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 9 - 330

Wow... 330.  That's very high for first thing in the morning.  I normally list what we've eaten at meals, but don't say too much about snacks, which we've tried to limit and have been mostly fruit or frozen soy goodies.  Well, all last night after dinner, was a carb-fest of fat free pretzels, popcorn, and even a couple of pieces of bread.

Breakfast:  Oatmeal and cantaloupe

Lunch:  Leftover pasta from last night

Dinner:  I had more of the pasta, and he had what he said was the single best thing he's eaten since starting the Vegan Voyage... Gardein bbq pulled shreds.  Good appearance, taste, and texture.  I tried a bite - it was tasty!  It's also high in protein.
This company makes a lot of other products and I'm looking forward to trying some more.

So, we're into our 2nd week... I have to say it's been fairly easy to adjust so far.

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