I met Andrea in the summer after my freshman year of college. We both went our separate ways after being roommates for a summer but later got in touch when we had babies around the same time. We walked together in the mall on frigid Utah winter mornings and shared our success (and failure) moments in our battle against losing the baby weight and getting healthy again (we both had post-baby problems, I'll share my own experiences soon). We both tried tricks to losing weight: Andrea, Nutrisystem, me P90X. They worked for a while but, at least for me, the problems still existed.
Flash forward a few years, I still follow her blog, even though both of us have moved away from Utah. A few months ago, she wrote that she was going Vegan (a bold move, I thought at the time). She even started a blog about her experiences. She gave up sugar, dairy, meat, and meat products. Four months into the diet change: she is so much healthier. She has lost a ton of weight (she was tiny before!), she has more energy and all those problems are remedying themselves. Maybe there is truth in this diet??
I have since started asking her questions, testing the waters of this diet and seeing if it's right for me. In theory, it sounds awesome, eating what the Good Lord gave us in the forms that He intended. But in practice, it's SO HARD! I have just been trying to be sugar free for the past couple days. It's not easy. Every so often, I find myself daydreaming about ice cream, candy, the works! Out of the blue, I just get a craving and I go in the kitchen in search of junk.
But I must be vigilant! I have to see if I can at least do this much. Cutting out sweets is my first step to a healthier lifestyle.
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