A few weeks ago I started contemplating the idea of becoming a vegan. Not for moral or ethical reasons, but simply because I wanted to be healthier. I stopped eating red meat two months ago, and yesterday I dropped dairy and eggs from my diet. I currently consume chicken and fish, but will be removing chicken very shortly. I’m still not entirely convinced that fish is bad for you, so I may keep it as part of my diet for a while longer. Currently, I’m finding it a little difficult to get all my calories for the day and only managed to consume about 1000 yesterday. Ideally, I should be getting around 1650 if I want to maintain my current weight. My first day being dairy free looked like this:
Breakfast:
1 cup Special K
1/2 cup soy milk
Snack:
1 apricot
1 apple
1/2 banana
1/2 peach
8 pieces papaya
Lunch:
Salad with carrots, cherry tomatoes, lettuce, alfalfa sprouts, mixed nuts and cucumber
Dinner:
Chili containing beans, mushrooms, chili peppers, yellow pepper, onion, garlic, tomatoes, ground chicken
Crackers
Snack:
chocolate soy pudding
strawberries
raspberries
