So, cajoled by my 13 year old son, I am now a vegan! It's something I've always thought I should do. I was just too scared or too lazy to take the leap. We started this together in June (so 4 months) and neither of us are finding it particularly difficult. Eating out can be a pain, but already since we started Sainsbury's have started a vegan "cheese" range and we are discovering that most places are becoming increasingly aware of what it means to actually be vegan.
We both secretly hoped we'd lose weight but haven't. I had lost a stone earlier in the year and I haven't regained it (as I normally would!). It is harder to overeat when cheese and chocolate are absent from your diet - but certainly not impossible.
Our next step now is to eat what my son calls a "Wholefood Plant-Based" diet. It seems the obvious way to go and coupled with more exercise I am sure we'll be feeling great by Christmas.
Oh yes, in case you're wondering how the 10,000-steps-a-day is going - it kind of isn't! I am not deliberately walking every day and I found 10,000 steps far too time consuming. I do regularly walk for fitness and I'm so lucky to so close to the forest. My plan now is to set a time-based goal. Something like 3 or 4 hours a week. This will be either brisk walking or running, although I haven't run since July so that won't feature too heavily just yet!
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