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!








Thursday, March 10, 2011

Day 14 - 241

Breakfast:  Oatmeal

Lunch:  Leftovers

Dinner:  Pizza

With all the leftover ingredients from yesterday, I wanted to try a pizza.  I used a Pillsbury thin crust pizza dough in the can.
Talk about convenient AND I thought it tasted pretty good, too.  Topped it with the peppers, onions, vegan pepperoni, and soy mozzarella left over from yesterday, plus I added fresh mushrooms.  Next time I think I will pre-cook the mushrooms, because although they were delicious, I didn't like all the water they added.
This a picture taken before baking - I forgot to get an "after".  I figured if I piled enough vegetables on top, I wouldn't notice the soy cheese so much... I was right!

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