Eating Well, Eating Right

Plantstrong and vegan are great eating regimens. My body really responds well to the nutrition I'm putting in and the junk I am not!! But the brain is a whole 'nuther animal. My brain, when given just the slightest taste of sugar or other fat/oil-based food, loses all control. A little taste today, becomes more tomorrow, and a full-blown loss of control by the end of the week. I'm dramatizing a bit, but it FEELS like that. And that is the problem with the emotional and chemical addiction that sits in our brains - it FEELS REAL. It's almost like, if I don't have this sugar now, I WILL expire.

What I have managed to stick to is a vegan regimen. No dairy, no eggs, no fish. What I have trouble sticking with is the no oil plantstrong regimen - no nuts, no chips, nothing fried, no oil, no HFCS products, basically no candy. It's a bit draconian - but then I have been a wanton Roman for most of life, eating as I please and not worrying about tomorrow. Well, tomorrow is here and now I have to tow the line for a while.

I'm having a great supper of giant portobella mushroom caps filled with my own stuffing - I process a few mushrooms, and some veggies - I chose green pepper and leeks. Then stir in some Japanese bread crumbs (because they are vegan) and add just enough veggie broth to moisten a bit to keep the bread crumbs in. Then spoon that mix onto the mushroom caps. Put about a half/spoonful of veggie broth on the baking sheet and rub the cap on the broth. Keeps it from sticking while baking without any oil. I cook in in 350 degree oven for about 20 min. I should have cooked for 30 min tonight because the caps were thick and the green pepper releases a lot of water. Live and learn, but it is tasty! I would season with salt, pepper, and whatever your taste buds like, but I had a very spicy lunch and wanted something with just natural flavors!

I have a friend that has gradually gone vegetarian, mainly because he hangs around me and others who are vegetarians. But he has taken on a challenge to go dairy-free/egg free for a month. I promised that his palette would change for the better. He's already not into fried foods and a lot of oil, so I am hoping he has amazing results. We'll see how it goes!

Meanwhile, the clothes keep getting bigger as I keep getting smaller, slowly, but surely. Rome wasn't built in a day, so it will take time to deconstruct it :)

Onward <3