Intro

Out of the blue, without having any symptoms, my husband was diagnosed as diabetic and told by his doctor to follow the South Beach diet. After three years of eating a low-carb diet his glucose numbers have not gone down, his diabetes medication has been increased, and we are both on medication to lower our cholesterol levels.

After reading "Reverse Diabetes Now" by Neal D. Barnard, MD, we have decided to try instead, a low-fat vegan diet. According to the book, we can expect to see a change in as little as three weeks.

Both of us being life-long meat and dairy eaters, this is big change in our lives, but I don't think it will be a particularly difficult one. I have always been a bit uncomfortable thinking about exactly where our dinner comes from anyway, and I look forward to the challenge of creating delicious, satisfying meals in a new way.

We've been easing into the change by trying out some vegetarian dishes the past few weeks while we use up all the 'animal products' we have around the house, because once we start, we want to be very strict for the entire three week period.

Through this blog I plan to chronicle our journey to a vegan lifestyle and any changes in my husband's glucose levels; and hopefully, our cholesterol will go down and I will drop a few pounds!








Sunday, February 27, 2011

Day 8 - 224

It's been a busy weekend and I've gotten a little behind on blogging.

Breakfast: Vegan pancakes ( recipe ) with sugar-free syrup.
Hubby also tried these 'sausage links'.  He said they were "okay" - he'd eat them again.  I don't care much for breakfast sausage anyway, so I didn't try them.

Lunch:  We were out and about, and stopped at Burger King for a BK Veggie Burger, which is a MorningStar Farms Garden Veggie Patty with lettuce and tomato on a bun.  We skipped the mayo and added onion.  It's nice to know you can be out on the road and find a fast food lunch. 320 calories.  I only wish it had lettuce leaves instead of shreds... it's a bit messy to eat.

Dinner:  Dreamfields penne pasta, zucchini, yellow squash, peppers and onions, and MorningStar Meat Starters Crumbles, in a spaghetti sauce.
These things sure look like you're adding browned hamburger to the pot.  I find that these soy meat replacements are better if they are not over-cooked and if you have enough other interesting foods in the mix, you never notice it's not really beef.

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