KawaiiVeganNess

It's been over a year since I started to really try to lose weight. As you know I started following the slimming world plan as I diet, it's really easy. I believe it gives you a good base knowledge of how people should be eating. Teaches people that cooking for themselves is WAY better than processed crap! Of course I think they promote meat and dairy far too much, but they do cater to vegans quite well. I've been up and down with my weight but i'm still around 11lbs down from where I started! So I guess that's a positive! I'm not 3 weeks away from the last weeding of the year, and I SO want to get into the size 12 outfit I got earlier in the year! I'm not sure I can lose that much weight, but I need to get out of the mindset that "it's not going to happen, so why should i try"!! I've been with my bf for around 8 months now, and this is where it's become hard for me. We both LOVE junk food, it's hard to say no, and I'v...

18 months ago I wrote to some of my closest girls and asked them to help me....Help isn't something I'm very good at asking for. And I think this is just as relevant now. I've been on and off the wagon for some time now, but I need to get serious again! Hey girls, This might come as a shock, or may sounds very intense, but you guys know how much I want to lose some weight and get fit and healthy, and you all know how much this hasn't happened for me. And I don't think this is going to happen while I’m still doing the same things I've always been doing. So, I'm going to start turning down dinners, drinks, some events to focus on me for a while.  Some things I've already paid for I’m going to do, as I don't want to stop living my life. But I do need to focus on the food I put into my body, and let’s face it, I’m not strong enough to go out and order a salad. I'm opening up, and I don't want sympathy, I don't want you ...

So last night you asked me for a goal...and i couldn't see one. See the point. Or why I was worthy of even trying. This positive, bubbly, outgoing, always on the go girl sometimes, just sees black.... This morning I tried 7 different things on to wear. Some of them had gotten too big previously, And this morning I'd accepted that they would probably fit me now....but they didn't. They were still too big!! Maybe I haven't undone all my hard work. Maybe some of this is just water weight from the shite I've been eating. Maybe...just maybe I can shift this quickly and get back on track. But I have to start don't I?! So my goal.... 22lbs down by the 17th of May. That's a sensible 2lbs loss a week. I know I can do that! It's a week by week thing. One day off doesn't mean a whole week of self sabotage. Then. That's it. The end. The end of the struggle. Then it's just a life of eating well 70% of the time and 30% feeling f...

Whether you're vegan or not, you can't deny there's been a real shift in the world towards a vegan lifestyle. More and more companies are going cruelty free (yay!). So many supermarkets are labeling things as vegan to eat. And more of the world is trying to do its bit for the environment. Typically, there are 3 reasons a person might switch to a vegan lifestyle. The animals. Their health. Or the environment. There are some great documentaries in Netflix of all places. They articulate things in a much better way than I could. Before I became a vegan. I ate chicken with almost every meal unless their was some fish involved. I loved cheese. Chocolate was my addiction (still is, minus the dairy) and I didn't really think about any of my actions on the world. I thought recycling my cardboard was good enough. Now, I try to educate people to at least try to understand why I became vegan. I wouldn't say I'm a huge animal lover, the main reason ...

So.....I've messed up! BIG style!! and i want to talk about it, i need to admit out-loud that this happens.....more than i care to admit. but maybe admitting it will help me! It was all going so well......until i devoured a tub of Ben & Jerry's (vegan obvs) a Nandos, a whole big bar of Bournville (i was supposed to be eating it square by square (1syn each!) a tub of houmous and a tube of pringles....ohh and a packet of cookies, and some bourbons, i threw half the packet away so i didn't eat the rest, so wasteful i know!!! I do not know why i binge like this, but this is exactly where my weight comes from. I tend to eat well, most of the time, but these binges take me over the edge..... then i find it hard to stop.... Today is the start of a brand new day. I AM TIRED!! like seriously tired, not sure why i think i slept ok. But i am going to stick to plan. Basics, free foods, fruit and some bournville.....not the whole packet this time! I'm so fru...

I've started posting my food diary on Minimins to try to keep me focused a little over this next 4 weeks in the count down to my birthday.... If you're interested in having a gander at my food diary, it'll be updated here:  Minimins - Food Diary So Day one, i was focused, i had a great breakfast, a great lunch and then my boyfriend came round...he's leaving for Australia today so we went out for dinner last night, i could have been good, in fact the place we went to i could have been really good, but it was my last night so.... We went to Turtle Bay, they have quite a few vegan options these days, and super tasty! they even mark their cocktails vegan..... If i'd only had the curry and asked for it without the bread and had a diet drink, i would have been so on plan! But i didn't, i had 2 cocktails, a starter and some plantain to go with my curry! BUT! all is not lost, i'd only had 2 syns all day to that point, so things could have been a lot wors...