Since Lent ended three weeks ago I have remained "Vegan Leaning". Monday through Friday I try my best to make mostly vegan choices all day long. On Saturday and Sunday I am on a free-for-all.... but still find my meat and dairy being very limited. I have especially stayed away from dairy.
Although not 100% (even during the weekdays) my vegan diet choices have continued for the most part. I still have been feeling great and am happy with the lifestyle choices I have made along the way the last few months. I will admit on Easter Sunday I felt awful after five slices of bacon, two waffles, and a whole non-vegan brunch (think eggs and dairy) with friends. Come evening I felt very sluggish. Since then I have been careful.
Friday night my daughter's Drama Club at school hosted a "Dinner Theater" production. The meal served was lasagna, bread, salad and homemade brownies. Even though it was Friday, I decided to go ahead and eat the meal rather than go hungry. There was a lot of cheese in this lasagna, and I should have limited my intake.... but once I started I saw no reason to stop. I even ate the brownie!
Big mistake. The rest of the night and most of Saturday morning I felt like crap. I was not in pain, but I could tell that my digestive track was in flux over the high level of non-vegan food that had been introduced in one setting. A few bites here and there had not been a problem.... but this meal was over the top.
I had heard that going back to a regular diet after this long vegan would not be easy. I think I learned my lesson. Nothing about the meal was really even that good, certainly not worth the way I felt afterwards.
Saturday I returned to my vegan cuisine and was feeling better by the afternoon.
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