Day 28: Engine 2 Diet

WooHoo!   Made it 28 days!  Feeling great.  Juicing now to go further with fruit and vegetable intake.  My body really enjoying no meat, no dairy, little oil sub whole grains and phytonutrients.   Will power on!

Day 21: Engine 2 Diet

21 days on the diet.  Doing great!  7 days to go!

Day 18: Engine 2 Diet

Returned from 4 days of camping.  I thought it was going to be difficult to be vegan with the rest of the campers eating non-vegan options.  However, with a little planning it worked out well.  I was even able to find a nice garden burger for dinner when we went into town for dinner.  Rip's Big Bowl cereal really helped me start each morning with energy.  For the first time I tried vanilla flavored almond millk which was very tasty.

Day 14: Engine 2 Diet

WooHoo! Made it 14 days completely vegan!  Feeling great.  A little food fatigue. Expanding recipes.

Day 10: Engine 2 Diet

I have made it 10 days.  I can tell my body has definitely changed inside.  It feels healthier.  I have my energy back and have made it past no caffeine or alcohol.  I know more now about working with whole foods and this will inform my second grocery shopping outing.  I look forward to visiting the Saturday market this morning to buy fresh produce!

Reality Check

No caffeine is hard!

Day 7: Engine 2 Diet

Made a smoothy with fruit and yogurt.  A coworker suggested I try fresh ginger so I added it as well.  Very tasty.  The ginger is almost better than coffee as a pick me up.

Day 6: Engine 2 Diet

Made tasty whole wheat blueberry oatmeal muffins for dessert.

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Day 5: Engine 2 Diet

I did a good job packing my breakfast and lunch in order to stay compliant with the diet.  I did not anticipate that I would get hungry early for dinner.  The last hour of work was very difficult.  I need to have snacks in between meals and learn how to be a grazer.

Thought

You know you are eating a good vegan diet when if you can't finish your meal the scraps can go into the compost bin.

Inspiration

So, I was worrying I had overdone my shopping of vegetables and fruits and may not be able to consume all of them in time.  Then, I had a flash inspiration!  I have a juicer I haven't used forever.  I can juice them when necessary and drink all of those precious phytonutrients before they go to the compost bin. Phew!  I also started looking around for strong blender and this one has consistently high marks:

Day 4: Engine 2 Diet

I have noticed that I have a lot of produce not eaten and I need to get busy munching or some of the vegetables will go bad.  Also paying more attention to oils in my diet.  Not ready to give up coffee and alcohol just yet but seriously contemplating. I am beginning to appreciate the beauty of simplicity and that over stimulation is masking the innate flavors and experience of whole foods.

Day 3: Engine 2 Diet

Today is day 3 on the Engine2 diet.  So far so good.  I am learning how to follow my diet while the rest of my family eats their normal diet.  This means a lot more cooking for myself.  I hope to find recipes they will want to try but I think it is going to take awhile.  As I think about the diet, I started to realize the similarity with garden composting.  If it can readily compost it is probable better to eat.  So the last thing one would put in a compost bin is meat and oils.  I wonder if these principles work the same way for the human intestinal tract?  We are able to have better gut flora without all the meat, dairy and oils.  My body does seem to feel less stressed processing the foods I have been eating the last 3 days but it is very early in the diet to know.

Introduction

Hi There,

I just finished watching FORKSoverKNIVES and I am going to follow the diet for 28 days using Engine 2's diet and see what happens!  If you have watched FORKSoverKNIVES, I highly recommend it.  It can be watched for free at HULU:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/279734/
Here is an Engine2 tumblr to check out people trying the diet:
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/engine+2

The FORKoverKNIVES website is here:
http://www.forksoverknives.com/
The Engine2 28-Day Diet plan is here:
http://engine2diet.com/tools
Cheers!
Jim