2/10/12

Weight: 119.5

Today I ate:
Three Starbucks petite vanilla bean scones (not vegan) (140 cal. ea.)
Zoup! Frontier 7 Bean soup (bowl, 16oz., 200 cal., definitely vegan) with a multi-grain roll (maybe not vegan)
500mL diet Mtn. Dew
Giant spinach and arugula salad with dijon balsamic vinaigrette, carrots, dried cranberries, almonds, soy nuts, and pepitas
Cafe Latte (almond milk, sugar, coffee)

Vitamins:
DEVA Vegan Prenatal Vitamin
VegLife Supreme Vegan D 2000 IU
DEVA Vegan Cal-Mag Plus (Zinc, Vitamin D, Boron & more) Chelated

2/9/12

Weight: 119

Today I ate:
1 Del Monte fruit naturals red grapefruit in 100% juice (100 cal)
1 White Chocolate Macadamia Luna Bar (190 cal)
2 500mL bottles of diet Mtn. Dew
2 bowls of angel hair pasta with tomato sauce
1 bowl of roasted broccoli (olive oil, garlic salt, pepper)
A handful of Triscuits, a couple tbsp. almond butter, a couple tbsp. vegan chocolate chips

Vitamins:
DEVA Vegan Prenatal Vitamin
VegLife Supreme Vegan D 2000 IU
DEVA Vegan Cal-Mag Plus (Zinc, Vitamin D, Boron & more) Chelated

2/8/12

Weight: I'm sick and I didn't weight myself :(

Bowl of angel hair pasta with tomato sauce
Spinach smoothie made with 1 Del Monte grapefruit cup, 1 pint of raspberries, and 1 banana
Fajita veggie burrito from Chipotle (cilantro-lime brown rice, black beans, fajita veggies including green bell peppers and red onions, lettuce, guacamole, and corn salsa in a flour tortilla)
1 500mL diet Mtn. Dew

Vitamins:
DEVA Vegan Prenatal Vitamin
DEVA Vegan Vitamin D2 800IU
DEVA Vegan Cal-Mag Plus (Zinc, Vitamin D, Boron & more) Chelated

2/7/12

Weight: 120.1

Today I ate:
1 Del Monte fruit naturals red grapefruit in 100% juice (I had been saying these fruit cups were made by Dole, my bad!) (100 cal)
1 banana
2 500mL bottles of diet Mtn. Dew
Boca patty (100-calorie size) with seasoned salt on a deli-size onion bun (170 cal) with about a tsp. of Vegenaise (35 cal) and some arugula x2 (two whole burgers, so like 620 cal total)
2 dill pickle spears (15 cal or so)
Bowl of angel hair pasta with tomato sauce
Roasted broccoli
Vitamins:
DEVA Vegan Prenatal Vitamin
VegLife Supreme Vegan D 2000 IU
DEVA Vegan Cal-Mag Plus (Zinc, Vitamin D, Boron & more) Chelated

2/6/12

Weight: 121.4 (bloating... typical for a day after I eat too much!)

Today I ate:
2 Mocha Chip Muffins (someone else kindly wrote up the recipe here, but it's originally from Vegan with a Vengeance by Isa Chandra Moskowitz) (about 240 calories each)
1 banana
1 Smucker's Uncrustables PB & Grape Jelly sandwich on whole wheat bread (210 cal)
2 500mL bottles of diet Pepsi Wild Cherry
Boca patty (100-calorie size) with seasoned salt on a deli-size onion bun (170 cal) with about a tsp. of Vegenaise (35 cal) and some arugula x2 (two whole burgers)
Dill pickle spear

Vitamins:
DEVA Vegan Prenatal Vitamin
VegLife Supreme Vegan D 2000 IU
DEVA Vegan Cal-Mag Plus (Zinc, Vitamin D, Boron & more) Chelated

2/5/12

Weight: 120

Today I ate:
1 6-oz. cup of vanilla soy yogurt (160 calories)
5 (for shame) Mocha Chip Muffins (someone else kindly wrote up the recipe here, but it's originally from Vegan with a Vengeance by Isa Chandra Moskowitz) (about 240 calories each... OH GOD)
Angela Liddon's Easy Black Bean Chili Dip garnished with 1 avocado ( For lunch I split it with my husband and we cleaned the plate! We ate it scooping it up with countless Baked Tostitos tortilla chips. Not diet-friendly to eat that much, but who's dieting this weekend?)
Crushed lentil soup (full bowl) with two restaurant pitas (a man's palm -sized)
Fattoush (pita chips, romaine lettuce, tomato, cucumber, mint & parsley, sumac vinaigrette)
Fresh carrot-apple juice
1 500mL diet Pepsi Wild Cherry (which reminds me, I drank a can of diet Mtn. Dew yesterday and of course, forgot to write that in after I lost my post)

Vitamins:
DEVA Vegan Prenatal Vitamin
VegLife Supreme Vegan D 2000 IU
DEVA Vegan Cal-Mag Plus (Zinc, Vitamin D, Boron & more) Chelated

2/4/12

Weight: 117.7 (see, fluctuations are normal!)

Today I ate:
I lost my blog post so this isn't so reliable:
3 Krispy Kreme doughnuts
Mashed potatos made with Earth Balance and Silk Almond Unsweetened
Mixed frozen veggies (green beans, carrots, corn, and peas)
Spinach smoothie with 1 banana and a Dole pineapple cup in 100% juice
Kale chips (a baking sheet full)
Half a bunch of roasted asparagus in sesame oil with soy sauce and sesame seeds

Hope I didn't forget something!

Vitamins:
DEVA Vegan Prenatal Vitamin
VegLife Supreme Vegan D 2000 IU
DEVA Vegan Cal-Mag Plus (Zinc, Vitamin D, Boron & more) Chelated

2/3/12

Weight: 119.6 (but I noticed my bum is huge compared to how it was when I exercised regularly... devising a plan with the husband to go to the gym again, finally!)

Today I ate:
1 White Chocolate Macadamia Luna Bar
1 500mL diet Pepsi Wild Cherry
1 banana
Footlong veggie sub (no cheese) from Subway (lettuce, tomato, cucumber, green pepper, onion, vinegar, salt & pepper)
Spinach smoothie with 1 banana, 10 or so mid-size strawberries, a Dole grapefruit cup in 100% juice, and two tbsp. flaxmeal
Cabbage salad with soy dressing and crispy wontons (from Sam's Club)
8 stalks of celery with almond butter and chocolate chips

Vitamins:
DEVA Vegan Prenatal Vitamin
VegLife Supreme Vegan D 2000 IU
DEVA Vegan Cal-Mag Plus (Zinc, Vitamin D, Boron & more) Chelated

2/2/12

Weight: 121 (water weight sticking around due to restaurant food?)

Today I ate:
Almond Breeze Almond and Coconut milk blend with 2-3 servings of the French Toast Crunch cereal (just finishing the box off)
1 White Chocolate Macadamia Luna Bar
1 500mL diet Pepsi Wild Cherry
Sourdough roll and a bowl (16 oz.) of Vegetarian Split Pea soup from Zoup!
About 2 cups of roasted broccoli
A snack stack of Ritz crackers with almond butter and chocolate chips

Vitamins:
DEVA Vegan Prenatal Vitamin
VegLife Supreme Vegan D 2000 IU
DEVA Vegan Cal-Mag Plus (Zinc, Vitamin D, Boron & more) Chelated

2/1/12

Weight: 121 (feeling bloated)

Today I ate:
1 White Chocolate Macadamia Luna Bar
1 500mL diet Pepsi Wild Cherry
A bowl of pasta with hummus sauce (jar pasta sauce + roasted red pepper hummus+ 1 tbsp. dried basil) and veggies (mini bella mushrooms, carrots, red onion, garlic, red bell pepper, balsamic, oil, garlic salt & pepper)
White bean hummus and checca with pizza-pita (whole appetizer as entree, from California Pizza Kitchen)
Pea and barley soup (bowl)
Cinnamon and Apple crumble (1/3 dessert, no ice cream, but not a vegan dessert... butter?)
Chocolate lollipop (also probably not vegan... milk?)
Coffee with some Almond Breeze Unsweetened Coconut-Almond milk blend

Vitamins:
DEVA Vegan Prenatal Vitamin
VegLife Supreme Vegan D 2000 IU
DEVA Vegan Cal-Mag Plus (Zinc, Vitamin D, Boron & more) Chelated

1/31/12

Weight: 120.5 (I had that smoothie last night right before bed... bad idea)

Today I ate:
1 banana
1 White Chocolate Macadamia Luna Bar
1 500mL diet Pepsi Wild Cherry
A bowl of pasta with hummus sauce (jar pasta sauce + roasted red pepper hummus+ 1 tbsp. dried basil) and veggies (mini bella mushrooms, carrots, red onion, garlic, red bell pepper, balsamic, oil, garlic salt & pepper) Lots of leftovers which will be my lunches this week ^.^
Steamed cauliflower and yellow-skin potatoes mashed with Earth Balance (vegan butter), Silk unsweetened almond milk, garlic salt & pepper
About a cup of mixed frozen veggies (corn, carrots, green beans, and green peas)
1 can of diet Mtn. Dew
1 mug of Keurig hot apple cider

Honestly, not enough protein today :-/

Vitamins:
DEVA Vegan Prenatal Vitamin
VegLife Supreme Vegan D 2000 IU
DEVA Vegan Cal-Mag Plus (Zinc, Vitamin D, Boron & more) Chelated

1/30/12

Weight: 119

Today I ate:
1 banana
1 White Chocolate Macadamia Luna Bar
1 "french bread" roll and cup (12 oz.) of Spicy Black Bean Chili from Zoup!
1 500mL diet Pepsi Wild Cherry
1 can of diet Mtn. Dew
A bowl of pasta with hummus sauce (jar pasta sauce + roasted red pepper hummus+ 1 tbsp. basil) and veggies (mini bella mushrooms, carrots, red onion, garlic, red bell pepper, balsamic, oil, garlic salt & pepper)
Smoothie with spinach, 1 banana, 8 or so strawberries, and a Dole pineapple cup

Vitamins:
DEVA Vegan Prenatal Vitamin
VegLife Supreme Vegan D 2000 IU
DEVA Vegan Cal-Mag Plus (Zinc, Vitamin D, Boron & more) Chelated

1/29/12

Weight: 120.2 (this is either the sodium in the processed foods at work, or PMS)

Today I ate:
Smoothie (two full glasses) with several handfuls of baby spinach, a handful of kale, six strawberries, one banana, 1 Dole Pineapple fruit cup in 100% juice, and 1/2 cup Almond Breeze Almond/Coconut milk blend (this is new and really tasty! It's about 45 calories per cup). This is about 400 calories, but a normal person would probably just have one glass ;)
A bowl of Frosted Toast Crunch with the Almond-coconut milk (probably twice as much as I had yesterday, but I'm under the weather and feel a bit like pigging out)
Spinach salad with kale and arugula, dried cherries, chickpeas, carrots, fresh dill, and dijon balsamic vinaigrette

I got a really bad migraine so I didn't feel like eating dinner :(

Vitamins:
DEVA Vegan Prenatal Vitamin
VegLife Supreme Vegan D 2000 IU
DEVA Vegan Cal-Mag Plus (Zinc, Vitamin D, Boron & more) Chelated

1/28/12

Weight: 118.9

Kind of a shameful packaged foods day...
Today I ate:
Frosted Toast Crunch (a variety of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, but I actually prefer the original) with Silk Almond Milk (unsweetened original) - I didn't measure it, but I was careful to not fill up the bowl. Cereal portions on the nutrition labels are ridiculously small but if you eat more you're getting a sugar bomb :-P
Tofurky Vegan Cheese Pizza (yeah, the whole thing... about 720 calories)
Two tablespoons of Almond Butter (right out the jar... PMS is a fun time)
Two bowls of this corn chowder recipe with 1/2 of a french baguette (yay, carbs... indeed, the full-size, long kind)
1 glass of diet Wild Cherry Pepsi


Vitamins:
DEVA Vegan Prenatal Vitamin
VegLife Supreme Vegan D 2000 IU
DEVA Vegan Cal-Mag Plus (Zinc, Vitamin D, Boron & more) Chelated

1/27/12

Weight: 119.6 (See, y'all, it was water weight :-P)

Today I ate:
1 banana
1 White Chocolate Macadamia Luna Bar
Chickpea Salad (recipe here from Angela Liddon) on 100-calorie wrap
Another cup or so of the chickpea salad
Half a can of Amy's Southwestern Black Bean Chili, with (uncounted... oops!) Garden of Eatin' blue corn tortilla chips and diced red onion
1 diet Mtn. Dew
1 glass of diet Wild Cherry Pepsi

Vitamins:
DEVA Vegan Prenatal Vitamin
VegLife Supreme Vegan D 2000 IU
DEVA Vegan Cal-Mag Plus (Zinc, Vitamin D, Boron & more) Chelated

1/26/12

Weight: 120.9 (P.F. Chang's always bloats me up a couple of pounds... but it's just water weight!)

Today I ate:
1 banana
1 Lemon Zest Luna Bar
1/4 P.F. Chang's Ma Po Tofu with brown rice (it was about a cup in the order last night and I'd mixed it in, so I'm getting whatever is left)
1.5 cups of peas with about 1.5 tbsp. Earth Balance (non-hydrogenated soy margarine) - I lovelovelove green peas and have owned several "Peas on Earth" t-shirts, magnets...
Chickpea Salad (recipe here from Angela Liddon) on 100-calorie wrap
Whole Foods Tofu Spring Rolls (2) with Thai Peanut dressing (I think they're actually "Summer" rolls, though.  Spring rolls are fried, whereas these had that soft ricepaper wrapping - much healthier)
Tons of baby kale chips (used Tiffany's recipe, and they were really tasty! Omnivore husband liked them, too)
1 diet Mtn. Dew
1 glass of Coke Zero

Vitamins:
DEVA Vegan Prenatal Vitamin
VegLife Supreme Vegan D 2000 IU
DEVA Vegan Cal-Mag Plus (Zinc, Vitamin D, Boron & more) Chelated

1/25/12

Weight: 119.4 (down .4 lbs. probably due to normal fluctuation/fiber intake.  Those wraps I ate last night have 48% DV of fiber... eek!)

Today I ate:
Smoothie with: 1 banana, 1 pint of raspberries (too much, but I had to use them up or they would go bad), half a pound of strawberries (also too much, 5 or 6 would be perfect), and a couple handfuls of baby spinach
1 sliced red bell pepper with 150-calorie pack of hummus
P.F. Chang's Vegetarian Lettuce Wraps (about half the order)
P.F. Chang's Ma Po Tofu and 1 cup brown rice (about 3/4 of the order)
Glass of Pinot Noir
About a cup of cookie dough dip... not my proudest week ;-)

Vitamins:
DEVA Vegan Prenatal Vitamin
VegLife Supreme Vegan D 2000 IU

1/24/12

Weight: 119.8 (up .2 lbs... probably overdid it with the Cookie Dough Dip)

Today I ate:
1 banana
1 Lemon Zest Luna Bar
1 snack-size roll of Ritz crackers with 150-calorie portioned Sabra hummus (ran out of celery)
About a cup of the cookie dough dip... it thickened up in my fridge so I ate it in a bowl with a spoon, LOL
2 100-calorie whole grain tortilla wraps filled with spinach and arugula salad (chickpeas, carrots, dijon balsamic vinaigrette, 150-calorie pack of hummus, and trail mix - cranberries, almonds, soy beans)
1 can of diet Mtn. Dew
same vitamins as yesterday, though I'm now out of Jarrow Bone-Up and waiting for my DEVA Vegan Cal-Mag+ to arrive

Disclaimer

It's easy being vegan (*ahem* near-vegan). I swear! I can't necessarily claim I eat a *healthy* diet because I'm a big-time junk-food fan, but I wanted to get back into tracking what I eat because I used to weigh 10 lbs. less and I know it's because I have been naughty lately (and stopped smoking about a year ago... and stopped exercising about six months ago...).  Still, if I'm going to share what I eat I knew I should let you all know the following:

*I'm not a food expert of any kind.
*I'm not a chef.
*I'm not a nutritionist.
*I'm not a doctor of any kind (no masters in Literature, even!)
*I'm not affiliated in any way with the brands of food I'm eating.
*I do recommend a vegetarian/vegan diet, but my endorsement is personal and I'm not going to back up anything with science because I'm not a scientist or researcher.  Please seek out horrifying PETA videos on your own.
*I'm at a healthy weight (by BMI).
*I have a clean bill of health (though I do have acne and eczema and I have had these chronic conditions my entire life, including when I was an omnivore prior to 2007).
*I don't intend this blog to inform anybody how they should eat or what they should ethically believe.
*I'm not even 100% vegan! I don't wear leather or silk, but I do use cosmetics that have not been confirmed to contain zero animal products coming from certified cruelty-free companies. I would certainly prefer to, though.
*I'm like 90% vegan (arbitrarily assigned percentage), but have a 100% vegetarian diet (to the best of my knowledge).

My goal with this blog is to help me track just how much not-good stuff I eat and own up to it (and hopefully reduce it!).  The reason I'm doing it in blog form is just to satisfy the curiosity of anybody who stumbles upon it.  Am I the only person who wonders what other people eat?  Especially people who are skinny and super-healthy (haha)?

Stats: 28 years old
Ethnicity: white mutt (German, Polish, Russian, Jewish, Catholic... we have hips and boobs)
Height: 5'4" or 1.62 meters (162 cm for the math-impaired)
Weight: 119.6 lbs. or 54.2 kg this morning (after using the bathroom, not drinking water or eating, and no clothes XD the standard method)
BMI: 20.7 this morning

I'll try to put up pictures of my (clothed) body sometimes... especially if I manage to lose/gain a few pounds.

Today I ate:
1 banana
1 Lemon Zest Luna Bar
several sticks of celery with a 150-calorie portioned hummus by Sabra
2 cans of diet Mountain Dew
About a cup of Punk Rock Chickpea Gravy over a few servings of Ore-Ida waffle-cut french fries (my vegan version of Poutine... meat-eating husband also likes, but he says it's more similar to chili fries.  I've never actually had real poutine, but I must say my version looks much less disgusting LOL)
A bowl of roasted broccoli made by my husband (I know it had some EVOO, garlic salt, and red pepper flakes. Possibly also Teriyaki sauce)
A snack-size roll of Ritz crackers with Chocolate Covered Katie's Cookie Dough Dip

Countless: cups of coffee (okay, I should start counting these!), cups of water

Vitamins:
DEVA vegan pre-natal vitamin (not unlike a multi-vitamin, but makes your hair and nails extra-nice)
Jarrow Bone-up vegan formula (for calcium)
VegLife Supreme Vegan D 2000 IU (everybody in the northern hemisphere probably needs to supplement Vitamin D in the winter)