you all behind me, egging me on! (Sorry for the pun!) My husband really started to support me when he saw that I was losing weight and feeling good. He also started to like the food a little. Who knew he was such a fan of Tofu?? It was great! And now, he isn't pushing me to eat meat right away, he thinks I should just eat meat occasionally! What a great guy. In the beginning, I thought this would be a real strain on our marriage, but it turned out to be a challenge to our marriage that turned out for the best. Thank goodness!

I will continue to update this blog, just not everyday. I'll let you all know how things are going as I continue on my quest to lose 40lbs! 5 down, 35 more to go! My new goal is to shed most, or all by Lorelai's 3rd Birthday on August 22nd.

Until next time........