Great Vegan Adventure: I've lost count...

I am not hungry...what??  I think I've had so much fiber it's filled me out!

This evening, Pep told me not to be so hard on myself...which was nice actually.  He said I was too hard on myself in my last post.  I guess I can see what he means...I just get frustrated sometimes.  I've been very motivated to get the word out about my show to different conferences, expos, etc but one of the hardest things to do is to lose weight.  I wonder why that is?  What do we tell ourselves that makes it so difficult?

We eat to live so of course it's tough to give it up if you know what I mean...

OK, enough ruminating...

Here's a thought!  Never eat shiny things! I have a thing for cupcakes and there's this cupcake store out at Old Orchard Mall.  (I had yet another eye doc appointment.  Yet another membrane to be removed.  I gotta tell ya, this thing has been bad.  My vision is blurry and my eye was throbbing yesterday so I'm back on the steroid drops and can see through tall buildings with a single glance.)

Anyway, cupcakes...so, I wanted to see the cupcakes.  I'm a spectator now that I'm being vegan.  I walked in and instantly knew that everything in there was made with Crisco.  Ugh.  You can tell right away because everything has an unnatural shine to it.  Buttercream has more of a matte finish.  And there were these kids eagerly downing cookies that I'm sure were laden with Crisco.  (All I could think of was that the Crisco was going to solidify in their bloodstreams!)  The woman behind the counter had unnaturally painted on eyebrows and a little too much blush.  She was pleasant enough though.  And from what I could tell, the cupcakes were waaayy overpriced!

What has happened to good food?

Hey!  We just got a delivery of my dog, some Mexican brown rice from the Mother in Law and curry lentil soup that my sister in law made!  I guess that's what happened to good food...it gets delivered by the in-laws!  I had some rice with the lentils from the soup...really really good!  Yummm! (Sigh...more fiber...)

But why do the cake people feel like they have to cut corners with lard?  I remember the first time I had cake with real buttercream frosting.  It was in Abilene TX of all places.  I just remember it tasted so...real!  There is such a big difference between real and fake food and I don't think that we should cut corners anymore. Make food with real ingredients...don't cut corners anymore...savor it.  That could solve a lot of problems!

Cheers!