Coming up to the two week mark of being meat free, and I'm feeling great. Well, sort of.
I suffered the worst migraine I've ever had on Friday night (not that I've had many anyway), I was unable to finish my evening meal (I did manage to eat all of my oven cooked tofu though) and had to go to bed at half past 8, due to feeling so bad. Then at 10, I was sick, which made me feel so much better within 20 minutes, but I still felt the effects of the migraine the following day, and I even woke up with a slight sensation of a headache on the Sunday morning. Not really sure what triggered the migraine, I know I neglected my usual habit of drinking a stack load of water Wednesday and Thursday, plus I went from half 11 in the morning until gone 7 that Friday night without food, so those factors probably didn't help. When researching causes of migraines, I came across many websites suggesting that migraines can co-inside with a woman expecting her 'time of the month', which I was, as well as a change in dietary habits, as it seems as if a migraine is the way in which the body detoxes itself. So all in all, I had all the odds stacked up against me for me to be ill this weekend, so probably my own fault that it happened.
Apart from the migraine, I have felt really good. Went to the doctors this week where he weighted me, and I was lighter than I expected myself to be, and then when weighing myself on the scales in my boyfriends house over the weekend, since the time I weighed myself last, about 3 weeks/a month ago, I've lost about 4 pounds without even trying. In fact, the last month, I have done a lot less exercise than I usually do in a week (I've been neglecting my weekly swim), so that was really awesome.
I've also noticed a big change in my (ahem) trips to the bathroom....in a good way (and we will leave it at that!).
I also tried some pre-made supermarket brand veggie burgers. I believe it was something like 'three bean, pepper and cheese' burgers. They were tasty, and I still have a spinach and some other veggie ingredient burger to try that I have here, so hoping they are good too. Still holding off on the food that is supposed to taste like meat, but seeing as I'm not really missing meat at all, I don't really see the point at them moment. I also tried some stir fried kale with some garlic and soy sauce, and that was pretty good too.
I've always liked peanut butter, and through my research into what vegetarians should eat, I noticed that peanut butter is a good thing to eat, so I bought some. Only to my amazement that it was also suitable for vegans too. Seeing as it has 'butter' in the name, I always assumed that there was a dairy product in there somewhere. False advertising I say!
