Starting 2nd week of Vegan eating...

Years ago, Shirley & I were vegetarian. I've been vegan a time or two, tho' neither of us remembers if I was vegan when we met (I don't think so, but not sure). For those who may not know, the difference is that some vegetarians might consume milk products ('lacto'), and some might consume egg products ('ovo'). Vegetarians who consume milk and egg products are lacto-ovo vegetarians, and that' what Shirley and I were during the first several years that we were together. There were a couple of times when I was a vegan; vegans don't consume any animal products.

Although we've not had red meat (beef, pork, etc) in over 30 years, for the majority of the past 20+ years we've eaten birds and fish, along with fruits, grains, veggies, etc. Recently we'd been considering getting healthier in our eating again.

Well, our buddy John (http://jonvon.net/) turned us on to The China Study (book, website), and then to The Thrive Diet (book, website). So motivated by those books, and with a lot of inspiration from VegWeb (bunches of great recipes), we've completed a week as vegans, and are starting on week 2.

My main impressions so far is that we are eating WELL, we are eating healthy, and I'm not feeling hungry, nor am I craving anything. One of my goals is (with this improvement in diet, coupled with increased exercise) to get down to a bodyfat percentage of 15% (currently just under 25%), and to see some great numbers re cholesterol, triglycerides, etc when I have my next physical checkup in mid/late summer. We'll see how the upcoming weeks go :)