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Vegan since 10/15 Currently: 50 lbs down

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Currently^^^ So I’m currently down 28lbs from my highest weight.

Backstory: I’ve struggled with weight gain and loss issues for just about my entire life and I spent 5 months in Alaska this last summer where I really let every ounce of my self-restraint go with food. I got back in September and I came back with a vengeance. I’ve spent 3-4 months as a vegan before but I was a little lost and confused on how to really get into a vegan lifestyle and do it in a healthy manner.

I’m back now and have been 100% vegan since the first week of October 2015 and I have no plans to go back to an animal-eating diet!!!

I’m also attempting to lose 110 more lbs. As I’m sure you already said “holy crap that’s a lot of weight”, it’s where my body would be an ideal and healthy BMI. It’s been and will continue to kick my butt but I can’t wait to eventually get there.

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:') I'm now down 50 lbs and wow this is cool to look back on

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Hi everyone I am now down 44 lbs and I'm ecstatic

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A friend texted me asking for some tips on going vegan bc she's considering it... Leave it to me to type out 24 thought out sentences over 6 pages of text 🐰

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Lunch after the gym is my favorite

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The only way I eat food anymore is in a bowl... (Buddha bowls are my new favorite dish!!!)

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Never better

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LOOK AT THIS BEAUTY (yesterday's dinner) It's a grilled buffalo tofu 'po boy (?) sandwich with an apple cole slaw and hooooooly god it was good

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Today’s breakfast was some “sausage” protein patties with hash browns cooked in coconut oil and a mango/nectarine/kiwi/spinach/chia smoothie and it blew my mind

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This was surprisingly super easy to make… 15 min tops and I’m slow at cooking still. And it’s so delicious!!!

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Vanilla Almond Milk latte from Ristretto Roasters in Portland, OR. Dying of how good this is... Also I'm obsessed with Ristretto espresso shots so I found my heaven.

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Today was full of really really good vegan eats... We also got Veggie Grill again 😈 but I only took video of it on my camera oops (sorry I definitely look high holding the donut)

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PORTLAND UPDATE: Veggie Grill changed my life. I want to live in this restaurant.

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Snacksssss

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PORTLAND VIDEO DIARY

I'm heading up to Portland, OR tomorrow for 5 days and while I'm super excited, it's a little nerve wracking because of my diet and eating while on vacation. Luckily Portland is really great and has a million Vegan options/restaurants, it's going to be a bit of a challenge not being able to eat a lot of fresh foods rather than prepared meals. But I'm planning on making a vlog of the food I'm eating while I'm there as well as a Vacation Diary Video! I'll keep everyone posted on my YouTube info once everything is set up. Can't wait!!!

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Follow me on Instagram!!! @mandytakespix Snapchat: amandakjen

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Is it weird that meal prep is one of my favorite things to do? It just makes things so much easier... I prepped a bunch of smoothies a few days ago and they were SO helpful when I was trying to get out the door and didn't want to prepare anything, plus they're obv super healthy. I used 3 main recipes for these that I modified out of a vegan cookbook I got for Christmas. If you're interested in the recipes let me know! I'd be happy to send em over.