Imperfect Vegan

My bumpy journey to veganism

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The Vegan Police

I messed up today and I had a fish supper out the chippy and then ate near enough a whole pack of Fox’s biscuits. Messed up my veganism. Messed up my Weight Watchers. Now I feel fat and sick and bad about myself.

I’ve been looking at a lot if vegan pages and the one thing that strikes me is the vegan police. The people who know better than anyone. Who go out their way to make you feel bad for eating something with honey in it or using peanut butter with palm oil or for wearing Mac foundation. But it’s the vegan police who kind of inspired me to begin a blog and make a separate Instagram and Twitter account. Tomorrow I’m gonna wake up and start veganism all over again and draw a line under today’s food choices. I made one vegan mistake today and two MASSIVE weight Watchers mistakes. We all make mistakes

Anyway.. Lent begins on Wednesday and I can’t let God down so I’ll be 100% vegan for 46 days. And if I’m not…then I promise I’ll confess right here on my blog. Coz nobody’s perfect. We’re all imperfect x

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very much enjoyed a vegan piece n sausage this morning for brekkie with a pineapple and ginger nutribullet. works out at 7sp on weight Watchers x #vegan #weightwatchers #scottishvegan #ukvegan #veganbreakfast #quorn #nutribullet #smartpoints #newlyvegan

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My first time eating out as vegan today and I am so impressed. They has vegetable broth on the menu and then made me my own saag aloo for main course. Nobody rolled their eyes at me like I thought they would when I mentioned that I had emailed asking for a #vegan option. They were very accommodating and I didn't feel like a nuisance 👍 I had genuinely thought that my first time eating out vegan would have been embarrassing or boring Thought I'd be served a boring pasta in tomato sauce. But I was wrong! #glasgowvegan #Scottishvegan #eatingoutvegan #ukvegan #newlyvegan #veganvirginity #aspiringvegan

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Stayed the same at #weightwatchers Very happy with that! #vegancarbs

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it’s my first #vegan weigh in for #weightwatchers today and feeling nervous coz I’ve had a lot of carbs over the week

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Reflections on my first “vegan” week

When I decided last week that I am going to vegan, my friend instantly said that I should start a blog.  I got quite excited about it and joined the first blogging website I could find and made a beautiful (if I do say so myself) mini website about my reasoning behind becoming vegan.  You can see it here  After only a few posts it wouldn’t let me post anymore without paying a fortune :(  So it’s taken me a few days to make up another blogging site.  Not got my head around this one yet but here’s my thoughts...

I already don’t eat red meat and decided to begin my vegan journey by cutting out all milk products.  I’ve NEARLY achieved this apart from the cheese on my lasange on Monday night and the flavouring in my Maggi So Juicy Rosemary & Garlic Seasoning Mix last night.  Both times it just went out of my head completely to check the packet.  So hopefully over the next week I can master the whole milk-free thing and move on to egg-free, chicken-free or fish-free.

Saying that,  I’ve had no chicken and one tiny bit of fish this week.  I haven’t even wanted to eat it.  I’m aware when there’s egg products in the food I eat like egg noodles or veggie burgers and sausages but I’m going to use up the stuff I have in the house before I cut out egg.

So next week I will continue the struggle to cut out milk products and I’ll eliminate chicken and fish too.  I’ll work on egg the following week.

I’ve found this week easy.  Much easier than I thought I would.  I’ve really enjoyed trying new things like quinoa, tofu, vegan cheese and vegan ice cream. I feel SO good.  I feel less bloated, happier, have more energy and I feel like I’ve did some good in the world.  It’s weird. I started this vegan journey for more health reasons than anything and already 6 days on I’m thinking about poor cows, pigs and chickens.  I’ve started googling cruelty free make-up companies.  I never expected to get this involved but here I am.  I’m becoming a hippy!!!  And I like it x

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Just found out Jelly Tots are vegan!!!!  Friday night has been made.

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Is it Cheaper to be Vegan?

When I've been reading through some information (such as the PETA website) about becoming vegan, I've read a few times that it is cost-effective and one will save money as well as lives by becoming vegan.  Win win situ??

Well, I'm just back from Morrison's and have spent a small fortune on Vegan things.  I've bought all sorts of interesting things from tofu to falafels to vegan cheese and I spent £43.  This is quite a bit more than I'd usually spend and I was a bit shocked when I got to the till to be honest.

However, when I got home I laid it all out for a lovely Instagram and Blog photo and had a look at the Use By dates.  I have a feeling this stuff is going to last me a lot longer than my usual shop.  I usually by chicken and fish and lots of it!!!  But it's all gone after a few days.

I'm excited to try new things.

So far today I've nearly been animal free.  I had a veggie burger at lunch time which had egg in it and tonight I am having fish for dinner but apart from that it looks like it will be a milk free day.  My first of many.  It may be a placebo effect....but I genuinely feel great for being milk-free today x

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Day 2 - I ate egg

Okay so I've just dropped my man off at the train station and the boy off at nursery.

I've not told my other half I'm going to try become vegan yet.  I suppose he saw my Vegan Starter Pack from PETA lying about yesterday but I doubt he's thought much about it.

You see he's just started Weight Watchers too.  I've been going for a while and I'm at my goal weight but he wants to lose at least a stone before the wedding.  I do a lot of cooking and I think he was happy to start Weight Watchers so that I could make most of his meals for him.  The dream is to sit and have lovely home-cooked, pointed, healthy family meals every evening and still lose weight.  However, if I'm going to stop eating chicken then what can we all possibly eat together when he pretty much hates vegetables and has no intention at all of eating meat substitutes?

I'll deal with this when the time comes.  He's away offshore for two weeks.  So for now I just need to concentrate on getting cow's milk out my life and then I can deal with the chicken issue.

So today I've had a nutribullet and an alpro yogurt and I'm about to have a Tesco meat free burger in a sandwhich thin for lunch.  But I've just realised the meat free burgers have egg in them?!!  Can I PLEASE get a break?

Egg is not vegan right?  urggh!!!

Anyway...I'm only cutting out milk for now so let's not get carried away with ourselves.

Got to pay the flower woman for wedding flowers today then start writing an essay.

Might go buy another packet of milk-free biscuits to help deal with the stress...

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Still Day 1 and still getting fat

Just ate the whole packet of milk-free digestives.

The whole pack.

Why?

I may be a greedy cow but at least I'm not eating cow products???

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Eating Out as a Vegan

Going for dinner with a friend on Saturday and had initially thought I would just eat my usual and "forget" about being vegan that day.  Then I thought "why should I?"

There's no vegan option (plenty of veggie btw which loos delish but it all has cheese) so I sent them a wee email asking if they have any vegan options.  I wasn't expecting much tbh.  However, in less than 24hrs I had an email telling me that as long as I book a table, preparing me a vegan option would be no problem at all.  I'm delighted.

Maybe this whole vegan thing won't be so hard after all!

So off to Wild Cabaret we go on Saturday and I'm very excited.  Shall update on the meal and take a few photos :) x

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First Day Milk Free - Already Failed

So yesterday I decided enough is enough.  I want to become vegan.

I wrote a post on the private Weight Watchers group that I'm involved in on Facebook saying so.  Because we all know if we go public with our decision then we have to follow through with it!

At the moment I don't eat red meat at all.  I don't have the urge to and haven't for years.  Chicken and fish are different.  They aren't mammals.  I don't mind eating them.  But this will change when I start reading up on the morals behind veganism.  I'm not ready for that yet to be honest.  I'm going to do this but I'm going to take my time with it.  So for now I've decided to start my vegan journey by cutting out milk products.  I already drink almond or coconut milk and love all the Alpro yogurts and milk free biscuits and chocolate so I'm onto a winner here.  Aren't I? My only problem is cheese.  I love cheese.  Cheddar cheese, pizzas, mozzarella, brie, wensleydale with apricots, chilli cheese, cottage cheese, goats cheese, Philadelphia...even quark!

Last night I went to my local Tesco to prepare myself for today's milkless events.  I bought an array of Alpro and Quorn products, a packet of nakd bars and a packet of Tesco's own milk-free digestive biscuits.  Winning...or so I thought.

Overnight oats with alpro milk and yogurt and a nutribullet for breakfast, Quorn chicken style pieces in tomato sauce with courgetti for lunch, Quorn lasagne, chips and veg for dinner....all great!

Or not?  

After eating the lasagne I became aware that it had cheese on top!  My first day and I've already failed.  This is going to be a lot harder than it seemed.....