The Processed Food Monkey

Breakfast: 2 slices Ezekiel toast (thin slices, and firm texture= exceptional toast, quality product) with soy butter

Snack: Cliff bar, diet lemon/lime soda, handful of Juanitas tortilla chips, 20 oz. water

Lunch: Szechuan green beans, 20 oz. water

Been on a general graze today. No changes in how I'm feeling. Energy is fine (no slumps yesterday or today). I've read where some people switching over to vegan feel hungry all the time, not me. Not yet anyway.

I've been advised to avoid as much processed food as possible, which, is good advice no matter what kind of diet you follow. The Cliff bar, chips, and diet soda don't exactly qualify as healthful, so lessening the quick grab/quick crap snack food will be a challenge.

Dinner tonight will be at a friend's house. It'll be interesting to see how my social eating habits are effected. Social eating tends to be a downfall for me and any diet as I want to eat what everyone else is eating.

Interesting note: I've not had any caffeine today and no ill effects, no headache, no nothing. Also, no sugar cravings. Weird. My friends Cheryl (the one who has been talking up the vegan challenge to me), said she doesn't have them now either, but well... we'll see if it's temporary. I am bringing dessert tonight. Fox wants ice cream and Bananas Foster, but I'm not sure how that will go over with the 10 children that will be in attendance. I will pick up some soy ice cream for me though, no matter what I end up making/taking.