Well, I made it through the wall I hit yesterday. Today I was fine, great even.

I had oatmeal with an apple, some raisins and walnuts in it for breakfast, a green smoothie for a mid morning snack, and then I think I missed lunch because I wasn’t hungry then…

I could have eaten dinner I was so hungry when I got home but I had a piece of oat bread dipped in sunflower oil and that tided me over until dinner.

I made the boys kielbasa for dinner, which sort of gave me the heebs as I was taking it out of the package and cutting it up.

I also made polenta – the kind that comes in a plastic tube that you slice into discs. I fried it in sunflower oil (although I usually use butter), heated up a can of black beans and steamed some kale.

I put the beans on top of the polenta and topped that with some salsa and it was satisfying and tasty enough.

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A message from a friend today: “very curious as to your ‘output’ now that your ‘input’ is so changed. how is that treating you?”

Funny you should ask, I said, because I actually wrote about at the end of the 1st week but decided against actually posting it. But since someone has actually asked about that part of the experiment, I will share…

I think I wrote something like “Wow! How can I eat so little and poop so much??”. 

I have heard it said, probably from a man, that there are few things in life as satisfying as a good bowel movement. I’m happy to report that is my daily experience. Not that it was so terrible when I was eating meat. But this is definitely much better, consistently so. 

Today I am actually feeling quite happy being a vegan. Funny how things often get worse before they get better.