My One Year Veganniversary

Yesterday, June 10, I celebrated one year of living vegan. So, this is my belated Happy Happy to me 🥰🌱🎉🍾👏👍🥃😷

It was so much easier, yet harder than I ever imagined. I was the ultimate carnivore, eating wings a minimum of 4 times a week. Steak, burgers and my fav, sausage and egg sandwiches for breakfast. I find it so weird that I don’t miss any of it. Not once have I craved. And vegan sausage and egg substitute sandwiches are awesome. So are Field Roast Italian sausage, peppers and onions oh my!

I love Thai cooking and I’m slowly learning the art, since I could actually eat Thai every meal. Every meal that isn’t a sausage dish 😎

I’ve learned to make salads in bulk and bag for days of quick grabs.
I have fallen in love with my blender and frozen banana protein shakes.

I eat too many peanuts, PB&J and bagels too many mornings. I’ve gained nearly 20 pounds. I’m a carb junkie and well, the Atkins diet is no longer an option.

What’s been hard? The same problem I had maintaining the Atkins when I lost 30 pounds in under 6 months. Atkins, most diets and Veganism are great for stay at home folks and work at home peeps. Not so great for guys who live on the road as I used to, or who travel half the time pre-plague.

Last year I drove from NH to Florida and back twice (Mom turns 100 this summer). I carried, even at home, a cooler in my car with everything I’d need for drinks and quick meals. Even a jug of iced coffee. But dang it, that’s hard to maintain and is sometimes forgotten. BK impossibles helped but ain’t exactly low cal.

Veganism will become so much simpler when we can safely order a Dunkin bagel with nondairy cream cheese and an iced coffee with oat milk. Or, well, name your favorite driving food and imagine the vegan equivalent at the drive through.

So Happy Veganniversary to me