The Smoothie Vegetarians

I went vegan about a year ago. During that year there have been a few slip-ups. A few times I took a bite of something I loved even though I knew it wasn't vegan and other times were accidents. I was happily eating a particular type of bread until a friend told me L-cysteine is not vegan. Dammit!!! There is a huge learning curve here, as there is with most major changes. My daughter is a Celiac, and that, too, took a lot of learning with some mistakes along the way. I purposely have not made any concrete New Year's resolutions this year. I've come to the conclusion that it's a set up for failure. I'm a bit of a sugar addict – OK I'm a total sugar addict. I'm not going to say no sugar at all. I already know I won't be able to do it. I'm going to try to reduce it gradually, and hopefully as I consume less and adjust, I will want it less. I'm not going to have any concrete plan for this next year (except to maintain my current ...

1) Meditate At Least 3 Times Per Week Number One has to be meditating more. I finally gave meditation a chance a couple months ago and it seemed to really be making a difference in my life. It is difficult for me to slow down in life; I have a need to feel busy and productive during every moment. Meditation is a chance to give myself a break and observe what is really going on in my life. I do not like to sit by myself, so I chose to do guided meditations from YouTube and iTunes. Though I could not consider myself “good” at it by any means, even just observing my breath for 10 minutes and being in the present moment was incredible! However, life got in the way I guess and I stopped. My goal for the new year is to take things slow and just aim for three times a week. This way I will not look at it as a “chore” or something to dread. 2) Read Five Books From My Bucket List  Number Two is reading the five books I have on my bucket list! The books are The F...