I cannot believe how quickly the past 2 years have flown by. I am so disappointed that I cannot get my shit together and stick to my diet plan. I want to lose about 80 more pounds, but I realize I have to do that on my own.

My surgeons office recommended I go back to my post op diet. I am going to find my paperwork to get my head back into the game. The last 18 months of COVID has truly been stressful. I am proud of myself for having lost 80 lbs, but I see others have lost more and I’m disappointed that I haven’t lost more.

Well now is the time to get my shit together. I will say that initially my motivation to lose weight was being off medication. I am deathly afraid of relying on insulin or blood pressure meds. I know too many people that purposely eat sweets knowing they can use insulin to counteract it. Now if only I can channel that emotion into eating better.

One thing that really bothered me about my post op visit with the physician assistant is that I mentioned I was on a WFPB diet and she doesn’t agree with it. She stated she thinks a flexitarian diet is better. What really bothered me is that 2 of the surgeons in the practice support a WFPB diet. One of the physicians is really well known in the WFPB community. Anyway, I really need to get my head back into this.

I am super excited to see more WFPB meal choices that are not salads. About 10 years ago as a vegan, your restaurant choices were usually salad with shitty salad dressing. It is super exciting to see restaurants offering Beet Burgers or air fried falafel. Society is absolutely getting better and better. now if only we can get them to realize not all oil is good.

There is a phrase “failing to plan is planning to fail”. I need to remind myself that planning is key. If I don’t plan I will not get to where I want to go. With that being said. I have a lot of soups in the freezer. I really need to find quick and easy meals for the week. As much as I love soup, I find they don’t fill me. Salads fill me, but I want sweet stuff after. So these days, I use a pita pocket, with roasted red pepper hummus and then fill it with a salad. It is actually really good and filling. I am totally loving it.

I know I’m being random today, but there is a lot of stuff going through my head. So, a few books that I’m trying to read are:

The Plant Based Athlete. I love that there are so many world class athletes that follow a WFPB Diet.

The Pleasure Trap: I haven’t started it yet, but I hope to. I think that will be my evening reading for the next week or so.

Finally, I did another hair chop the past week and decided I would go super short. I am loving my new hair and I don’t care that there is a ton of grey. I’m no longer living my life for others, but just for me. After all, I only have one life to live.